Media coverage of alleged murder of woman and child

[FusionChefGeoff]

FFS I knew this would be a story about a man allegedly murdering a woman and her child.

But I had to keep reading. And reading. And scrolling.... past the inference that they'd just 'disappeared' "Did the mother kill her then commit suicide?" "Have they fled the country" "was it a tragic accident"

But I persisted.

Sure enough, in the very last section we learn that a man has been accused of their murder.

Woops link

Bodies discovered in Dundee in search for mother and child www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56449520

Dreadful news, but almost inevitable. How many this year so far? RIP

Awful, just awful.

Yes I felt the same as you.

BBC.

Right at the end they said man in custody.

If you didn't read to the very end you'd have thought that the mum had killed her child and herself.

Media has an awful lot to answer for. Why do they always do this?

Headline should be. Man in custody suspected of double murder. Bodies of woman and child found.

The invisibilisation of these men is gross.

Well. I'm at least glad they've found Bennylyn's body. It's been impossible to conclude anything other than that she was killed

But you're right. I don't like the way that it was reported at all. There should be no implication in the reporting that she might have abandoned her other child when she and her daughter Jellica have already been found dead. It's an insult.