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Anna Botting isn't in Portugal anymore.
I believe it's only Ian Woods and Amanda Walker now. Woods said in his article he would be home for the weekend.
dvboy posted:
Andrew posted:
Have all the big name presenters now come home, no longer able to extend their paid holiday any longer, or are some still out there?
Anna Botting isn't in Portugal anymore.
I believe it's only Ian Woods and Amanda Walker now. Woods said in his article he would be home for the weekend.
RM
I had a brief look at the UK website Missing Kids last night, and IIRC there have been 45 British minors that have gone missing/abducted in the past five years on their database.
Would it be crass to suggest they are worthy of media attention just like Madeleine? Something to think about anyway.
TVN posted:
I have not ventured into this thread before because I was afraid that it would be people pouring out their sympathies.
I am now glad to see that some people are seeing this in the same way as me.
One person is missing. Just because they were born in this country and this side of the millenium this is aparantly so much more important that 50 Iraqi 30 year olds being killed.
I am also sure there is more to this than there seems, but I am not going to risk making a libelous statement. If anybody would like to PM me about this on the other hand.....
I am now glad to see that some people are seeing this in the same way as me.
One person is missing. Just because they were born in this country and this side of the millenium this is aparantly so much more important that 50 Iraqi 30 year olds being killed.
I am also sure there is more to this than there seems, but I am not going to risk making a libelous statement. If anybody would like to PM me about this on the other hand.....
I had a brief look at the UK website Missing Kids last night, and IIRC there have been 45 British minors that have gone missing/abducted in the past five years on their database.
Would it be crass to suggest they are worthy of media attention just like Madeleine? Something to think about anyway.
SP
I'm currently in the process of downloading (for work I must stress) 'A Song For Madeleine' which is to be broadcast simultaneously on commercial radio stations across the UK at 8am sharp on Monday. It's a version of Simple Minds' 'Don't You Forget About Me' with added news snippets and sound-bites over it.
There's something wrong with this country.
There's something wrong with this country.
BR
WHAT!!!
**** hell! I think C4 need to repeat that Brass Eye special to remind the media of what they are doing!
Spencer For Hire posted:
I'm currently in the process of downloading (for work I must stress) 'A Song For Madeleine' which is to be broadcast simultaneously on commercial radio stations across the UK at 8am sharp on Monday. It's a version of Simple Minds' 'Don't You Forget About Me' with added news snippets and sound-bites over it.
WHAT!!!
**** hell! I think C4 need to repeat that Brass Eye special to remind the media of what they are doing!
NI
WHAT!!!
****ing hell! I think C4 need to repeat that Brass Eye special to remind the media of what they are doing!
Hmm, indeed. Good special actually, just show it anyway. But that song, that actually makes me feel more angry at our dumb little country for getting swept up in so much pretentious and selfish over-emotion *glares at rob*.
As has been said, it's sad but over-exposure makes people accept it more and eventually it becomes little more than white noise. Care but don't do it for one girl, do it for others who go lost. Do it for people caught up in conflict through no fault of their own, don't go and write a song and force it onto people in order to rack up more pageinches, airtime and money for no good reason besides the selfish desires of those who follow this foolish hoedown of a story brought on by incompetence and the smell of a fresh kill for some lousy journo who kicked this all off.
Brekkie Boy posted:
Spencer For Hire posted:
I'm currently in the process of downloading (for work I must stress) 'A Song For Madeleine' which is to be broadcast simultaneously on commercial radio stations across the UK at 8am sharp on Monday. It's a version of Simple Minds' 'Don't You Forget About Me' with added news snippets and sound-bites over it.
WHAT!!!
****ing hell! I think C4 need to repeat that Brass Eye special to remind the media of what they are doing!
Hmm, indeed. Good special actually, just show it anyway. But that song, that actually makes me feel more angry at our dumb little country for getting swept up in so much pretentious and selfish over-emotion *glares at rob*.
As has been said, it's sad but over-exposure makes people accept it more and eventually it becomes little more than white noise. Care but don't do it for one girl, do it for others who go lost. Do it for people caught up in conflict through no fault of their own, don't go and write a song and force it onto people in order to rack up more pageinches, airtime and money for no good reason besides the selfish desires of those who follow this foolish hoedown of a story brought on by incompetence and the smell of a fresh kill for some lousy journo who kicked this all off.
RR
I agree with Nini.
And I don't want to sound like a cynic, but lets face it, there's about a 95-100 percent chance that the girl will be found dead. No one goes missing this long and is found alive and well. Sarah Payne, went missing, was found dead. Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing, were found dead. And I'm pretty sure that the same will happen to Madeline. And if she was kidnapped, all of this mass coverage is surely going to make the kidnapper panic and dump her somewhere. I'm glad there are people who think the same here, I suggested this to my Mum and she went crazy at me!
And I don't want to sound like a cynic, but lets face it, there's about a 95-100 percent chance that the girl will be found dead. No one goes missing this long and is found alive and well. Sarah Payne, went missing, was found dead. Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing, were found dead. And I'm pretty sure that the same will happen to Madeline. And if she was kidnapped, all of this mass coverage is surely going to make the kidnapper panic and dump her somewhere. I'm glad there are people who think the same here, I suggested this to my Mum and she went crazy at me!