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Madeleine Coverage

ONE YEAR ON (May 2007)

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DU
Dunedin
Anyone consider that it's a publicity stunt?

Who'd heard of the film before today?

Precisely.

By December the McCanns will be well forgotten (regardless of what happens this week in Portugal) and the film will launch...this is pre-publicity a studio could never dream of.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
It's being reported on the Daily Mail site (so quite possibly not accurate)...
Madeleine died 'after large sleeping pill overdose'
Daily Mail extract posted:
Madeleine McCann died of an overdose of sleeping pills, it was reported tonight.

A respected French newspaper said it had seen evidence that body fluids found in the boot of her parents' hire car proved the missing girl had been sedated.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=481642&in_page_id=1811&ct=5
:-(
A former member
TVN posted:
I vote that we ban :-

All films featuring black children due to the number that starve every day.

Any film featuring an Italian to avoid offending the family of the recently deceased Paverotti.

Films regarding death row... out of respect to those who have been executed.

Films on Saddam Hussein, to avoid upsetting his cousin, Chemical Ali.


Or films about flu epidemics to avoid upsetting me who has a cold today! Laughing
RM
Roger Mellie
Private Eye's all-too-accurate take on the media coverage of the McCanns (apologies for the sizes):

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z77/demaine_d/mccanns1.jpg http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z77/demaine_d/mccanns2.jpg http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z77/demaine_d/mccanns3.jpg
MH
miss hellfire
I do wish they'd stop flaunting their remaining children in front of the cameras like they're some sort of celebrity family.

Honestly they'll sell their story to Hello mag next for a sum that'll pay their legal fees.

I feel for little Madeleine, my heart breaks for her it really does, but i'm sick of the sight of their parents mugs on the front pages.

I could rant on but i'd end up going off on one.

Oh and Viz boy.... You're on fire today.. * chuckle*
JR
jrothwell97
Oh, thank goodness for the all-seeing Eye ...
SH
Showbizguru
Excellent Popbitch joke today about the new Portuguese hire car where if there'ds not enough room for the kids inside they can always fit in the boot.
It's called a Renault McCann.
What do you mean bad taste ?
Surely this story has gone on long enough now for the occasional joke to be made ?
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Showbizguru posted:
Excellent Popbitch joke today about the new Portuguese hire car where if there'ds not enough room for the kids inside they can always fit in the boot.
It's called a Renault McCann.
What do you mean bad taste ?
Surely this story has gone on long enough now for the occasional joke to be made ?


As Asa said earlier today, could you keep the jokes out of this thread, please? The object of this thread is primarily to discuss the media coverage (with the acceptance, of course, that personal opinions will seep through but jokes are completely unnecessary).

Thank you.
MH
miss hellfire
Frantically puts that in a text and tells everyone in my contacts.

Getting all serious now..


Anymore bad taste jokes please join the darkside ( metropol) and spread the laughter. But don't get Gav into trouble.

Oooh i sounded all authorative then....

Its just we get told off for having fun over here.
AL
Alfamale
miss hellfire posted:


Its just we get told off for having fun over here.


This is not a place of entertainment.....
JO
Joe
Wow, you sound like you're going to be an exceptionally interesting member.
AL
Alfamale
Jugalug posted:
Wow, you sound like you're going to be an exceptionally interesting member.


Was I being ironic, or was it you?

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