This week Hinch did what Hinch does best, made headlines.

He also made lots of enemies at his workplace, 3AW, by reporting that David Hookes was, in fact, separated from his wife and not the happy family man that his colleagues were portraying. But in more recent days some commentators in other media were suggesting that Hinch may have had a point. Did he?

Was the public’s right to know more important than protecting the dignity of Hookes and his loved ones?

Like any family who loses a close member can 3AW (and Steve Price in Sydney) be expected to provide anything less than rose coloured epitaph for their favourite son? If it’s okay to broadcast the priors and the background of the alleged perpetrator, then why not the background of the victim? It is only with a complete understanding of what caused, what motivated, this tragic incident that we will learn from it.

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