I haven't suggested that the story was not newsworthy - only that the disappearance of one 3 year-old doesn't warrant it being reported ahead of the many more important issues facing the country. I do of course accept that widespread reportage gets more eyes looking out for the child, which is of course helpful.
However, according to the news at 10pm this evening it seems that the child has now been found dead. Very sad, and it appears that there is a lot more of the story still to come out, though without any of the facts I'm not going to speculate as to how the boy died, still less to start throwing blame about.
One heartwarming thing about the case was the reaction of the local population in rallying round to help in the search - full marks to those who turned out.
All that said, I remain convinced that it shouldn't have been run as the number one news story it the way that it was ...
Tony.
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