Maddy McCann

[bellavistaman]

well its not her DNa anyway, oity would be great if they had something to move the investigation in a good way. I reckon if the blood in the apartment is hers, then theres some serious questions need to be asked to the parents. This really is a very sad story. Ridiculous how anybody could take a child/childs life from them.

[drinkfeckarse]

Becasue they thought they might of been arrested

Oh of course, they see someone across the road on the phone and they decide to run as they automatically know it's the police they're on to and that it might be in connection to a girl that's gone missing. I'd love to be able to read someone's mind like that.

[Dodge]

Oh of course, they see someone across the road on the phone and they decide to run as they automatically know it's the police they're on to and that it might be in connection to a girl that's gone missing. I'd love to be able to read someone's mind like that.

Who says they ran? They might've just upped and left as a coincidence. AFAIK the adult was finished and the child was half finished. Hardly unusual?

[John83]

...this is now 100+ days after the event

I thought SKY mentioned a figure in the 90s yesterday. I thought it was quite strange the way they put it; something like "It's now day 96 of the Maddy McCann ordeal" or something. I loathe that channel.

...Like I said, the UK media have totally stepped back from the pro-McCann line they've taken which resulted in reprimands for people daring to question them or their story - it wasn't even one of the lead stories. Considering the previous wall to wall coverage, and the line the media took, it'd make you suspicious about they know.

I'd be rather more cynical - they know people are sick of the story, so they don't bother pushing it as hard.

[Den Perry]

I dunno. I think the whole "Cult of Maddy" stuff is getting just weird. That child's face has taken on the role of a religious icon to some people.

The whole hype surrounding this child has become rather tasteless I feel. I know one is not meant to say this, but her parents need to answer some questions themselves and this is what people should be highlighting. Like why they left three babies alone in foreign country. There is also the weird money circus surrounding it such as them hiring PR people and uncles and so on giving up their jobs so they work for the Maddy fund (well at least now the McCann's can afford a babysitter I guess?). The mother seems to spend more time smiling for the cameras - personally my missues would be in bits with greif - I suspect most would be. That whole Birthday Party with mother smiling and waving to the camera was just odd. Also, I have to wonder if they were a pair of Skangers/Chavs would they be getting such an easy ride from the media for leaving three kids alone?

Holding up the banner at the Bohs match just plays into this whole media circus. Of course we all want the child found alive and well. But that gesture at United Park tonight was very poorly thought out and I suspect just done by people very easily controlled by the media and hype. Although I accept that their hearts were probably in the right place. But ultimately, you do not have to prove so publically your sense of humanity and empathy by joining a weird new British tabloid media religion and waving the icon to prove what a "daycent oul skin" you are anymore than holding up a 'JOHN 3-16' placard proves how spiritual you are. Maybe I am being a bit harsh, but I am sick of these professional wagons going around the pubs rattling the Maddy Fund box in your face. Half of them look like classic Joe Duffy caller ex-Alkies who neglected their own kids but are devoted to Maddy. It's like the hype has taken over and Maddy is filling in for Man U/Liverpool/Sunderland until the season restarts for a lot of muppets in this country.

Anyways, this is way off topic. Bohs were very good tonight. I thought it was an enjoyable match.

Child Hater.....

koh

[drinkfeckarse]

Who says they ran? They might've just upped and left as a coincidence. AFAIK the adult was finished and the child was half finished. Hardly unusual?

Macy did or at least mentioned the possibility of them running.

Thought the possible Belgian sighting the couple legged it when they spotted them calling the cops?

To which I said...

Didn't know that Macy. If true it adds weight to the theory that she is still alive. Why else would they run?

Just suggestion really, none of us know the exact facts of the sighting. Sounds to me though as if the cops were phoned after the fact otherwise they could've been there in minutes. If the couple did leg it I'm sure there would plenty of other witness because of the commotion and I'm sure there will be some sort of cctv in Belgium that could have helped track them down?

[Dodge]

Doesn't amtter anyway as they've done DNA tests on the glass the girl drank from and its not her

[Jerry The Saint]

I thought SKY mentioned a figure in the 90s yesterday. I thought it was quite strange the way they put it; something like "It's now day 96 of the Maddy McCann ordeal" or something. I loathe that channel.

I'd be rather more cynical - they know people are sick of the story, so they don't bother pushing it as hard.

Well if we're being cynical, the Simpsons Movie nailed the type of news coverage loved by Sky perfectly.

SPOILER: A crisis so serious it has it's own logo AND theme tune!

[First]

Woke this morning in Huntsville Alabama to the news that a 10 year old boy was missing and hadn't been seen in 14 hrs. As the reporter and his colleague were giving an update, the news came through on his earpiece that the child had been located. The look on the reporters face was like , ****e what now , what am I going to report on now, and as he stumbled across his words his colleague had to remind him that this was good news. To which the reporter replied "I suppose we can go and find out where he was", with a blank look on his mush. The only thing that I can think of is that this reporters mind has been scrambled by the heat, its 8.30am and it is already 96 degrees.

90% of reporters (not a factual statistic) are parasites feeding off other peoples misfortune.

I walked into Walmart last night and the first thing I see is the walls and notice boards plastered with photgraphs and details of kids ranging from babies to teenagers that are missing .

I been a parent can begin to know the hell that these parents and families have to live every minute of everday. I thank God everyday that my kids are safe .

[John83]

Well if we're being cynical, the Simpsons Movie nailed the type of news coverage loved by Sky perfectly.

Spoiler tags please, damnit!

[Jerry The Saint]

Spoiler tags please, damnit!

That spoils nothing, surely. The joke will still be good because SPOILER: you haven't seen the logo or heard the theme tune yet.

[jebus]

I think the Portugese lawyer of Robert Murat nailed what a lot of us are thinking with this statement. Sadly the British Media are taking this as an insult on the McCanns and in some respect on the British themselves, although I don't think the child just ran away

"As a Portuguese person, I think it is strange that somebody would leave their kids.

Then, after the first thing happened, they left their twins and went to see the Pope.

It was like the McCanns on tour. People are getting tired of it all. This used to be a quiet place and people have businesses to think about. They rent houses and it is a question of bad publicity.

When I was a child my parents had me on a leash so I would not run away. Kids are like that. Incidents can happen.

Maybe the poor child could open the door and got away.

You would never leave them alone like that in a foreign country and go and have a drink. It is not a normal thing."

[Erstwhile Bóz]

Absolutely spot on.

Somebody here, I think, said that the media coverage is going to swing violently against the McCanns at some stage. I think that is correct. I wouldn't be surprised if this giving out about the above fair comment represents a bit of a watershed; when this dies down the comments might sink in.

The McCann Show isn't really making the tabloids any money any more. Time, think the unscrupulous editors, for a new angle?

[pete]

"As a Portuguese person, I think it is strange that somebody would leave their kids.

I do not think you need to be Portuguese to think that. I suppose its the hard question the media afraid to ask so far.

[galwayhoop]

I do not think you need to be Portuguese to think that.

it is a cunning way of getting the reader/listener to listen to your point, agree with you and then discount the caveat at the start of it.
eg:
"As a married man, I think it is strange that somebody would sleep with drug-ravaged transvestite prostitutes who are HIV positive"
i.e - I do not think you need to be Married to think that!!!!

[bellavistaman]

it is a cunning way of getting the reader/listener to listen to your point, agree with you and then discount the caveat at the start of it.
eg:
"As a married man, I think it is strange that somebody would sleep with drug-ravaged transvestite prostitutes who are HIV positive"
i.e - I do not think you need to be Married to think that!!!!

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[cheifo]

I dont know where people are getting this thing about questions not been asked in the media about the kids being left alone, its being everywhere from the off.The McCanns made a stupid mistake but what their going through is only something a parent can understand.Does everybody not think at this point they have a damn good idea they should not of left the kid alone.
I am less horrified by sensationalist media that what must have happened to the poor kid.The McCanns deserved a bollocking but not this.

[jebus]

The McCanns deserved a bollocking but not this.

I think their neglect that lead to the abduction and possible rape and murder (touch wood) deserves more than a bollocking to be honest. They may be getting a rough time of it at the moment, but their daughter has, or is, getting worse, and it's their fault

[Dodge]

You're as bad as the tabloids jebus.

[jebus]

You're as bad as the tabloids jebus.

I don't think so (aren't the red tops on their side anyway, and are verging on racist name calling to the Portugese police?). I think this attitude of they have been punished enough is a bit off to be honest. I'm sure they are going through a living hell at the moment, but I do think more needs to be said and looked at as to what type of parents they are overall, not just in this instance. Reports have said that the night Maddy was taken wasn't the first night that she and the twins had been left alone in the apartment whilst the parents went down for a few drinks, so I think it needs to be looked into as to whether they do that at home as well. It might turn out that they just did it on holiday and that they are model parents at home, it might not, all I'm saying is that we don't know. So until we know full details of what happened here (I realise we may never)I don't think this attitude of leave them alone, they know they've messed up, is wrong. Fair enough insulting them through mass circulated papers is wrong, but I'm hardly doing that