Thanks for your elaboration. I completely respect your viewpoint, and have no doubt that this actually could be the case, but it's interesting to me because I haven't even thought of this issue being framed as the "evil Greeks" until now. What I perceived as the reason why this story has made such headlines is the complicated family situation surrounding it. Are the parents actually divorced? The girlfriend is ten years younger! Did the ex (if she is an ex) know? I thought the coverage was initially fueled by all this delicious "soap opera" type gossip, nothing more, nothing less.
Just my take. Of course, I'm not Greek, so maybe I'm completely off. 
Hi BbB, you are right, there's a bit of family drama in it as well although - surprisingly - the media have been fairly careful on that front.
my personal view (but i'm not an expert by any means) is that the reason this has resonated so much with the british public is (a) the kids obsession (it wouldn't have been as big a story if it had been just 2 adults dying) and (b) the fact that millions of Britons go to holidays abroad (2m live in Spain and 2m go to Greece every summer) so it sells.
To be fair it hasn't reached "evil Greeks" status yet but there was some very subtle and carefully constructed framing by the tabloids about the state of greek hotels etc.
See, this is why I love studying the media. It's really the whole idea behind framing - that some people are not aware at all of how an issue is being presented to them, and therefore may develop a negative image of Greeks/Greece without even realizing exactly why.
Thanks for explaining your viewpoint so clearly!
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