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Anyone who can fool both Pope Benedict XVI and David Beckham is worthy of news coverage. Finally all three American network newscasts decided to mention the case of Madeleine McCann, the English toddler who has preoccupied London's tabloid press for months. NBC's Keith Miller called it "a story that has not only gripped Britain but made headlines round the world." If police suspicions are correct, that hoaxer is Madeleine's mother. When a vacationing Madeleine disappeared in May, her mother Kate insisted that she had been abducted and "stayed in Portugal vowing to keep Maddie's name in the public eye," CBS' Mark Phillips recounted. Sure enough, her successful publicity efforts involved both Benedict and Beckham: she "generated huge sympathy during an extraordinary global media campaign," stated ABC's Nick Watt (subscription required)--until now. Kate McCann, officially a suspect, "was jeered when she arrived at a Portuguese police station for questioning."
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