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Sick to death of "Find Madeleine McCann" media coverage
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A child is kidnapped every 3 hours. The press don't care. Nobody cares.
But when a "beautiful", white, "perfect little angel" girl with two middle-class parents on 6-figure salaries, goes missing, there's an intense media storm, with the whole nation gripped with one individual, front page news stories for a fortnight, being spammed with "Find Madeleine" Facebook group invites, petititions, sponsored events and more, every bloody day.
If it was a black kid who'd gone missing the media wouldn't care less. If it was a child of chavvy parents who'd gone missing people would blame the parents for being irresponsible.
Don't mean to be heartless like, of course it's bad, but the media frenzy is just out of proportion.
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But when a "beautiful", white, "perfect little angel" girl with two middle-class parents on 6-figure salaries, goes missing, there's an intense media storm, with the whole nation gripped with one individual, front page news stories for a fortnight, being spammed with "Find Madeleine" Facebook group invites, petititions, sponsored events and more, every bloody day.
If it was a black kid who'd gone missing the media wouldn't care less. If it was a child of chavvy parents who'd gone missing people would blame the parents for being irresponsible.
Don't mean to be heartless like, of course it's bad, but the media frenzy is just out of proportion.
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Don't be silly.
Check P&D forum, there is already a debate.
Think about if it was your child, no amount of media coverage would be enough.
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LOL !!!
Yes I realize there are other children who go missing. However the press have picked up on this story because it makes a good story (harsh, but thats life)
You dont know she is in Portugal still, she could be anywhere, so the more people that are aware the better. What do you suggest the media should just stop reporting it, even though there is clearly a demand for the story ?
There's a demand for the story, but it's going to have to stop at some stage if she isn't found. It doesn't mean anybody's forgotten about her or that it isn't as important that she's found anymore, but it's simply down to the supply and demand of the media in this country. If The Sun or The Times put a full front pager of Madeline every day for the next year and a half they wouldn't sell half the amount of papers they do at the moment because - harshly or otherwise - people would get bored.
"Look at me, I'm controversial"?
you are sick. if you don't want to read about stories of her then don't read them!!
put yourself in her parents shoes and stop being such an idiot, seriously.
are you obsessed with facebook, or what.
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I admit, I'm starting to get bored of the coverage. However, I understand why there's been so much of it. Wasn't it the same when Sarah payne was murdered as well?
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And how the media have reacted? Thats just what they do.
I find the whole thing a bit ghoulish and morbid and... inappropriate. Shrines to the child, "vigils for Maddie", Joe Bloggs on the street on Sky News telling us how utterly traumatised he is, Kay Burley delighting in telling us how much weight Madeleine's mother has lost. Everyone wants in on it, and I think that's enough already.
Reportage of the story as and when new events occur is... normal. That's what those in the business of reporting news are supposed to do. One vague "fact" followed by half an hour of inane waffle about how she was an "angel" (bad taste) and conjecture about things they are clueless about. That isn't journalism, well not to any standard anyway. Oh, and the important job of organise minutes' silences at football matches and the like. Unbelievable. There isn't a person in the country who isn't aware of the situation, and while that's grand for the family I think it's a disservice to other news which slips under the radar. Honour killing of pregnant 16 year old, anyone? Multiple stabbings? Nah, not interested, I'd rather put a poster up in the back of my Renault Clio window so I can feel suitably distressed at all times and display my caring, concerned side to all my fellow Tesco shoppers. If there is no new development then it ISN'T the top story. Oh, and while she may not be in Portugal anymore (though that's definitely my feeling) she probably isn't in Bognor Regis McDonalds either. Our local pub has posters up, but amazingly enough she wasn't there restocking the pork scratchings or cleaning the john.
This is just a newspaper editor’s wet dream, little blonde daughter of doctors gets kidnapped by (what they hope will be) Johnny Foreigner. Why is it relevant how "beautiful" she is? What if she was an ugly wee thing with a hare-lip. Tough luck neglectful parents, find your own hideous child. All this hand-wringing is typical.
That's without even mentioning the likes of David Beckham pleading for her return. Even paedophilic, child-abducting, people-trading criminals love football, right? So if David Beckham decides she should be returned safe and well then who is anyone else to argue...
Briggi, youve just perfectly summed up how I feel about the whole thing.
What she said.
I feel sorry for the family and don't blame them for wanting to keep it on the agenda as much as possible. And it's a slow time in the news at the moment, so the papers/TV stations are probably pleased to have an on-going story to fill columns/airtime.
Indeed. A fact that seems to of been conveniently forgotten about.
I don't think it's been forgotten about. But what is the point of bringing it up at the moment while the girl is still missing?
The whole thing was completely avoidable.
talking about it or not talking about it isnt going to make any difference to that poor girl who may be going through hell right now if shes still alive, just because her damn parents didnt look after her.
Its not a mere mis-judgement.
EVERYONE knows you dont go out partying and leave your kids at home alone.
Something like this can happen to any parent, remember the little girl who was snatched from her bath?