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Kate and Gerry McCann hold a picture of their missing daughter Madeleine. (AFP)

The Only Story Ever Told

September 14, 2007

British media have been obsessed with the story of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann since her disappearance last May. And when her parents became suspects in the case, it seemed there was no other news in England. Guardian media editor Matt Wells says he's never before seen this much press coverage of a single story.


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Posted by: doug
September 19, 2007 - 10:39PM
Chicago

and here I thought the British were supposed to be more sophisticated than we Yanks.

It is reassuring (in a strange way) that the brain-eater can cross the pond and is not a prisoner of the American 24-hour news chasm.

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