The backgrounds of the crews has become even more important over the last 18 hours and the press should be allowed to do their work, even if they are deemed here to be an irresponsible bunch.
What exactly is the work of the press here ? To bother people in grief ? To satisfy a bunch of ...... glued to the TV in need of trivia and drivel ?
If your lines mean they (the press) have an investigative role here, then I say : NO they havenīt. And especially not the sort of media that is in the hands of people and/or corporations such as Rupert Murdoch. Western societies are way past the time were we had independent and investigative journalism. We have allowed single individuals and corporations to "generate opinion" in their favour. And with the internet/twitter/facebook and all that other bollocks everybody can be a semi journalist, with the consequences we see today all over this planet and especially in "our" societies.
They are also one of our mechanisms for an honest society
No they are not. Not anymore -> see above. And an honest society does not exist. Anywhere. Because humans are humans.
Its the BEAs and BFUs part in this investigation to be THE mechanism of honesty in this case.