If anything, reckons political analyst Dan Lund of The Mund Group, the Falcon Lake case contributes to the feeling that Mexico is being covered sensationally by the US media.
鈥淭his couple has been adopted as the poster couple for [sensationalist] news,鈥 he says. 鈥淚t does not make them more sympathetic. [Mexicans feel] they are using it to beat up on Mexico 鈥 and to stoke fear.鈥