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Caleyjag
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Thursday, Aug 23, 2007 10:32
I am very sympathetic with the McCann family and the shit they are going through with their missing child, but there is far too much coverage giving to what is only ONE missing girl out of THOUSANDS.
Fair play to them for keeping the coverage up so that people are continuously reminded of who she is and what she looks like, but it's going a bit far when you start seeing posters outside TESCO asking if you have any information. Even at football grounds they hand out flyers. TV adverts continuously get shown pleading for anything that might give a clue as to where she is.
Of course, if just one person knows something, then that one person might just see one of these posters/adverts etc. and in that case it's worthwhile, but how much attention is directed on this one girl when others are missing?
A heck of a lot of money is being spent here, and I don't think it's all the McCanns, it's money that missing person charities are spending. Why not spend it on others too? Put up posters of OTHERS that are missing perhaps?
The whole problem is that society is driven by the media. As soon as the media reports something, it becomes a higher priority to the world than if the media doesn't report something.
I hope she's okay, but I'd like to reclaim my TV back please.
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PutzMan123
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Thursday, Aug 23, 2007 10:55
Got to agree with this. I started getting Google Adsense Ads of Pictures of her! I ended up blocking that certain channel!
I feel sorry for them etc, but the amount of coverage that the family is receiving is, tbh, ridiculous, and if you ask me, not needed.
The one thing I am not understanding of this though, is the Portuguese(I think) Police blaming them for the disappearance! :o
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Caleyjag
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Thursday, Aug 23, 2007 11:08
In a way, I agree.
They left their kids unsupervised to go out for dinner. Now, they claim that they checked up on them every half hour or so. I have my doubts on that, I think that's them trying to feel less guilty on what happened.
The hotel even offered to look after them but they said no.
They were irresponsible leaving their kids alone, without supervision, so they could go out for a meal. So in a way, yes, it is their fault. If they had left them with the hotel, this may not have happened. Better yet, if they took the kids, this would not have happened.
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Thursday, Aug 23, 2007 12:27
I agree. Instead there should be more media coverage of people who don't deliver their promises and then doesn't own up to it
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Ali
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Thursday, Aug 23, 2007 19:10
Very irresponsible to leave your own children by themselves in a hotel. It's shame, I really hope she's okay.
Media killed Maddie.
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- Thursday, Aug 23, 2007 19:11.
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matt7
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Thursday, Aug 23, 2007 19:25
Ali
Very irresponsible to leave your own children by themselves in a hotel. It's shame, I really hope she's okay.
Media killed Maddie.
Agreed.Too much attention is not a good thing for Maddie.
God bless that cute girl anyway.
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Caleyjag
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Friday, Aug 24, 2007 21:05
Paxman He also referred to a media "circus" which had gathered in southern Portugal following the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann, saying "everyone was there because everyone else was there".
"At times like this, when the television hurricane hits a story, it too often sucks good sense and consideration out of the brains of those involved."
Paxman speeks sense.
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Slashman X
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Friday, Aug 24, 2007 21:13
http://community.verizon.net/thread.jspa?threadID=1700001824
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Caleyjag
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Friday, Aug 24, 2007 22:27
Good link Slash 
Some points they make... the times for example, well 15 minutes isn't a long time so I can dismiss that, but it does seem suspicious when it is revealed they didn't lock the patio doors at any point, and that Madeline was BETWEEN the two other kids.
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Gaz
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Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 11:59
Some interesting reading on her here.
Particularly:
Why did Madeleine’s sister and brother sleep through her “abduction”?
Sean and Amelie were heavy sleepers who were not disturbed by their sister’s abduction, claim their parents. However, they also slept through their mother’s hysterical response to Madeleine’s disappearance and the presence of dozens of people who joined the search before being carried out by a female police officer. Kate and Gerry McCann have strenuously denied sedating their daughter.
Which adds weight to the accidental-death-by-overdose theory.
Then theres this:
Any evidence of Madeleine’s death on Cuddle Cat?
The cadaver dog is alleged to have become excited when shown Madeleine’s favourite soft pink toy, called Cuddle Cat. The cat had become poignant symbol of a mother’s loss as Kate McCann carried it with her at all time from the night of Madeleine’s disappearance.
She washed it four days after the police tests, claiming it had become dirty. The toy was potentially crucial evidence and should have been seized by police very early in the investigation.
Apparently the toy was bought as a Birthday present for Madeleine. And she dissappeared a few days before her birthday, so she would never have actually had it. Kates explanation for the "scent of death" was that she took it to work with her. In a GP's office. And came into contact with six corpses weeks before her holiday. In a GP's office 
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Caleyjag
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Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 12:43
If there are 6 corpses in a GP's office, I'd be seriously worried what the hell was going on! 
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bluemoon
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Wednesday, Sep 19, 2007 12:03
The thing is with this is that although for us, it's really annoying having all these things around, but imagine if it was you, you would do anything to get her back, unfortunately not all parents can afford to do the same high profile campaign to get the their missing child found, which is a shame 
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Will
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Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 00:45
I think that the promotion is a little inappropriate whilst they are official suspects. Having read the newspaper reports on the evidence they have some explaining to do about some of it. I wouldnt like to think they have done it but the longer things go on the less hope there is of finding her.
Its a horrible situation for them but i wish the police would do something if they are gonna instead of leaving everyone hanging.
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Caleyjag
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Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 10:01
The problem is that the police can't really do much more until the judge or whoever has reviewed the case so far. I think they need to justify arresting someone, and so they need someone to review the case, check if there is enough evidence to proceed or not.
To be honest, I don't think she'll ever be found. She's either been smuggled into Eastern Europe or is at the bottom of the sea. I dont know if her parents did it (or even just one of them) but for them to be "astonished" at being suspects really annoys me.
Firstly, they deliberately left their children unattended when they could have left them in the care of hotel staff that actually provide that service.
Secondly, although they said they checked up on their children every half hour or so, they didn't. In fact, one friend of the family who went to check on them didn't actually go into the bedroom!
Now, I might be wrong, but I think the checking up on the kids went like...
Mother - checked children. Assumed fine.
Father - checked children. Assumed fine.
Friend - Went into room, didn't check children. Assumed fine.
Mother - checked children, Madeline missing.
So really, during the time the father and mother checked on her, she disappeared. I doubt the friend had any motive for taking her, plus where would she be taken to? I doubt he/she had time to pick her up, bundle her into a car then return to the group and pretend nothing untoward had happened. People would be asking why they took so long.
So if they didn't really check on the kids, then only the father and the mother were the last people to see them alive. Surely it's logical to assume that if the father saw the kids were fine, then the mother checked and found one missing, then you'd immediately point your lines of enquiry at the father? And if he said, "well, I didn't have a really good look, just saw bodies in the bed, so assumed all 3 were there" then you'd have to ask the mother?
Few other things I don't like (this is just in general, nothing about the actual case)...
They've got a PR consultant. Why? This is a missing child, this isn't like you're a Hollywood star trying to mend a shattered career.
They fly to meet the Pope, they set up a fund to pay for helping to find the child, they make an active effort to be in the media at all times, then the father gives a talk somewhere about how that is the wrong thing to do (although in his case it's the best course of action), then they say they will not be as active in the media anymore, then they go full circle and get right back into the media again!!
Sorry, but make up your mind. Is it a good idea or a bad idea? Are you staying in the media or not? And why are we pandering to their needs? Shouldn't the media themselves be saying "alright, it's been a while, we understand you want coverage but there are other kids out there, and hell, there are more important stories to cover (like maybe ummm... war and famine?).
I also read on a website that someone that was kidnapped as a child and was found only because a newspaper set up a fund to hire a private investigator to track them phoned a relative of the McCanns and suggested that the money raised to find her should be used to set up a team that could help find other children. They said no, the money was to find Madeline, not other children.
That's very selfish of them.
One last thing... the posters. "Have you see Madeline?" YES! ALL THE FUCKING TIME, STOP SHOVING IT IN MY FACE!! IF I SAW HER IN MAY WOULDN'T I HAVE SAID SOMETHING BY NOW????
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