Madeleine McCann: Family Danger, Caylee Anthony And A Challenge To Libel
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE SUN: “Maddie: Hol chat on risk of kidnap”
James Clench continues his investigation of the McCann’s holiday, and he’s brought Lucy Hagan along for back up…
Perhaps James can be Gerry McCann and Lucy can be Kate, and they can turn their story into a multi-media play for today? Now read on…
Kate McCann and three friends discussed child-snatchers hours before daughter Madeleine disappeared, it has emerged.
Oh, aye. After yesterday’s news of Kate McCann picking up bade vibes, we now have a story that mother of young children talked about bogey men, stranger danger and paedos. What are the odds? Madeleine McCann: The Full Picture:
Dr Russell O’Brien, one of the so-called Tapas Seven, told police of the “haunting” conversation had while on holiday in Portugal last year. He said it came up after another father said he felt awkward photographing his own child.
Men and children. Beware. Feel the fear… What of the other facts?
Dr O’Brien, 37, was with his partner Jane Tanner, 37, Rachel Oldfield, 37, and Kate, 40.
Facts! Now Clench is getting somewhere…
He said: “We then had a conversation about the ludicrous pressure on parents that they can’t take photos of their children.
Bill Henson is listening…
“The other aspect of the conversation, which is doubly haunting, was that we said, ‘You’re far more likely to get clobbered by your uncle or your neighbour than some random stranger’. Since this happened ten or 11 hours before Madeleine was abducted, it seemed a very uncomfortable coincidence.”
The words appear like a challenge for readers to libel someone.
MOM LOGIC (US): “Media Bias: Only White Kids Get Abducted”
Thousands of kids go missing each day — so why do we never seem to hear about the African-American children?
We only hear about Madeleine McCann. She is the benchmark for missing chidlren.
What do JonBenet Ramsey, Madeleine McCann, Elizabeth Smart and Polly Klaas all have in common?
They were all abducted by aliens? They all had six fingers on their left hand? They all liked pink?
They are all girls who have been abducted — or in the most tragic cases, killed — and they are all attractive white girls.
Spooky. Are photogenic white girls more likely to go missing, then?
The media has always seemed to only be interested in covering stories of white children who go missing — and pretty ones at that. Currently, Caylee Anthony fits that profile: doe-eyed with a winning smile. Despite ourselves when we first heard her story many of us thought, “Oh it’s so sad, she’s such a pretty little girl.”
Do we value one child above another?
But pretty and white are not the only children in peril, and are not the only ones who should have our attention. Nearly 800,000 children under the age of 18 are reported missing each year in the United States, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Of those reported missing, 33% are African-American. So where’s the 24/7 coverage of their stories?
Well, not all of the 800,000 are children. Not all stay missing. And not all of them are of a type of child that gels with the readers of national newspapers and the TV news.
One website is doing its part to at least try to fix the disparity. Black and Missing But Not Forgotten is dedicated to spreading awareness of missing African-American children. One post on the site “Caylee Anthony is Not the Only Missing Florida Toddler, ” tells the story of little Zenyetta Ra, who is also missing from the Tampa area, about 84 miles from the last known sighting of Caylee. “Zenyetta Ra is also missing”, says the site, “However, you won’t see Nancy Grace talking about her. Not even the local news.”
The website further exemplifies the bias by this statistic. A Google search on Caylee will garner about 600,000 results. “Can’t say the same for Zenyetta,” laments the website.
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Posted: 21st, October 2008 | In: Back pages Comments (90) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
October 21st, 2008 at 11:41 am
its gone all wierdy , it was earlier then disapppeared
October 21st, 2008 at 11:35 am
why is this thread not on the main madeline thread?
October 21st, 2008 at 11:15 am
ha ha !
October 21st, 2008 at 11:13 am
ask your postman
October 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am
wheres my post
October 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am
coco
Have you tried mineral make up ?
October 21st, 2008 at 11:05 am
Where have you all fucked off to???
I have only got a few minutes until very late tonight!
Come back! All of you. Now!!!
October 21st, 2008 at 11:03 am
JO and DORIS! HI! LOOKIN’ GOOD N FEELIN’ GREAT!? YOWZER YOWZER YOWZER!
Fucking Hell! I bet the Clan wish they had been a bit more savvy about the misinformation and the time-lines now!
Go Tony! Go! Woof woof. Grrrr!
October 21st, 2008 at 10:26 am
hi jo x missed reading you and coco but been busy !!!!!!!!, where are the little oiks ?
October 21st, 2008 at 10:22 am
WELL DONE TONY
XXXXXX
October 21st, 2008 at 10:21 am
Mirror,Mirror on the Wall
Who is the biggest liar of All?
Jack Russel? Payne,Taner,mccScum….?
October 21st, 2008 at 10:18 am
I am sooooo glad the Sun gives us this fantastic news….jajajajaja…WHO do they think they are buying with this kind of bollocks?
The Tgits had such a convenient conversation ….just a few hours before Madeleine was “snatched”…..
Gonçalo was laughing his head off this morning! oops
October 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am
WHY has my post with the rest of the translation got wacked??????????????
Hi Coco,Brandon,Doris
Not much time right now but will come back later
Brandon
I DID post the rest of the yesterday translation on the yesterday link but it has been removed
Gonçalo!!!!! GET THEM
October 21st, 2008 at 10:08 am
coco , hello !!! missed you as been a tad busy !!!!!!!!!!!!!! how the devil are you ?
October 21st, 2008 at 9:34 am
Alone again! And at an Earthly hour.
Where are all the rasping, stinking things?
October 21st, 2008 at 9:32 am
I am off for my Tourettes class in a moment - because I have not been cticised for my foul usage of language lately - so I need to brush up on them.
LP Twats. Tapas Twats. Anybody who doesn’t want a proper enquiry - Twats!
I feel better now ……. lol
October 21st, 2008 at 9:30 am
I am also wondering why LP have not dragged the Clannies in for a chat.
Was M actually born in this fucking country???
Is she a British Subject or not???
If she is not a British Subject - then which country - apart from Portugal gives a fuck about her disappearance???
October 21st, 2008 at 9:21 am
I am also wondering if the Clannies have decided never to go away with each other anymore ………………….
I wonder if they will ever have one for ‘old time’s sake’?
In fact I wonder sometimes if MW have ever offered them free holidays in recognition of the fact that they got so much publicity!
But then again - I suppose that this is the only case in history where we can’t say that there is no such thing as bad pubicity.
Hrrrrrrmmphhhhhhhhh!
October 21st, 2008 at 9:17 am
It would have been on around the time one of the ‘leaks’ broke. But there are so many Brandon - that I lose count.
I wonder if he and his partner are still dead chummy with the rest of the Clannies? I wonder if they will all be sending Christmas cards to each other - with ‘We must get together soon.’ messages inside?
I bet they don’t - unless their briefs have told them that they have to!
Hrrrrrrmphhhhhh! lol
October 21st, 2008 at 8:35 am
Was he be interviewed during the amber brussels drive, when the
” why didnt you come mummy” story broke ?
October 21st, 2008 at 8:23 am
Good Morning Brandon! Lovely morning to be first!
Hard to tell when Russell said anything to anybody - or even wrote things down to be honest.
Things change minute to minute and hour to hour with this tribe of Tapastwats. I would hate to insinuate when or why he may have said something - but ……………
October 21st, 2008 at 8:19 am
Did russell tell the police about this last year or this year?
October 21st, 2008 at 8:07 am
‘You’re far more likely to get clobbered by your uncle or your neighbour than some random stranger’.
PMSL
and even MORE likely to be clobbered by your parents
October 21st, 2008 at 8:02 am
stupid fecking computer it like froze for ages
Hi coco
October 21st, 2008 at 8:02 am
1st
even
October 21st, 2008 at 8:01 am
1ST :-d
October 21st, 2008 at 8:00 am
Dr Russell O’Brien, one of the so-called Tapas Seven, told police of the “haunting” conversation had while on holiday in Portugal last year.
……………………………………………………………………………………………. Ha! I bet this haunting conversation is not as haunting as some of the conversations that will be haunting him until he is haunted to death over all this haunting business that is haunting everybody in the World.
What do you do when you’re haunted - and you fight for your name?
Branded - de de de de de duh! Branded! What do you do when you’re haunted - and you fight for your name?
Anybody remember this from the 70s? Branded! Szzzzzzzzzz!
October 21st, 2008 at 7:55 am
I have been first twice now! It is an amazing feeling. It is better than winning a tennis match or anything I can ever remember - except passing my driving test.
La la la la la la la la la la la la! I am so happy I could burst!
October 21st, 2008 at 7:51 am
It’s me again!