Madeleine McCann And Shannon Matthews: And Jamie Bulger
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews
THE INDEPENDENT: “Missing: The contrasting searches for Shannon and Madeleine. Has class influenced the rewards offered and publicity given to two campaigns to find missing children? Cole Moreton goes to Dewsbury to investigate”
Shannon’s parents are not doctors. The child is not blonde, neither is the mother.
Shannon’s uncle, Neil Hyett, lives next door to her, and has had his house and garden searched. The media frenzy of last week bewildered him, but like many others in Dewsbury Moor he says he now wishes he could find a way to make it continue. “It’s all gone quiet, hasn’t it?” he said at the sparse community centre from which the leaflet and poster campaign continues to be run. “Last week, you couldn’t park for television vans. Now they’ve all been sent away on other stories.” Even The Sun’s support yesterday caused disappointment. “I’m devastated, to be honest,” said a coach driver, as others around him agreed. “That poster should have been on the front page.” It was on page 17.
Madeleine McCann
Age: Four. Parents: Kate, 40, a GP. Gerry, 39, a cardiologist. Siblings: Twins, now aged two.
Home: Detached house, Leicestershire.
UK press stories after nine days: 465.
Rewards offered: £2.6m: the ‘News of the World’, Stephen Winyard, Philip Green, Simon Cowell, Coleen McLoughlin, ‘The Sun’, Sir Richard Branson, J K Rowling.
Public donations: £1.1m:
J K Rowling, Bryan Adams, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, John Terry, Phil Neville, David Moyes, the England cricket team.
Wikipedia profile: 2,182 words after nine days.
Shannon Matthews
Age: Nine. Parents: Karen, 32, and Leon Rose, 29. Stepfather, Craig, 22. Siblings: Six boys and girls, from her mother’s partnerships with five different men.
Home: Three-bed council house, Dewsbury Moor.
UK press stories after nine days: 242.
Rewards offered: £25,500. Made up of £20,000 by ‘The Sun’, £5,000 from Huddersfield firm Joseph International, £500 from Wakefield pensioner Winston Bedford.
Public donations: Thousands at most, including Leona Lewis.
Wikipedia profile: 151 words after nine days.
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “Lost little Shannon ’snatched’”
Devastated friends and family of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews last night insisted the nine-year-old was snatched.
Says cousin Vicky Saunders: “Shannon’s quite a timid girl and wouldn’t like to go off on her own.
Family friend Petra Jamieson adds: “She’s the ideal daughter who behaves well. We want everyone to remember Shannon, like they do Madeleine McCann.”
THE SCOTSMAN: “Madeleine sighting in France is ruled out”
We are all looking for Madeleine McCann, and at her…
A reported sighting of Madeleine McCann in southern France has been officially ruled out. Gerry McCann revealed that French police have established that the young girl seen by a Dutch tourist in Montpellier last month was not his missing daughter.He said it was “disappointing” that it took so long for this to happen after “widespread” media reporting of the sighting.
In his latest blog, Mr McCann writes: “We did hear that the French have officially ruled out the reported sighting of Madeleine in Montpellier.”
We watch the McCanns. And we scrutinise their every word. They now even report on the case.
THE OBSERVER: “’James would be 18 now - the pain of losing him will never go away’
Fifteen years ago, the murder of toddler James Bulger by two young boys horrified Britain and inflicted deep wounds on their home city of Liverpool. In this moving interview, James’s mother Denise Fergus tells Elizabeth Day that the passing years have not diminished the pain over the loss of her son and her anger towards his killers, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables.
In the aftermath of the trial in November 1993, the Daily Star carried pictures of Venables and Thompson underneath the headline ‘How do you feel now you little bastards?’
Denise Fergus still cannot bring herself to walk near the Walton railway line… It has been 15 years since the murder of her son James Bulger on this stretch of track; 15 years since he was beaten to death by two killers who were themselves children.
The pain of losing him will never go away. But there’s so much more in my life that I determined long ago not to be a victim any more. I don’t let things hurt me so easily as I once did. Like it was hurtful when the papers called him “Jamie”. That was never his name. It was like a strange label they invented to sum him up in one word. It’s the same now with Madeleine McCann. The papers call her “Maddy”.
Maddie, Shan And More: the media’s look at missing children
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March 2nd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Havin a chill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAavDlZIy8
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
306 carmen
It could be…
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 pm
303 carmen
ok a sleep-on-it challenge “clarrie”…
i had something different in mind with reference to you tonight but i will do my best to do two things for the first time
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Ciara, if you’re about I got your email…text me and i’ll call you.
MODS and ADMIN sorry im not trying to flout the rules honestly.
Please dont put me or Ciara in the pen and if you have to put us there put us in together please
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
offski for me
i think i may have done some “work” today (and yesterday)
bad form, i say
will ask ted tomorrow for advice
lovely breakfast encounter, carmen
beware
the world does not have to run in parallel
nice legs
nite all
have fun fun fun
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
303 Carmen
Tsk. You never bake me anything :sulk:
Bah.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
280
Denzylle
I lived in Hackney for 3 years ( now just down the road). I cannot quote sources because although these things happened, the babies did not come to actual lasting harm, the authorities did get involved as far as putting the children on as being ‘at risk’ , it was not taken further. Which illustrates my point about how neglect is often ignored until there is actual harm.
Luckily for the children above, the extended family stepped in.
But yes I agree with you entirely about how it could have been be anywhere.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Where is WTF and chenier recently?
ps.Scroll the troll
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
295 Carmen
ooohh suits me
carmen’s parts
not carmen’s bits, of course
ooohhh
been playin’ the same bastard 5 tunes for 36 hours
they are very hard and if you make one mistake you have to do it again
old fashioned way (1970 style recording)
nowadays they stick two bits together after the event and cahange pith etc
i can even do that on garageband on this computer…
bloody amazing but shite
that’s why we are doing it properly
with worts, i say
nice legs
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 pm
it isn’t just a class thing.
Shannon is not being looked for as intensely as Madeleine McCann because Shannon’s mother is so obviously a bad mother.
Karen had five fathers for her seven children and a 22 year old tickling ‘dad’ - all at the age of 32. The story is just so typical - multiple daddying moms living off the system ignoring their children.
deep down, i bet many people feel that maybe Shannon just isn’t worth saving - especially if her own mother never cared that much for her. that is the really sad part - the world thinking that shannon isnt worth saving.
On the other hand, it has taken months for people to realize what rubbish parents Kate and Gerry are - easily as bad as Karen. Some people still don’t see how rubbish McCanns really are.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
283
Aaaaade
jajajajaja….Dont say!
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
288 stevet
piss off
it’s not a dress rehearsal, after all
and carmen fancies me
for my erm… brain
not seen the rest yet
her personality defect i know but i’m not complaining
getmecoat
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Playing UNO.
BBL
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
287 Carmen
i’m rubbing very swollen thighs, vic reeves style
oooooooohhh
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:14 pm
286
SteveT
No.
Not all are little evils but on forums yes they are
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
90
jo Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Châtelaine
A sunday special for Maman
****
Thank you, Jo.
It’ s too small for her half-blind eyes, but I will describe it
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Châtelaine
A sunday special for Maman
http://bp0.blogger.com/_3HAnFzHSqqE/R3WIYcAcp0I/AAAAAAAAAfg/xJIfaSmVM8Y/s1600-h/calendar_kate_mccann.jpg
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
283
jo Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
*****
Interesting … “He (and in 90% of cases it is he) tries to start arguments and upset people.”. A “he” …
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Carmen,
No flirting!
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Jo,
“Trolls of Scandinavian Mythology: Once upon a time, evil dwarfs were living in hills, forests and mounds. They were stumpy, misshapen, humpbacked, with a long nose, long hair and a long tail. Trolls were inclined to thieving, and fond of carrying off children. They would substitute one of their own offspring for that of a human mother. They were called “hill-people”, and they were especially averse to noise, from a recollection of the time when god Thor used to fling his hammer after them. Not all trolls were evil!. Some trolls were helping people. Some trolls were only playing games. But, evil trolls were the one that kids were most afraid of. Some trolls were small, other were giants”.
Now I understand.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
i didn’t understand 281 either so no worries folks
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
anybody know if any scum have been interviewed?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
278
i-dont-believe-them
why dont you take a break
http://curezone.com/forums/troll.asp
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
278
Well you must have been out of your head yesterday when you did it.
Now I will respond to no more of your nonsense.
asshole.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
21 PeterMac Says:
I love “A-Clarity”. Hope it was intentional. Or has ‘Clarrie’ now infected the entire universe.
interesting to note that “chemical ali” is to be executed, the inspiration from the lovely (and trust me here folks - i’m a real doctor) carmen (smooch) idea of comical clarrie as a monicker for pr has-beens who get ditched but do not seen to realise.
what fun…
:sexywinktocarmen:
wot no smiley for that?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
JustLooking
271
Denzylle
Sorry to name Hackney except that I KNOW of cases there because I was there
————————————————————————————————–
Well, I’m there too, and have been for 20 years. I don’t recall a case of a public school girl so coked up she forgot to feed her baby and I have a good memory for these things. (Source…?)
I know these things happen, and I don’t feel the need to protect the ‘good’ name of Hackney, but what I’m intending to say is ‘is Hackney any worse than other place?’ Some of the worst places for drugs in the UK these days are places like where I come from (Lake District) or the Highlands (I can provide sources) - beautiful places (unilke Hackney) but packed full of drugs because there is so little else to ‘do’ and (no doubt, give the discussion this afternoon) child abuse, too. (I could provide sources for that, too. I went to live in Kendal in 1974 and arrived at the beginning of one of the worst ever child abuse cases involving a rural community).
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:00 pm
275
pppy
Poison Ivy
276
jo
Thanks. The voice of reason
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:00 pm
275 pppy - I dont know you so how can I comment on you “personally”?
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
274
pppy Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Sadly for him he did pass comment on me personally yesterday, and as I fall in the category he decided to open fire on, I am not going to sit here and let him make assumptions about the way I, or indeed any other…(shudder)…..single mother raises her children.
So sorry, but it is personal. How are you anyway?
****
I am fine, PPPY, thank you [and Maman too, thank you JO].
Pppy, I missed IDBT’s personal comments yesterday. However, I am convinced you can in no way be compared to a 32-year-old mother of 7.
I do think IDBT’s comment on CSA was completely out of line. However, he/she did make some sensible remarks too. Try not to take it too personal. We all have to do that from time to time. And again, from all we know about you, you’re a great mother and IDBT must know that too.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
274
pppy
I mean …h/she is a troll ya know kind of forums vieuses irrupting to create just that: anger and diversion between th eposters who are supposed to comment on a topic .
Dont bother.The best is to ignore them.
I know its not easy but it really is the best attitude.