That poor little girl and her poor poor family, what they must be going through...
I am in that heartland of English self obsessiveness, London, and had read this sad and shocking news from the first few hours of it happening, in the main news channels.
I wonder if perhaps posters have been confused by the muted and carefully neutral tone of the reporting? The newspapers haven’t been grabbing a salacious angle and digging up a ton of irrelevant ‘facts’ and ‘on the ground interviews’ etc... it’s all felt rather careful and one dimensional.
With no attempt to build a media hyped story, just reporting the facts, no wonder people have noticed and pondered over the difference?
The police have had tight control over reporting right from the off. And with the quick and clear arrest of an under 18yr old, that’s probably why.
As another poster said uptgread more eloquently than I can, all we need to know is out there already. And that’s that this beloved, innocent little girl has gone, and she’s the most important person we should focus on and hold in our thoughts. Alesha MacPhail, just 6 yrs old.