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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October 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
Gandolf the Gonad LF Says:
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 am
FFS the fukwits have finally almost succeeded in putting an end to the MM threads here, a sad demise, now populated by clowns windylickers and libel tossers…………what a stramash!!!!!!!!!
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Fuck off you horrible thing.
I am concerned at the motives of a man who just wants the whole debacle to die a death and disappear like the child herself.
Mmmmmmmmm! You are one suspicious libellous, windylicker, clown of a man.
Why would a gig grown-up blokey want to post about something like this when he has no intentions of helping to find out what REALLY happened???
My mind is boggling as to why you would waste your time.
What about the doggies who have never put a foot wrong before?
What about the jemmied shutters?
You are an Arse-Wipe of the highest order! Knob-Head!
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
thatpoorpriest Says:
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
going back to the last thread about the FBI fib psychics -
I think the e-fit looks very much like Gerry.
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Psychics with the benefit of hindsight what are we trying to say here
It does resemble GM doesn’t it, I thought it looked like Tim Allen myself ! IMO
P.S. the last couple of MM type threads have been on the Home page not the normal thread, there is another one there now ?
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
going back to the last thread about the FBI fib psychics -
I think the e-fit looks very much like Gerry.
psychics have cleverly fitted all the puzzle pieces into place : they have tied in….. gerry’s face, car ride with father, deserted farmhouse, photographing of Maddie & family, maddie’s only trip to the beach, writing down the comings and goings of the group each night (obviously better than they did themselves! LOL ), man made dam, landfill site, bundled in boot of car etc etc
IT’S ALL THERE.
oh aren’t they clever, especially with the benefit of hindsight.
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Will we get the film before the book!
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:11 am
Well if you cannot get your head around the fact that someone who took Madeleine McCann could actually see what he was doing in that apartment in dim light and who had targeted Madeleine and was more than likely in the apartment on GM’s visit then I guess you have to join Cheniers gang of no hopers with the mindset of a gnat and opt for an alien theory.
Then for the first time we’d understand where the aliens are coming from……
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:43 am
Duh duh duh duh Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Duh duh duh duh Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I hear the sounds of toilets flushing.
So is it - or is it not the Aliens that got MM to disappear?
BRANDONFLOURS! I love mineral make-up.
I was given some of the best and most expensive a few years ago and I can honestly say that if you go on ebay and look for Southern Magnolias Make-up.
You will get the very best for a fraction of the price - and it truly does get better and better throughout the day and night - and sometimes right through until the next day!
Not that I have ever done that!!! Hrrrrrrrmphhhhhh!
October 21st, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I found the Polly Klass Foundation on the internet, which then led to some serious Practical help to keep your kids or grandkids safe……………it says on the website
OCTOBER IS NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH
http://www.webwisekids.org/index.asp
October 21st, 2008 at 9:41 pm
So now some of you have had time to digest and calm your beating hearts…
How’s Mr Bennett then? Still saying he will save the world and trying to get quoted in the Daily W?
October 21st, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Where’s Ferdinand?
Ferdi, come back and join in the madness. Could do with your humour these days. I know that there was some fisticuffs but hey, I’m sure it’s all in the past.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Just keep the thread going, Garth. You have 12 matches in 30 minutes. Not bad …
October 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pm
How many goes have i got?
October 21st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Hey Doruffy, come back……….. its not aliens is it?
October 21st, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Garth , I would love to meet Jo and i am sure one day we shall when we are not busy , its fun keeping you in suspense you dimlylit person ,anyway dont worry little boy Madeleine is going to get her justice , im orf now to work , keeeep guesssing
October 21st, 2008 at 6:33 pm
brandon flours Says:
October 21st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
“Sometimes people do things for reasons that even they cannot understand,” Mr McCann, a devout Catholic, wrote.
“An act of madness, an accident or sudden impulse can lead to consequences that people may never have imagined or intended.
“Faced with such a situation we believe any human soul will ultimately suffer torment and feelings of guilt and fear.”
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Right. Okay. Thanks for posting it but erm……… what about it?
October 21st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
doris Says:
October 21st, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Jo there are many things that are yet to be made public , Justice will be done
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You and jo ought to get together. You keep each other in suspension for months. Years even….
October 21st, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Oh sorry, you meant Egyptian. Ah right.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Nope, still not a clue what you waffling about,
October 21st, 2008 at 6:24 pm
It fell off the Egyption.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:22 pm
SteveT Says:
October 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
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erm………. nope pass…… no idea!
October 21st, 2008 at 6:21 pm
agw Says:
October 21st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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Ooh ‘ell, looks like you’ve frightened them off. Have they nothing to say thats fact?
October 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
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October 21st, 2008 at 6:04 pm
The Egyptian had good taste in names!
October 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Ahhh! Half term holidays ! That’s why it’s so quiet.
Way to go Coco
I’m becoming more convinced by your theories all the time…………
Egyptian mummies called Steve LOLOL.
Wasn’t there some theories about connections between the Ancient Egyptians and Alien Spacemen ?
October 21st, 2008 at 6:02 pm
They seem such honest people and doctors as well.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I am still undecided.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I am - in passing, but I expect you are looking for members of your own clan
October 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
anybody home … ?
October 21st, 2008 at 3:40 pm
From such foolish and loose lipped gossip mongers the fortunes of Carter Ruck and the like are multiplied.
October 21st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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October 21st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
The claims made about Father Pacheco are libelous.
If you repeat them I shall have no alternative but to block all the posts of people who have posted these libels.
The same applies to anyone who cannot produce evidence about the claims made about the Prime Minister.
October 21st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Theres a really interesting series on itv3 about female killers presented by crime author Martina Cole at the moment.
http://www.itv.com/Channels/ITV3/MartinaColesLadyKillers/default.html
last nights covered
Amelia Dyer
Series in which crime writer Martina Cole explores the lives of six female serial killers, re-examining evidence, and providing a comprehensive portrait of the sociological backgrounds that may have moulded them. Today she examines life and crimes of the Victorian baby killer Amelia Dyer, who is thought to have killed more than four hundred infants over a span of 30 years.
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It is very interesting.