All 'Maddy,' All the Time

The biggest story of the summer in Britain has been the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a four-year-old girl who went missing while vacationing with her parents in Portugal in May. Since the disappearance was first reported, the British press has continuously reported on the evolving investigation and dissected statements made by everyone from her parents to the police to politicians to even tangentially related celebrities. A Gelf survey of nine daily newspapers found that during a 10-day period, the McCann story has been featured on the front page of 70 percent of the major British papers.