Maddie

lectrospin · **Joined:** Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:19 pm **Posts:** 280

'I was going to buy a book i want to read but then again there's that royal wedding and there's a chance i might forget how to read due to the hysteria'

storygirl · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:36 am

The McCanns remind me of the Bulger parents.Yes a horrible thing happened,but by allowing it to define them they have shown an amazing lack of empathy for their other children and a need for publicity that seems very unhealthy.

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:44 am

The difference (as I see it, feel free to disagree) is that Denise Feargus was not media-savvy, had a heartfelt concern (the length of her son's killers' sentances, the protection afforded to them after their release) and wasn't particularly articulate, thus let tabloid journos* talk for her and transform her into a spokeswoman for seemingly every bereaved/aggrieved parent. Also, crucially, what happened to her son was beyond doubt - he was abducted and killed, and her issue was with the treatment of the guilty, not the actual investigation.

Kate and Gerry McCann on the other hand knew how to use the media to the best advantage, and played on the human interest aspects of the case to keep it in the public spotlight. While not downplaying their experience, they used the media circus to their advantage (to the point where it may well hve terminally damaged the investigation and rendered it impossible to achieve closure short of Madeline walking in on them), arguably played the victim card repeatedly, and unintentionally reinforced the hierarchy of victimhood and inspired morons such as Karen Matthews. It's also worth underlining that it's still unclear what exactly happened to Madeline McCann, let alone by whom.

*Crucially ones from the Sun, looking to restore a bit of Murdoch-popularity on Merseyside.

storygirl · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:53 am

Andy McDandy wrote:

The difference (as I see it, feel free to disagree) is that Denise Feargus was not media-savvy, had a heartfelt concern (the length of her son's killers' sentances, the protection afforded to them after their release) and wasn't particularly articulate, thus let tabloid journos* talk for her and transform her into a spokeswoman for seemingly every bereaved/aggrieved parent. Also, crucially, what happened to her son was beyond doubt - he was abducted and killed, and her issue was with the treatment of the guilty, not the actual investigation.

Kate and Gerry McCann on the other hand knew how to use the media to the best advantage, and played on the human interest aspects of the case to keep it in the public spotlight. While not downplaying their experience, they used the media circus to their advantage (to the point where it may well hve terminally damaged the investigation and rendered it impossible to achieve closure short of Madeline walking in on them), arguably played the victim card repeatedly, and unintentionally reinforced the hierarchy of victimhood and inspired morons such as Karen Matthews. It's also worth underlining that it's still unclear what exactly happened to Madeline McCann, let alone by whom.

*Crucially ones from the Sun, looking to restore a bit of Murdoch-popularity on Merseyside.

That may be fair comment about Jamie Bulgers mother originally,but I was in Liverpool 5 years ago,where they had organised a minutes silence in memory of his death,with the agreement of the parents.What does that serve except to enhance their statement of victimhood.

Paul · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:13 am

Indian police take DNA from child British and American tourists said was missing Madeleine

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1TQPQf2c2

more hysteria.

Arnold · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:00 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1TQarhlnn

Quote:

'It's not our Maddie': McCanns' hopes dashed after sighting in India

More hysteria later.

glasgowgril · **Joined:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:51 pm **Posts:** 1439

Sales of the book must be flagging.

Arnold · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:28 pm

'I'm sure it was Maddie': Tourist convinced child spotted in India was McCanns' missing daughter

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiap ... ne.mccann/

Quote:

A regional police chief in India said he knew nothing about the sighting, the report of which which seems to have originated in an Indian newspaper.

"We have not recovered any girl from Leh," said Abdul Gani Mir, deputy inspector general of police for central Kashmir and Leh.

So where did the photo the MCanns said wasn't her, come from?

glasgowgril · **Joined:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:51 pm **Posts:** 1439

What photo?

Arnold · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:46 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1TVu1GzAQ

Quote:

But after studying a photo of the child, the McCanns announced this afternoon that the girl was not their daughter.

glasgowgril · **Joined:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:51 pm **Posts:** 1439

The Indian police don't know anything about this business and have taken no DNA samples from anyone. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiap ... ne.mccann/

So if that was a lie, why should we believe that there was ever a 'Carol', who hasn't come forward gasping to be in the tabloids being congratulated for her heroism in trying to remove a child from the forrins in charge of it, or a child who might possibly have looked something like Madeleine, or a photo (that hasn't been published)?

davidjay · **Joined:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:24 pm **Posts:** 3813

I'm sure it's all a coincidence that this story broke at a time when the Payne & Soham murders are big news again.

Danson's Forehead · **Joined:** Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:32 am **Posts:** 718

Maddie flat back on the market as couple with young child are seen staying there on holiday
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1VC0UzsYR

The Mail now sees fit to peer into the lives of holidaymakers who just happen to be staying in the flat from which the abduction took place.

Quote:

A couple and their young child were spotted this weekend in Apartment 5a of the Ocean Complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal, which has been empty since the abduction in May 2007.

'I saw a young family staying in the apartment, enjoying their holiday,' said a British tourist.

'They didn't seem to have a care in the world and the flat looked no different to any of the others.'

What you mean these holidaymakers had the temerity to just be getting on with their holiday? And the flat looked normal, you say? You mean it wasn't draped with pro-paedo banners, or pentagrams, or didn't have a 10-foot Belfast style mural of Maddie on the side of the wall?

Quote:

Retired teacher Mrs McCann, from Liverpool, who is not related to Madeleine's family, began letting the apartment after her husband died and was planning to sell it once legal details had been sorted.

But she took it off the market in May this year after finding no one was interested because of its history.

She must be fucking delighted with this article then.

Quote:

Under Portuguese law, estate agents have to tell prospective purchasers about the previous owners.

Since the McCanns didn't own it, that is irrelevant.

What the hell is gained from this article apart from yet agains satisfying the morbid curiousity of Mail readers?

bluebellnutter · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:53 pm

So basically the gist is "people are where something happened once". Well hold the front fucking pages.

davidjay · **Joined:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:24 pm **Posts:** 3813

bluebellnutter wrote:

So basically the gist is "people are where something happened once". Well hold the front fucking pages.

It's more like "How DARE people get on with their lives without thinking about Poor Maddy."

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