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BABY P Watch: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Baby P in the news…
THE SUN (front page): “Haunting portrait of baby P shows cuts and bruises”
These are the:
“FIRST SIGNS OF TORTURE”
The torture and death of Baby P is not enough for the Sun which continues to search for more pictures of the child to broadcast and therewith show how much it cares for the “blue-eyed angel”.
Here’s one of Baby P fresh out the womb, born on Wednesday March 1, 2006. He’s a healthy weight of 7lob 1oz.
Here’s one of baby P is an Army-style fatigue jacket. He’s smiling. And here’s that front-page shot again, this time with arrows pointing at his “old bruise”, “new bruise” and “red marks”.
Wannabe social workers should make notes. They should be shown the front-page picture and asked to spot any abrasions, lacerations and contusions. Failure to get less than the full three marks would result in a fail, and a job in Haringey.
The Sun’s Dr Carol Cooper looks at the pictures and says: “I don’t like the look of it at all.”
Dr Carol spots the bruise to his left eye, the three red dots beneath his right eye and the swelling and bruising around the eye socket.
She concludes:
“It looks very much that a right-handed person has punched him hard to that area.”
Or that he has fallen and hit his head on something hard, like the corner of a hearth, say…
“It is also possible make-up was used to cover other injuries.”
Yes, that would be possible doctor. But let’s stick to the facts, you are, after all, a scientist…
“There could be more bruising on his left cheek or above his eye with his hair combed and the hat artfully arranged to hide it.”
Could… yes. If only Haringey had a doctor Cooper to call upon.
Pages 6 and 7: “Baby P – I would have been proud to be your mummy.”
No, not Dr Copper. Well, maybe her. That’s what it says on the note by Baby P’s burial site. There are toys and flowers there. Well-wishers have followed the Sun’s clues. Perhaps the Sun placed a few teddies there? Nah, that would be grandstanding, using Baby P to boost its own image and sense of worth…
But what’s this? The Sun has left something. The Sun has left a plaque: “BABY P – 1 Marsh 2006 – 3rd August 2007. Safe at last.”
The Sun has taken ownership of Baby P in death. Shed a tear. It really is that grim…
JANE MOORE: “Sorry, but I can’t shake Baby P from my mind.”
Well, don’t shake him too hard, Jane, ‘cos the social will be on to you…
DAILY STAR: “DI SHRINE TO BABY P”
“A Princess Diana shrine is springing up at the spot where tragic Baby P’s ashes are scattered.”
Princess Diana is not dead, but resides on the fabled Sixth Floor of Harvey Nichols. So why a shine to her?
“He was the baby of hearts,” says a note from a T. Blair…
The Star has a picture of the “Many tributes” - some of which have been mistakenly placed on other people’s graves in the area…
DAILY MIRROR: “WE FAILED YOU.. WE’RE SORRY YOU SUFFERED (But not sorry enough for anyone to resign”
Posted: 20th, November 2008 | In: Media | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Comments
November 19th, 2008 at 9:32 am
What is the point of endless stories about Baby P?
November 19th, 2008 at 10:19 am
I think its a general air of national guilt that this has happened, and the media having its blond/e/blue eyed wallow.
try Marilyn Monroe tomorrow Anorak
November 19th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Because he’s a ‘flaxen-haired blue-eyed angel’ and if his picture is on the front page they sell more copies.
I’ve read a couple of vendetta sites and the psychopaths who post that stuff really scare me. I have no sympathy for the perpetrators but we do have a rule of law and anarchy is never the answer.
The person who posted the details of their other children with a challenge to ‘batter and rape them to death to teach em a lesson’ is as bad as, if not worse, than the three . (Yes I did report it!)
Most of the stuff is too sick to even repeat. The same stuff is being spouted about the BNP members on the list. However, I did find the list very interesting but it’s down now.. A bit of a ‘well well well’ moment!
November 19th, 2008 at 10:40 am
The BNP list will be quite entertaining eventually, especially when ‘they get theirs’
To be truthful C&C the more I know of people , the more I prefer my dogs.
(Some 2 legged though do qualify for the 4 legged brigade)
November 19th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I prefer animals to many of the people I come across.
November 19th, 2008 at 10:45 am
All animals? All people?
November 19th, 2008 at 10:45 am
ooops. clicked too soon.
Wish I’d copied the BNP list and saved it. Sadly I was too late.
November 19th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Anorak…. maybe excluding cockroaches and spitting cobras
but I did say MANY OF THE PEOPLE. Not all, not quite but maybe soon!
November 19th, 2008 at 11:33 am
7 - It’s here…
http://www.anorak.co.uk/twitterings/195239.html
November 19th, 2008 at 11:35 am
A child dies from abuse in the crappiest area to live in Britain. And people are shocked? Why? And why are the social workers being blamed? They are over worked, underpaid, abused by all, yet they still go out and do a day’s work. They did not beat and torture the child, those that did are now in prison.
November 19th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
It’s a blonde child because you can’t see the bruises on a black child so where’s the fun in that but they are handy for famines and cataracts when their eyes go blue blind and The United Colours of Benneton commercials. There is balance in the media you know.
November 19th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Social worker and doctors are now going to be extremey scared of passing away ANY marks on a child that may or may not have been casued through malicious intent. How many more stories of over zealous child protection personnel are we going to get in media in the future because of this.
Whilst it is the case that no child abuse should be missed it will enevitably happen, this is one case that has gone badly wrong in the midst of many many thousands of children who are visited by social services. I think you have to be a very dedicated person to be still wanting a job in that sector now as you get bugger all thanks for it whatever happens.
November 19th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
John
Bugger all thanks, surely if there is one child rescued and living a healthy unabused life, surely THAT should be thanks enough
November 19th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
June
Yes it should be, maybe what I should have said is..
…..I think you have to be a very dedicated person to be still wanting a job in that sector now as you get blasted in the press no matter what you do
November 19th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
why do the comment numbers jump from 11 at the end of page 1 to 21 at the end of page 2 - or am I missing something…???
in answer to Bob - the social workers didn’t do their bloody job, that’s why they are being pilloried nationwide and for the Haringey council to say a pathetic “sorry” now is much too little too late when they have TWO dead children that we know of on their hands.
it is all too easy to abrigate responsibilities elsewhere - but the fact is that they were the ones with access to the child, they should have spotted the signs and not been fobbed off by the mother’s lies and therefore they are ultimately responsible for the death of that child - I hope they can sleep at night…
November 19th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
that’s 11 at the end of page 1 to 21 at the BEGINNING of page 2 - sorry
November 19th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Firstly, all of you who are of the opinion that social services are not to blame need to go and get an education. I couldnt care less how much they are paid quite frankly, any human being would not rest until Baby P was removed from those monsters. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to realise that they must have something to hide if they sit a baby (who can walk) in a pushchair for the whole visit. Chocolate and cream covering his injuries?? Are social workers not taught that abusers WILL lie to hide their abuse?? common sense would tell me that. The fact that the house stank and had dead animals and fleas in it would tell me he was being neglected if nothing else. The have got to be the most uneducated individuals to not notice how sad and afraid this little boy was and i would hope that social services are not employing the most uneducated people, but it seems they are. Sharon Shoesmith should be facing criminal charges nevermind losing her job, that is getting off lightly, as are the social workers involved.
Bob, they wouldnt get ‘ abused by all’ if they did their friggin jobs properly. Poor choice of words giving the circumstances don’t you think. They don’t know the meaning of the word abuse, if they did they would have realised what was happening to Baby P and DONE THEIR JOBS and put him into care.
Anorak, i have to say you are the most obnoxious, insensitive, egotistic man i have ever come across. You think you are so clever with your sarcasm and derogatory slurs against the papers but you are not, you are just out for your own means. Anyone with an ounce of sense would agree that the papers are right to keep printing updates about this story as it has touched the nations hearts and we deserve to know what happened and how people are going to be punished. Haringey need to be strung up for letting this happen again, they always shift the blame but they had power to remove him, they have already said they didnt think it was necassary??? what planet are they on?? Anorak back to you, you also attempt to make a joke to Jane Moore about not shaking him too hard from her mind. You are a sick individual. You also say derogatory things about Babys P’s final resting place, you are so disrespectful to Baby P’s memory, you should be ashamed of yourself. So should everyone who agrees with you. You say violence isnt the answer for these animals. I guess you don’t have children then. What should we do then, say ah you had a bad childhood, we understand, have 5 years for manslaughter and a new identity when you get out. GET A GRIP YOU BUNCH OF LOSERS. Shame you don’t agree with it but i do and they will be tortured in prison every day of the sorry ass lives, thank the lord for that at least.
Enough of you lot anyway, your views are beyond comprehension.
Baby P you are star shining brightly above now and the whole nations hearts are breaking for you. You are loved by millions that tragically never met you because they would have saved you whatever the cost. So sorry you had to suffer like you did, this country and the adults concerned have failed you in the worst possible way. Love you millions Baby P, sending you millions of kisses and cuddles to heaven, god bless you little angel XXXXXXXXXXXX
November 19th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Jeanette - Moore writes in a newspaper that has placed its own plaque on a spot where a child’s ashes were scattered. It’s like a land grab for hearts and minds. The Sun seeks to palce itself in the story, to make itself a central player. Is it grandstanding well meant - I can’t be certain. But why not use all that energy to highlight other chidlren who need hlep instead of one who is no longer alive?
November 19th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Anorak,
The public are in mourning for this little baby, i don’t see whe journalists wouldnt be affected by it, they are human after all. When i saw that Baby P didnt have a plaque i also tried to set up a memorial fund to raise money for a bench or big plaque for Baby P, does that mean i am out for something because i can assure you that i am not.
No one is saying do not use energy to help other children at risk but your attitude is that of ‘ he is dead now’ whats the point and quite frankly that disgusts me. I have been so upset about this story and Baby P deserves justice and respect, unfortunately, now it has to be in the after life as noone stood up and was counted, the social services are a bunch of spineless prats.I am holding back here because what i really feel about them,Baby P’s abusers and their friends who knew about the abuse he was suffering, could not possibly be printed.
November 19th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Baby P is the easy story; the harder one is finding and exposing a child in danger. Only a nutter would not feel sick at the story of the child’s suffering. But why should it be repeated over and over? We risk becoming no more than voyeurs…
November 19th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Whatever, The whole story has not come out yet so how is it being repeated over and over? We are waiting to see how long these monsters get in prison and then there wont be anything new to report on will there.
I will leave you all to your heartless opinions, you are the one who has to sleep with you at night and rather you than me.
I, however, will remain heartbroken and devastated and will continue to support the Sun’s Justice for Baby P campaign, along with the other 450,000 people that will do to.
We can’t all be wrong, take a look at your little gang, not really on the same scale is it.
Luckily you are in the minority who think that this has gone on too long, the rest of us feel that Baby P deserves as much coverage as possible to name and shame the animals that did this to him and the imbeciles that did nothing to save him from it.
Goodbye
November 19th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
its only right people want to know what a cruel society we live in and these animals want punishing NOT PRISON thats to easy
November 19th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
M and A
Dairy
The numbers are being a little erratic. The safest way to reply to anyone is name and time, as the numbers do change if we need to pull or moderate a post,and then change back when its restored.
November 19th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Jeanette misses the point. The Sun is in it to sell papers. If she wants to save childen, she can donate to a charity, or become a social worker…
A child is dead, and people are scoring points and showing that they care more then the next man. .
November 19th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Anorak… exactly. The sickly hand-wringing and overt sentimentality fired up by the Sun (sales now up by half a million copies, thank you baby P) will do no good whatsoever.
band wagon jumping at its worst. Much the same as the worst of the MMC stuff over on the dark side.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Why do two legged evil shits of human beings get classed as animals?
Anorak, agreed, but I think we’ll have a lot more who see the ‘papers’ as caring, and until they give them away or 100% of the purchase to Childrens welfare groups then perhaps grasping might be a better word
November 19th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Have to say I agree with Anorak on this one fact is grief junkies like jeanette fuel this mass hysteria which in turn helps to ofuscate the pertinant points.. There was a faliure in Haringeys duty of care both to baby p and to the case workers who dealt with his case. The criminal side of the matter is being dealt with fact is there will always be horrible wicked evil people that is why we have childrens services and socill workers. My view is the same as I have of the police “I am so convinced of the importance of your job that I give you the right to deny me my freedom/ remove my children if you see fit to do so the only thing I insist on is that you are F***ing brilliant at your job and if you are not then f**K off and sweep the streets. “Enough of this morbid eulogioseing of this poor child that none of us knew rather take the oportunity to make real lasting changes…
Here endeth the lesson..
November 19th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Anorak, I think you are being too charitable to the Sun; it is well documented that sadistic paedophiles derive sexual pleasure from reading about injuries inflicted on children.
You wrote about Roger Took, imprisoned for paedophile offences earlier this year, who belonged to web chat rooms in which he and others claimed to have been part of a group which injured, raped and murdered a five year old child. Took insisted that these were fantasies; as Charlotte Metcalf writing in the Spectator commented:
‘Fantasy it could be, but the fact so many like-minded men laughed and masturbated over a helpless child’s torture, terror and death is chilling and profoundly disturbing’.
The Sun’s sales are being swelled by people like Took…
http://www.anorak.co.uk/celebrity/187024.html#comment-377616
November 19th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
There will be much of it until the December trial when the press get to see the actual villains
November 19th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Well, the Select Committee is asking for written submissions on the media’s ability to regulate itself by January 14th; perhaps we could suggest that they consider the coverage of Baby P in the light of what we know about the behaviour of sadistic paedophiles.
I suspect that the Sun et al will try and keep the story running until the sentencing in December …