I think that some news reports are verging on the irresponsible, such as when a correspondent says you've just heard someone tell us that such-and-such when I didn't hear them say that at all. Twenty-four-hour rolling news programmes mean news journalists have to face the camera for so many minutes and need to say something.
Children may not turn on the television to watch the news, but these days it is difficult to avoid. They might not understand what they see and hear, but they know it's bad when they see adults around them deeply affected by it. In the natural desire to pass on information and to know what is going on, I think we sometimes forget that children are around to see and hear these things too, and that a little more thought should be given to this.
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