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 10:09 pm
323
pppy
lol! noooooo!
I mean, bad parent/good parent/bad parent…etc etc
I consider by own parents a terrible warning on what not to do, my own kids think Im a pushoever and are likely to be less aware of the dangers with their own kids…get it?
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 pm
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Marie Nicholas
Glad you have the solution. Is this board a guide for parents? I think there are plenty of sites for that. I read about Mumsnet in the Observer today…apparently parenting sites are the most visited..
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Clueless, do me a favour, on second thoughts no, just have a nice life.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
331
jo Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
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sorry
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
327 Jo
Yes, mothers day, a quiet one for me, my boys are with their father, but I did get a very early telephone call which was lovely, then a lie in, so best of both worlds. Even though I didn’t have them with me I know how much they love me.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
329
Gandolf Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
and i’ll let bygones be bygones
RR, I am glad you liked the joke, sometimes it pays to come second, as the old rooster knew.
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look gandy a joke is one thing. I didnt find it at all funny and neither did anyone else, clearly as you had no response from ANYONE….now im asking you nicely mate no more nasty stuff ok…??? We dont have to be enemies mate….I just hope you never lose someone close to you mate….have you got a heart…seems not to me. Now lets just call a truce…ok…???
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Three women were sitting around one night talking about their boyfriends when
they decided they would give their men nicknames based on types of soft drinks.
The first woman said: “I’m gonna call Tom “Mountain Dew” because he is as
strong as a mountain and always wants to do it!”
The second woman said: “I’m gonna call Bruce “7-Up” because he has seven inches
and it is always up!”
The third woman said: “I’m gonna call my man “Jack Daniels.”
The other two women responded: “Jack Daniels? That’s not a soft drink, that’s
a hard liquor.”
The third woman replied: “THAT’S MY LEROY!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AofzLsvTsM0&feature=related
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:03 pm
330
Clouseau
I was going to post a link specially for you but if you are going then it will be tomorrow.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
257 Maria
All I meant was that some parents genuinely think they love their children , but are unable to put themselves in their place, and don’t understand their needs. Some are better at educating their children than others, the same as there are good teachers and bad teachers. Sad but true.
The state should educate the mothers while they are pregnant, explain them a few things about children’s needs. We can’t delude ourselves by saying the parents’ role isn’t that important. It is. But if some women and men aren’t good at it, they should be helped, and taught.
There should also be people in schools whom the children could talk to when they have a problem, so that they wouldn’t resort to extremely dangerous behaviours, such as running away or taking drugs.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
328
RedRooster
Hang on! I have a nice link to post …dont scare him away
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
evening all
see Gandy still on youtube and jokes
bye
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
RR, I am glad you liked the joke, sometimes it pays to come second, as the old rooster knew.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:55 pm
325
jo Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
322
Dont you have anything NEW to tell us?
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what like he’s gonna sod off and never return
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
324
Pppy
I had a loooong rest.
And yourself? its mother day in the uk….
Happy mother day Pppy and many happy returns
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
317
pppy Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
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im really sorry to hear about that….its very sad. Hope everything works out for you. It cant be easy having to do it all. I’ve got a lot of respect for anyone who has to deal with that kind of crap….
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
322
Dont you have anything NEW to tell us?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 pm
320 Jo
The biology of anything sounds good right now. Have you had a nice day?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
319 Ian
Like a clunk whoosh?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
312 Marie Nicholas
i dont think Karen is evil - i think she is just milking the system that rewards multiple daddying and disposable fathers. It is the system that lets her be a rubbish parent.
On the other hand, i feel that Kate and Gerry are evil. They are willing to let innocent men and countries be accused of the worst crimes just so they can get off the hook for being bad parents.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
310
Gandolf Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Havin a chill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAavDlZIy8
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great song mate…….but I know where you tube is thanks, and I guess you do too as you seem to do nothing but post links to that site….Not f@ckin impressed with your sick joke last night by the way. Give me a break hey mate
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
315
Pppy
Read Arthur Janov ya will see.
Especially The Biology Of Love……
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
315
pppy
I have another theory, involves a generation jump
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
316 jo
PMSL
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
314 RR
I will tell her to contact you, don’t worry. She will be fine.
I have been a bit all over the place, my partner, who tried to end his life, has been causing no end of problems recently, in fact he has just text to me to say he is going to do it again.
I have been, like a good mother, trying to keep strong and on top of everything, but now I am on my own, its hard getting back in the swing of doing everything on your own again, and not having cups of tea made for me is well tedious…grrr
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
289
I-dontbelievethem
You make really strange puking noises!!!
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
313 Ian
Ever heard of script theory?
its a very interesting concept that we seem to follow in our parents footsteps. Sadly its the good and the bad footsteps.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
311
pppy Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
RR
where is ciara? Last I saw of her, was that her neighbours were having an out of control bbq!
Thanks pppy…. not seen you about much lately what you been up to…?
Is she okay?
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I saw her on here earlier but not sure now. I’ve been trying to contact her….hope shes ok. If you see her when im not about please tell her to text me. Im worried about her
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Marie Nicholas
Maybe she had a tough time - no money, bad parents herself?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
254 I-don’t-believe-them
I didn’t intend to pass judgment on Shannon’s mother when I wrote that to me the quality of love counts more than the quantity. (I also think that good judgement is necesary to educate a child). She probably needs help, but she isn’t wicked, and she hasn’t done anything against the law. If she isn’t very wise in her choice of men, doesn’t mean that she is a bad mother. Besides, some children run away, some don’t, just because they are made that way.
You sound as if you had a bad experience with some women, and I agree with you that some women are not reliable at all. There definitely are bad mothers, who harm their children. But not knowing Shannon’s mother, we don’t know if she belongs to that kind. She isn’t accused of having done anything wrong. If she had, the police would know.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
RR
where is ciara? Last I saw of her, was that her neighbours were having an out of control bbq!
Is she okay?