ORANGE PRIZE-winning author Lionel Shriver has called on British TV to stop over publicising cases such as the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
In a speech at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, the author of We Need to Talk About Kevin said British television patronises its audience with endless coverage of high profile cases.
An American living in Britain, Shriver said that many British TV trends come from the US. “Despite blanket coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, it was a good thing that so far no documentaries had been made about the case. The McCanns have so far declined to co-operate with producers on a documentary. Doubtless some of those opportunistic documentaries would have insinuated that the parents were responsible.”
Of Robert Murat, the only official suspect in the McCann case, she said: “His life has been completely ruined and his reputation will never be the same.”
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