2010.07.01 Press Conference

[speedracer1263]

People... my gosh.

STRATEGY. Dad, mom, and step-dad are not pulling these moves out of thin air. They are not pulling the strings regarding the media (following the coverage, writing on chat boards). They are under the guidance of LE, who knows what's going on and are doing the job... which includes keeping the details of the investigation under wraps, but to the chagrin of folks on WS.

There's a *message* in both the form (who was there, what was around, where it was held) and content of today's event (the statement, more humanizing info. shared [as they did in the joint interview last week]).

I agree with other posters: the entire event was directed at the SM by LE investigators... as the step-dad would well understand.

Well said

 

[rotterdam]

Horman then laid out how the meeting would go. They would take questions, make some phone calls (presumably to investigators, to find out what they could say in their answers), then return and make an on-the-record statement. But first, Horman wanted all the reporters he didn’t know to introduce themselves.

KEX radio, KATU, The Portland Tribune and “Inside Edition” all got the nod from Horman. But then came Shane Kavanaugh and Bryan Denson of The Oregonian.

Horman said the family didn’t like The Oregonian’s coverage and wanted them to leave. Horman said the daily had failed to be a “team player.”

“This is a team, and if we’re not going to play as a team, there’s no point in being here,” Horman said. “This is about Kyron.”

Denson objected, saying he’s new to the story and after 28 years in journalism he’s “a pretty good reporter.” But there was no arguing. The family wanted The O gone, and a woman who said she’s a manager at the church escorted them out. The biggest newspaper in the state had been eighty-sixed.

http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2010/07/01/kyron-hormans-family-boots-ww-and-the-oregonian/

For any of those who haven't read it,I had to look back to find the link.

Oh my, he sounds like a certified control freak. May be a team, but Kaine is the chief cook and bottle washer.

 

[M-pathetic]

I'm kind of feeling insulted right now and I'm not even a reporter

If LE backed this whole thing, I'm really weirded out.

So let me just review; we know he is alive, we know Terri knows where, but all of us should be keeping ours eyes peeled? Huh? Did Terri just release him into the universe? Like how some people take their unwanted pets and drop them off in the country? That's what we are supposed to think now?

It is increasingly appearing that's a distinct possibility; only one might need to add: without his glasses. :sick:

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I'm glad the press didn't walk out on Kyron.

I hear ya though.

What's weird is, it's seems they expect to do this for a while ... so they set up a semi-weekly schedule for the press. I didn't like to hear that forward-looking plan, myself.

LE hopefully will put a stop to it or at least say no more accusations when someone was not named a suspect,POI or focus of thier investigation.Isn't it slander to keep doing that?I honestly hope and pray there are no more press conferences with the family.Just I hope with LE and soon.

 

[Sherbie]

Well that depends if they notice the allergy and birthmark being released a month later.

I am STUCK, so STUCK on hearing two key pieces about Kyron coming out a month later. Actually I am :furious:

I wonder if that information was provided in response to one of the media's written questions ("Does Kyron have any medical issues/any birthmarks or scars or such?") Even if that's the case, seems like that info would have been helpful for the public to know right off the bat (goes into the ER with a bee sting reaction/is seen somewhere in public, crying with the birthmark prominent).

I guess going way out on a limb, could it be that TH and DY were trying to help give Terri an out, an idea for her to use where she could say an accident happened (stung and died before she could get help); if things were already rocky with TH, she could say she was terrified to tell him that his son died on her watch, so she panicked and disposed of him.

Not that they would actually believe that necessarily, but if it would make it easier for her to give up info leading to Kyron if she could claim an accident of some sort -- anything to get answers. Told you...way out there, but in the world of anything-is-possible, I suppose it could be.

 

[cluciano63]

One final thought (for me) on this thread...what will be revealed at the future "press conferences"? Do they plan to drop a personality trait here, a scar from a fall from his bike there? Why would they have any sort of meetings with the press, unless to ask for help or to "talk" to Kyron through the media? And if they are so regimented, those things aren't happening.

 

[For The Kids]

LE hopefully will put a stop to it or at least say no more accusations when someone was not named a suspect,POI or focus of thier investigation.Isn't it slander to keep doing that?I honestly hope and pray there are no more press conferences with the family.Just I hope with LE and soon.

I personally think that everything was said today was scripted before the " meeting" and that the LE had full knowledge of everything that was going to be said.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

Well,one last note repeated from me.I honestly feel that LE really does need to clear all this up.

 

[cluciano63]

Well,one last note repeated from me.I honestly feel that LE really does need to clear all this up.

Sorry, I fibbed, one more thought...

Suzanne, LE kind of started it with Terri...as far back as the flyer...the family is just climbing on board...LE just won't admit it the way the family did.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I personally think that everything was said today was scripted before the " meeting" and that the LE had full knowledge of everything that was going to be said.

I really hope not.LE just said in an article she was not a suspect or POI.LE does need to clear this up now.

 

[sorrell skye]

BBM

I honestly didn't know that as private citizens we have the right to control the media. Maybe those with money can use it to filter the media, or those with clout can damage certain media - but ordinary people? Or is that how you think things should work?
TIA

On the second point, I agree with you. I can't stand gossip and rumors so I filter all that out and wish the gossip hounds would disappear. But now that this family is trying to control the media by saying they have to be 'team players'...I find myself rebelling.

As far as LE orchestrating such media events - that's even more outrageous to me. moo mho

BBM

Nowhere in my post did I suggest that KH was attempting to "control the media." Without a doubt, he has been accused of it, but not by me.

What I said was "as private citizens, KH & DY have the right to decide who reports the story of their missing son."

ETA: IOW - they have the right to grant personal interviews & share personal details with whomever they wish. Official investigation info is up to LE's discretion.

Big difference, IMO.

Private citizens have no legal obligation to share the details of any aspect of their private lives with the media. Media may feel compelled to ask questions, but private citizens are not required nor are they compelled by law to answer the questions media poses. It's called "privacy".

Private citizens have the right to decide who they grant interviews with & who they exclude.

Hopefully, KH & Co. have made the right decision, and hopefully they have been well advised.

 

[Sherbie]

Trying to work through the theory that Kyron is alive and Terri has info, I can come up with only two scenarios that might fit:

1. Terri gave Kyron away (or sold him), either temporarily or permanently.

2. Kyron really was kidnapped.

In both scenarios, the only way she wouldn't look like a total villain for not giving up everything she knows would be if whoever has Kyron has threatened to kill him if she tells LE or the public any info, so she keeps her mouth shut, beleiving she's protecting him.

I don't think either of the above is the case, but that's all I could come up with that would fit the "Kyron's alive/Terri has info" theory the parents seem to believe. Anyone have other ideas that would fit those two criteria?

 

[BeanE]

They have been fully briefed by police and they are optimistic.

Briefed by LE. Now optimistic. Does this mean LE told them they think Kyron is alive/unharmed?

http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2010/07...e-press-conference-with-kyron-hormans-family/

 

[captivagrl]

Is mom wearing some sort of "Bring Kyron Home" bracelet on her right wrist?
Looks like dad is wearing one too? green with writing?

 

[celticthyme]

Why would a family schedule pre-recorded "press releases" 2 days a week for someone they think is alive ?? They have given no relevant information yet except that he is allergic to bees, what could possibly be the reason for these?? Why would they not expect that he will be home, in that case?? If he is alive, do they think that TH has him? Or she has given him to someone who is keeping him alive? It just seems to me that they are all playing a very dangerous game with the life of this child. Isolating and alienating TH, taking her child, can not possibly encourage her to cooperate or be forthcoming with them, What are they thinking?

 

[For The Kids]

I really hope not.LE just said in an article she was not a suspect or POI.LE does need to clear this up now.

What they said was that there not in a position to label ANYONE suspect or POI. It could simply be they dont want to show there hand while putting the case together against Terri. Sure the LE may not be saying it officially but...its LE the others are getting there information from..

JMO

 

[M-pathetic]

I don't think they were. In the video I watched, the reporter said the family spoke with "select" members of the media.

I should have read further before I commented, because I totally agree. They all should have walked the heck out of there.

Maybe the media didn't walk out because the information disclosed off the record was so explosively, mind-numbingly horrendous. Maybe they want to cooperate--as outrageous as it all may seem to us right now!--because there is a possibility that to do otherwise will put Kyron's little life in jeopardy; whereas to follow to the letter every minute detail ordered by whomever (personally, I feel it is LE--NOT Kaine!!!) a little boy's life may be spared. If this is even a remote possibility, who are we to judge? I will go as crazy as others later, if it is warranted. I do not see it as our business yet. WHERE ARE YOU, SWEET KYRON??????????????
BBM

 

[Day Dreamer]

It's all still word games. They did not say Terri did this. What was said was they implored Terri to cooperate w/ LE (not a direct quote).

I will say that I really feel Kaine does NOT want negative things printed about him. I would say that is why some were kicked out ... also to prove a point. However, apparently, other reporters are sharing their notes w/ WW. I really feel he has made a big mistake because he really pissed off the WW reporter. I believe the reporter will go for blood! I anticipate seeing a lot of Kaine's "dirty laundry" coming to print in WW ... everything they can possibly dig up and most likely w/ help from other reporters.

Again, Kaine's actions have taken the main focus off of Kyron and onto his own behavior. I sure hope someone points out to him that if he really wants Kyron to be the sole focus he needs to quit doing crap to call attention to himself and his actions.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

Well,I have a headache from all this now and I'm very irritated.It took 2 days to make a severe mess out of this whole case.Poor little Kyron.I just pray they find him.Maybe he really is ok out there somewhere.I just pray they find this sweet little boy very soon.I feel press conferences are ok if they are not accusing someone and they just stick to finding Kyron.I will concentrate on what they are doing now to search for him.

 

[pdx]

On Thursday they will do interviews starting at 4pm but nothing live. Everything taped as has to be held for air until Friday because Kyron went missing on a Friday.

http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2010/07...e-press-conference-with-kyron-hormans-family/

what does this that i put in bold mean???

Yes, what does that mean? That is an *excellent* question. What is this obsession with Fridays?

The thinking part of me is trying to imagine that it's some kind of code, with a person/s who are holding Kyron alive. It was bizarre early on in the case, and now it's uber-bizarre.