After 14 months, the cloud of suspicion over Kate and Gerry McCann has lifted. The British couple are no longer officially considered suspects in the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter Maddy from a holiday complex in Portugal. The police inquiry is shelved. According to a statement from the country's attorney-general there is no evidence linking the parents to any crime.  That may come as little suprise to the British media, which throughout the affair never hesitated to dress up speculation as proof. This was the story that was simply too good to drop: a missing child, good-looking parents and a mystery that defied solution. Basic reporting standards were forgotten in pursuit of attention-grabbing headlines. Is the media now ready to mend its ways?