Dave is right on to keep banging on about the morbid obsession with the JonBenet story.
My take is that this is somewhat apallingly taking the place of a light relief story, like a dog on a skateboard clip.
Current geopolitical stories in the Middle East in particular are difficult to grapple with or find a clear cut answer to – so when a Paedophile is wheeled in, people find no moral ambiguity there, and just react on gut without having to think, venting their anger with a ‘burn the witch’ chorus.
To saturate the news with this makes Paedophile baiting a form of light entertainment distraction, although nobody will admit to the fact, which is very disturbing.