Good to see the Guardian flying the flag for all that is right and proper again. Today Hadley Freeman berates tabloids, the Daily Mail and even the Times for their ‘sweaty palmed’ coverage of the Jaycee Dugard story http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/02/hadley-freeman-jayceee-lee-dugard.
It is clearly not for the Guardian to engage or connect with such rubbish, although just across the page from Freeman’s piece are the stories ‘Previous Garrido victim speaks out’ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/02/phillip-garrido-katie-hall-jaycee and ‘Bone found near home of Dugard kidnap suspect’ (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/01/jaycee-dugard-bone-fragment). Both come complete with a description of Garrido’s first abduction. Curious readers are able to follow a link to the CNN story http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/31/garrido.victim.lkl/index.html, which opens with a summary of the story of a previous Garrido abduction and rape under the title ‘Story Highlights’.
A search of ‘Dugard’ on the Guardian website shows 21 entries in the last 7 days, including ‘Jaycee Dugard suspect fantasised about sex with young girls’ (September 1) ‘ A world of nightmare; Jaycee Dugard’s story’ (The Observer August 30) and a gallery of images from Garrido’s backyard.
Strangely none of which are mentioned by Freeman!
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