How far were the responses of the rioters themselves given space in the media

Many interviews that were conducted with the youths just portrayed them in a negative light and therefore gave the media more ammunition to fire against youths. For example one news report described the youths featured as "dripping in designer good" insinuating they had looted them when there was no evidence of this. The responses of the rioters were not given as much space in media as they should have received however the responders on the rioters were given much more space within the media and this created a bad persona surrounding the youths