totally agree with this. The press will get less and less money off of this tragedy the same way they got less and less money from stories about deaths surrounding the invasion of iraq.

It is a horrible thing that has happened but it happens every day in places like iraq and it basically goes unnoticed by the press because it doesnt make for good news anymore.

Sad but true.

yeah i know exactly what you mean as soon as theres abit of celebrity gossip about 'who sleeping with who' , 'whos doing drugs again' and how that good for nothing doherty 'is in a coma with suspected overdose' or something around them lines all the press will be on the story like flies round crap and stories like Maddys will be overshadowed.

I agree with you on the iraq part as well i mean the other day it focused on this story for the majority of the time and then in the last few minutes or so it was added 'oh yeah and 3 people have been killed in iraq by bombers' and to me how can you justify 1 little girls life to 3 other peoples lives it like saying their lives are not as important as hers. I'm not meaning to sound awful by saying that but they atleast deserved more than just a 'oh yeah' added in. so yeah it does show the power of the media in the exact same way as that little lad Bens. He got nothing from the media so in return it was as if his family deserved no sympathy either. This may sound bad as well but i agree i know the parents dont deserve this to happen or should it have happened but it was their own fault. The hotel had its own baby sitting service why not put the children in their rather than leaving them alone. 30 minutes to be alone in a house for a small child would seem like an eternity and to be fair i dont know how they could leave them alone as maddy at 3 was the oldest one of the lot. I mean they were well educated people as well two doctors i think so they would probably of had the money to take their own nanny if necessary. Whilst compared to Bens working class family who got nothing...shows how times really have changed.

And yeah this huge reward probably has put her more at risk as there maybe some heartless people who are all for trying to scam money out of people like this who are in anguish over their daughter. And Beckham dont get me started on him!! and ronaldo as well all in for a bit of free publicity.

I think its probably in the papers best interest for her to be found now so then they can go on for weeks and week again about the story like 'reactions after' 'what really happened' (if hopefully she is found safe and well) or sadly which i hope not the parents reaction if the worst comes to the worst. which is a terrible thing to say aswell

It just saddens me to the core, i think of my daughter who is only a few months younger than Madeline and i cant even set my mind to the thought of not being with her.

I understand your views chicken and I was the first to state that the parents made a terrible, terrible mistake, however I think they've more than been punished for that. I also expected you to get a tongue lashing, but hey seems some people are like minded.

The real reason for this thread wasn't to discuss the issues surrounding the disappearance, the suspects, the family errors etc etc. It was really just to try to show some support to the family. however feel free to discuss these other points it certainly has raised some interesting views.

my thoughts are with her family and friends that are sufffering greatly thru this difficult peroid... I hope and pray tht she is found safely untouched... i pray tht the kidnapper finds it in there heart to return her safely and tht they leave her untouched...

HOPE SHE IS FOUND SOON

regards
patel

I really hope she is found soon safe and well I can't imagine what her family are going through.

Some points i,d like to make about the way this terrible tragedy is being conducted

The recent intervention in criminal investigations in a foreign country by chancer Brown  the  next PM.  Is it only cases on which there is a media spotlight so that he can be seen  to "care" ?
Why  are  the parents  of little Maddie  going to visit other  european  countries  and hope to meet  beckham and the pope instead of going to morocco  earlier when the first sighting was made (no press coverage  about moroccan police)
Finally, there were numerous empty locked buildings in the abduction area,not properly  searched because Portuguese law does not allow forced entry, a total f***ken  joke.
Sorry if  i am being too critical,i just hope that we hear some good news soon

another example of how the british tabloid media are throwing this story down our throats

here is the story http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007250201,00.html

This post was last modified: 05-31-2007 03:06 PM by chickenandstuff.

spot on that, i mean it is certainly too over publicized every day its something new...visiting another priest, travelling to new places, their day to day routine etc. Way too much attention while some 5 kidnapped brits get a 30 second mention at the end....'by the way this also has happened' its not right....

Well this whole story has been out the news slightly for a while, but there has been an anonymous letter sent to a Dutch paper saying that this person knows where Madeline is buried. The letter identifies an area 15km (9.3 miles) from where Madeleine vanished, to be the area where she is buried. Also, this paper was sent a similar letter last year, telling the exact location of two missing Belgium girls burial place, and the location was true. So in some ways you can say at least this could be some closure for the parents if it is true, and that a buried body will contain DNA etc so the police can hopefully find the scum who did this. However, if true, it is very upsetting and the parents who have kept these thoughts out of there mind, will be devastated. But personally, I sincerley hope that this isn't true, and sometime soon little Maddy is found safe and well. Let's just pray. (Here is the story for all interested: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6749131.stm

This post was last modified: 06-13-2007 06:11 PM by Ashvale32.

Seems to be quieter on this, doesnt look good!