Missing Madeline - Anyone else sick of this?

Hagar

Maybe I'm a tad sensitive but since you quoted me the implication is that I'm one of the "teenagers or immature males".
I have two kids 21 and 13, neither of them have ever been lost.

Dudess

RuggieBear wrote:

the media is all over this because they can make money from exploiting it. nothing more nothing less. You are stupidly naive to think otherwise.

Exactly. I'm actually amazed by the stupidity of some of the posters criticising the OP. Oh yeah, Sky News really "cares" about Madeleine.:rolleyes:
Sky News is treating this like an episode of 24 - "stay tuned for more updates" might as well be "tune in to find out what happens next". They are f*cking LOVING it! And imagine the advertising revenue Murdoch's getting!!!
Of course it's horrific what's happened to Madeleine and her parents - absolutely horrific. But calling the OP "sick" etc is just plain dumb. And it IS a fair point to make that thousands of little Asian kids are abducted and sold everyday and don't even make the news.

whiskeyman

Well, this has definately stirred people up. Thanks for all the replies folks.
I intentionally used the phrase 'Missing Madeline' in the thread title, as it's become the heading for this story in the press and in conversation. Perhaps I ought to have put this in commas to stress this. It's the hype and over facination with this one story that I'm questioning, not the actual tragedy of the missing girl itself.

You may think my point heartless but I can guarentee you that newspaper editors around the world are already working on 2 possible front pages splashes : one of the little girl being found alive, and the other being found dead. That's the reality of the world we live in. Is that really a 'caring attitude' of the media as one poster mentioned?

John Mason

dear lord god, the kid is missing, its all very sad and stuff but why do people insist in sending me emails about, dont ask how many times i have got that bloody email asking me to forward it on blah blah blah. what do they think i am going to do, run around with the photo in my hand checking every child i see - errrr, I DONT THINK SO!!!! stop sending the emails, it wont make any difference

Dun laoire

If he/she/they took my lad i would want the very same. As much coverage as possible. You'd do anything, absolutley anything.

John Mason

Dun laoire wrote:

If he/she/they took my lad i would want the very same. As much coverage as possible. You'd do anything, absolutley anything.

well, try not leaving him by himself in a hotel room when you go and get pissed and you will probably be okay

rachums

Nephew wrote:

Sky were doing a live feed with relatives up in Scotland yesterday, it must have been recorded outside Celtic Park because the whole family were decked out in Celtic hats, shirts and tracksuits holding up copies of The Sun.

I just thought it was funny more than anything.

IT WAS HER FOURTH BIRTHDAY. they are hardly going to do nothing. All these people being negative are a arseholes.

Dun laoire

irishbird wrote:

well, try not leaving him by himself in a hotel room when you go and get pissed and you will probably be okay

Parents no doubt will have some questions that need answering but i'm not talking about that blame game. I'm simply saying if it was my son that was kidnapped i would want as much coverage as possible.

Dudess

Dun laoire wrote:

Parents no doubt will have some questions that need answering but i'm not talking about that blame game. I'm simply saying if it was my son that was kidnapped i would want as much coverage as possible.

Of course you would. But it's Sky News's sensationalising of the case that's getting to people. They're making money out of tragedy and people's deepest fears. They're the ones who are sick. Exploitative bastards.

Miss Fluff

Sky News are salacious in their reporting of it. I can understand that the general public are both horrified and concerned for the poor tot's safety (including myself, it is awful beyond comprehension) but I turned on Sky yesterday and there were camera crews trailing her parents while they took a walk on the beach and were showing footage from inside mass/the child's village back in the UK.

It's blatant sensationalism and I'd be dubious about whether the station's intentions are that honourable. Yes, it's a commercial station of course but I always feel it's coverage is distasteful.

I mean look at the Soham murders some years ago. The photo of those two girls in their Manchester United tops must have been shown every two minutes.

The McCann family understandably need to keep this in the media but it is HOW it is reported and the frequency of irrelevant features/links that I would question.

That doesn't take away how I feel about it however, think about the poor tot every day and hope she is found soon so the parents can find peace.

Dun laoire

Dudess wrote:

Of course you would. But it's Sky News's sensationalising of the case that's getting to people. They're making money out of tragedy and people's deepest fears. They're the ones who are sick. Exploitative bastards.

Well whatever about sky news or any news channel making tons of money or not i couldn't care less. I would want my childs face on the news 24/7.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Dun laoire wrote:

Well whatever about sky news or any news channel making tons of money or not i couldn't care less. I would want my childs face on the news 24/7.

You would if your child had just been kidnapped...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

The attitude of some of the people in this discussion is pretty sad, but the worse one is probably the member who wants missing childrens photos put on the back of his porn DVD's, god only know's why.

wh00t! I won!

shane86

irishbird wrote:

dear lord god, the kid is missing, its all very sad and stuff but why do people insist in sending me emails about, dont ask how many times i have got that bloody email asking me to forward it on blah blah blah. what do they think i am going to do, run around with the photo in my hand checking every child i see - errrr, I DONT THINK SO!!!! stop sending the emails, it wont make any difference

Jesus Christ is there anything worse than fwd chain emails about news events. I recently received a petition from someone demanding Jamie Bulgers killers not be released. ffs, didnt they turn 18 like 6 years ago? They were released god knows how long ago, I wish people would actually watch the news if theyre seemingly so interested in the stories on it.

No problem with any of it, if you dont want to see it dont watch it. A bit off topic but as Hagar said, the parents are a disgrace. They have some neck criticising the police, apart from the kidnapper theyve only themselves to blame.

whiskeyman

shane86 wrote:

No problem with any of it, if you dont want to see it dont watch it.

Just to clear up, I'm avoiding it from the media and it's not just the media I'm having a go at. A knock on effect from the media hype is the topic coming up in normal conversation with friends, family and colleagues. Whenver it's talked about or I'm asked about it, it's hard to back out and convey you're lack of interest (compared to others) to them. It's as if they expect me to be just as worried about the outcome, as many have already shown here and then assume I'm a cold hearted git. I'm not denying it's a tragedy, but I refuse to worry about this story or check the news about her fate.

aidan24326

Jesus some of ye have little to worry about. If you're not interested in the Madeleine McCann story then just pay no attention. I'd have no more than a passing interest myself and pay little heed to it Haven't really heard anyone talking about it(outside the media of course). And anyone who's sad enough to watch Sky News deserves little sympathy for whatever they have to endure. It's the UK sister channel of Fox News ffs.

Jonesy3110

You have to consider - Would there be this much coverage if the little girl wasn't an adorable little WHITE girl?

Also, what the hell kind of parents leave children of that age alone in an apartment? I think it's disgusting that this child could now be envolved in some sort of paedophile situation now because her parents are seriously lacking any sort of common sense.

Oriel

I'm sick of it now, but just think what it'll be like when they find her body.

Hrududu

You have to consider - Would there be this much coverage if the little girl wasn't an adorable little WHITE girl?

This is it for me. Its a terrible thing that has happened. But if the family had been black would there be anywhere near as much coverage? And I guarantee if the family was black the fact that they left the child alone in their apartment would be getting some serious criticism.

vorbis

yeah, lets turn an apalling tragedy into a race issue? :rolleyes: I have to concur, the lack of concern for anyone but themselves by some posters is atrocious. I hope ye grow up at some point.

HashSlinging

FFS !! To all you unconcerned meatheads.

She is a tiny little thing, give them a couple more days to try and get their little angel back. What would your parents have done if you were abducted, im sure you would want the same coverage if this happened to you.

RTE are barely covering it, its not like your missing any strike/election information. she could be here in ireland for all we know, so its important for everyone to know what she looks like..Some really nasty freaks on here.

She's bearly out of nappies FFS.

Mossy Monk

HashSlinging wrote:

RTE are barely covering it, its not like your missing any strike/election information. she could be here in ireland for all we know, so its important for everyone to know what she looks like

Should every channel in the world cover this story then?

Marksie

Dudess wrote:

Of course you would. But it's Sky News's sensationalising of the case that's getting to people. They're making money out of tragedy and people's deepest fears. They're the ones who are sick. Exploitative bastards.

I dont disagree dudess, but mass exposure keeps things current and hopefully checks what the kidnappers may be trying to do by keeping it fresh in everyones mind.
Psychology may have something to do with this as well, making the child a person rather than an object.


There is a saying though that the interest in a news item is inversely proportional to the distance from the readers/viewers. So that darfur is "somewhere over there" whereas this strikes home. (look at the mass discussion over what went on in wexford... which would be of strictly limited interest to anyone else)

Though there is a saying in the Talmud: He who saves a life saves the world entire.
So i, while not being able to do anything about it would not begrudge the media attention for a variety of reasons

HashSlinging

Yeah they absolutely should, if it means reuniting this family then I don’t see the problem, 24/7

Mossy Monk

Maybe they should have a missing persons channel and have that 24/7.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

should they just skip news altogether and report on nothing but missing children?

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*hugs mossy monk*
you speedy bastard

Marksie

I used to work in forensic science and it wouldnt be the first time a something could have been avoided by people paying attention.

Neither was it the first time something was solved by something that jogged joe publics mind.

As quick example of that would be Ian Huntley who was first detained because someone recognised him on an interview he gave to sky.

Mordeth/ mossy monk: No: Impact is lost by continued showing 24/7. But It shouldn't be allowed to drop if at all possible. Though as time goes by it will gradually fade away from national attention in any event as something more newsworthy like traffic queues on the M50 replace it

Edit: wrong emphasis on first sentence now edited to indicate dthat impact is lost if you 24/7

RuggieBear

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4541603.stm

Gosh i remember the furore over all those missing kids....

Dyr

yeah, even their parents arent making a fuss about them disappearing :rolleyes:

Jonesy3110

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome


Im not saying that this little girl going missing isn't a tragedy, but if you read this article (I know, gargh wikipedia) it all starts to sound veeery familiar

MinutesofCoverage = FamilyIncome * (AbducteeCuteness / SkinColor)2 + LengthofAbduction * MediaSavvyofGrievingParents3