Madeleine McCann's parents 'no doubt' case will reopen.

It's not just a rant, it's a lie and a smear - they have always ploughed fees from things like that into the campaign, the funds of which are spent on efforts to find her, exert pressure on the Portugese authorities, etc. You simply don't know the facts, but go ahead and spurt out your prejudice anyway.

I don't want this to get argumentative, but would you care to cite your sources, since you claim to 'know the facts'?

I don't doubt that both the Mail and the McCanns want the child to be found (how obvious could that be possibly be?), but that wasn't my point. It stands that both are happy to make money out of it (though the parents are mainly looking for publicity). If the Mail and the other tabloids really cared about missing children they would make a much larger campaign that focused on more than just one child, the money from which would be used to find missing children in general. But that isn't the case. It's stories about the one, very famous, very familiar abductee who everyone wants to know more about.

Just remember that the Daily Mail is a tabloid and a business, not an activist group.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17924623



Is anyone else annoyed that this is getting so much attention? Loads of kids go missing everyday but we don't stop the world to look for them, and it's been YEARS. I hate how they don't take responsibility for their daughter's disappearence too. In my opinion, this needs to stop, because if it does not you can guarentee there will be a story about this case every few months for the rest of our lifetimes

everyone on here is 'knowingly' stating that she was left completely unattended.

she wasnt. she was put in the care of the hotel's creche and child-supervisor scheme so the parents could have a night off - basically the same as having a babysitter.
they didnt publish this in the newspapers as it would have caused bad publicity for the company.

heartless thing to say. her body hasnt been found, put yourself in the position of the parents. parents, supposed to protect their child at all times, failed, and people say 'let the case go'? can you imagine what they are going through? do you think they can bear to live with themselves? of course they wont let it go, and nor should they.

people can be so ignorant sometimes

The Mail is irrelevant. The McCanns have repeatedly stated over and over in numerous sources and public interviews that they money does not go to them - do you really think that would not be plastered all over the news if false? Why are you interested in slagging them off with utter falsehoods is the real question, not just for you, but for many people in these threads on TSR.

It's a pretty disgusting fact that if she was from a poor, single parent black family she wouldn't have received half the coverage. Obviously it's a tragedy and I can't imagine what the parents went through but she shouldn't be favoured because she's a blonde girl swiped from her middle-class family - all abductions should be given the same importance.

Every company gets bad publicity when they screw up and they usually have around zero power to keep it out of the press. Damn, even the government can't keep news of their own screwups out of the press, let alone something as small time as a hotel creche service.

It's common knowledge that she was left unattended.

Due to the high profile nature of the case and the fact that so many people have gone over the circumstances of the disappearance, this inconvenient fact would definitely have been reported, and any inconsistencies with the official line highlighted in screaming red and black headlines

What's your source for them having been in the hotel's creche service at the time?

Oh please, the media have hyped this case up so much it gets irritating.

People go missing all the time, why is this case so unbelievably special that it deserves 5 years of media coverage?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/04/madeleine-mcann-disappearance-holiday-resort

it's also known that maddie was under the mark warner creche supervision scheme while her parents went out.

Mark Warner built its firm on its claim of being one of the most child-friendly holiday companies. It is popular with middle-class parents who can relax while their children are looked after. The firm, founded in 1974, says on its website: "For over 30 years we have led the way in childcare and have kids' clubs for all ages with free evening creche service."

That is what she was in.

...others questioned why parents Gerry and Kate McCann had chosen to leave their three children in an apartment at the resort while they had dinner nearby, checking them every 30 minutes.

And by this article, it shows it wasnt kept out of the press. so that defeats your argument. perhaps it was kept out of the press to start off with, as the main case focused on the fact that she was missing in a foreign country, and thats what everyone remembers.

Again, you failed to actually come up with a source and I was slagging off the mass media, more broadly speaking, for their bastardising the word 'journalism' and their eagerness to jump on any story as long as it will make them money.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/04/madeleine-mcann-disappearance-holiday-resort

it's also known that maddie was under the mark warner creche supervision scheme while her parents went out.

Mark Warner built its firm on its claim of being one of the most child-friendly holiday companies. It is popular with middle-class parents who can relax while their children are looked after. The firm, founded in 1974, says on its website: "For over 30 years we have led the way in childcare and have kids' clubs for all ages with free evening creche service."

That is what she was in.

And by this article, it shows it wasnt kept out of the press. so that defeats your argument. perhaps it was kept out of the press to start off with, as the main case focused on the fact that she was missing in a foreign country, and thats what everyone remembers.

Black or white has nothing to do with it.

I disagree.

no, i am not annoyed that this is getting attention, it's not like if it wasn't all the other cases would suddenly get publicity and this is taking all the attention away from them.. in fact it draws attention to the fact kids DO go missing... especially as maddies parents also encourage you to help with other child abduction cases and raise awareness (http://www.findmadeleine.com/missing_children/index.html)... no one is saying there AREN'T other cases that are just as serious and heartbreaking. however they can't all be reported in the same way because the sad fact is the public would get bored.. "oh look another child missing story how boring seen it all before"... they would turn off... it wouldn't stir up the same reaction unfortunately... a reaction that i actually see in your OP about maddie.

what DOES annoy me are all the people who complain that this gets attention because really, how on earth does it affect you? if you don't like it just don't read it! ignore it! if maddie is found thanks to the attention this case gets or if she is in fact alive and sees this when she is much older and realises what has happened to her - these things do happen - surely that's only a GOOD thing?

i really don't see what your problem is.. the way i see it if i were in her parents position i would do ANYTHING to keep her in the news... i would be so desparate to get her back... critising the fact that she is in the papers is quite heartless imo... it's an unimaginable situation.

Oh please, the media have hyped this case up so much it gets irritating.

People go missing all the time, why is this case so unbelievably special that it deserves 5 years of media coverage?

I disagree.

Exactly. The people moaning about this, or worse, fabricating horror stories about the McCanns, are really low mentally - I suspect some kind of personality defect is at work. Or else, as I said above, severe jealousy - they probably wish they had all that attention.