TWO contrasting stories in national media yesterday, with one of them prominent in our paper, makes me realise how hungry people can be for answers, even if they feel overwhelmed by days of questions, or don't like the answers provided.
The revelations, in the balloon tragedy inquest, that dead balloon pilot Lance Hopping had been noted for questionable operational behaviour in terms of drinking - or worse - had provoked an outcry from our Facebook audience.
Cries of "hasn't he been through enough", and "let him lie in peace" were among the laments from the posters. It's easy to blame the dead, they say.
The trouble is, there are 10 other dead people whose families deserve the truth. And that is the most fundamental principle here.
The inquest is on a mission to find the truth. Newspapers like the Wairarapa Times-Age simply report the findings to an audience that genuinely want to know what happened.