The Pro-McCann's Media Machine

[april4sky]

Regardless of whether the McCanns are guilty of Madeleine's death or not, I think they are grieving. I believe they love(d) their daughter and feel sorry for what happened.

I think you are absolutely right Calikid.

And no matter what happens I think they will live with guilt and sorrow for the rest of their lives. Even if a miracle happens and Madeleine is recovered safe and well.

 

[gord]

anyone who thinks that the British Press - especialy the tablods can be in anyway manipulated is 100% wrong . Believe me if they smell blood they would be the first to go in hard .

The tabloids first concern is to sell copies - and a lot of copies . The press here is highly compettitive and every one will be looking for an angle .

At the moment the tabloids probably think that public opinion is still on the side of the Mcaans - and they are going with this . The story is huge at the moment . The British Press bow to no-one and the link between Brown / his wife and the PR company putting pressure is excuse my french - just pure pie in the sky . The last thing any politician would ever want to do is seen to be in any way trying to manipulate a story .

It does look like though that the case against the Mccaans is beginning to unravel a bit

 

[Texana]

anyone who thinks that the British Press - especialy the tablods can be in anyway manipulated is 100% wrong . Believe me if they smell blood they would be the first to go in hard .

The tabloids first concern is to sell copies - and a lot of copies . The press here is highly compettitive and every one will be looking for an angle .

At the moment the tabloids probably think that public opinion is still on the side of the Mcaans - and they are going with this . The story is huge at the moment . The British Press bow to no-one and the link between Brown / his wife and the PR company putting pressure is excuse my french - just pure pie in the sky . The last thing any politician would ever want to do is seen to be in any way trying to manipulate a story .

It does look like though that the case against the Mccaans is beginning to unravel a bit

The British press can't be controlled but it most certainly can be manipulated. Diana was a master at it.

Politicians and celebrities hire PR firms to do just that as well.

Why else do you think that the media is alerted for McCann outings or trips? How do you think the press was on hand to take the photos of the McCanns returning to Great Britain--and does anybody think it was accidental that as they walked off the plane each one was carrying a child?

Politicians don't want to be seen manipulating stories but of course they do it as much as possible. "A senior government official..." "Unnamed sources..." You bet there are certain associates of every politician who have certain reporters on speed dial.

As long as what the McCanns are selling is what sells the newspapers, they'll be presented favorably, no matter what the news actually is.

 

[gord]

The British press can't be controlled but it most certainly can be manipulated. Diana was a master at it.

Politicians and celebrities hire PR firms to do just that as well.

Why else do you think that the media is alerted for McCann outings or trips? How do you think the press was on hand to take the photos of the McCanns returning to Great Britain--and does anybody think it was accidental that as they walked off the plane each one was carrying a child?

Politicians don't want to be seen manipulating stories but of course they do it as much as possible. "A senior government official..." "Unnamed sources..." You bet there are certain associates of every politician who have certain reporters on speed dial.

As long as what the McCanns are selling is what sells the newspapers, they'll be presented favorably, no matter what the news actually is.

oh I agree you can do all that - but the day you think you are actually got the upper hand with the tablods is the day that they will turn on you

In the UK we like to build people up and then knock them down - and you deal with the tablods at your peril - as soon as the papaers have ahd enough of the Mccaans they will turn on them -

 

[Rino]

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1590&id=1223682007

From this posted article ....She (KM) says she cannot contemplate ever returning to the family home in the village of Rothley. "I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to go back into our family home," she says. "I can't bear the thought of it. We'd lived in that house for a year and it was a really happy family home. We have so many happy memories in that house."


Well return they did as soon as they were named suspects.

I am a lot harsher than a lot here, I know. There are hundreds of missing children and their plights are well known, in this case alone it was not necessary for them to make the pretense that they and only they could bring awarness to the issue. Maddies story became huge in-of-itself in the press and around the world. I think they act like martyrs so the focus is drawn away from the facts and for the sympathy play.

Harsh because the fact is for me, even if they are innocent of killing and hiding her, I still feel the same way about their actions. As people have brought up many times the similarity to the van Dam case, unlike the van Dams the McCanns will do anything to avoid being scrutinized.

 

[Texana]

like I said, as long as the McCanns are selling the same thing that sells tabloids, they will keep getting the positive spin on everything they do.

Check out this article, if you haven't already seen it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...70&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=picbox&ct=5

It emphasizes what a "perfect mum" Kate is, as told by two of her best friends.
And it even includes photos of Kate and Gerry's wedding, and Kate's first Communion.

The friends say repeatedly that "any" focus at all on Kate and Gerry is taking away from the search for Madeleine. This is a standard message from the McCanns, which you see them saying in one of the Sky interviews, in response to being asked how they feel about possibly being considered suspects. "Unfortunate because that would take away from the search for Madeleine."

It's a talking point for the McCann PR: Any examination of Kate or Gerry is cruel to Madeleine as it takes the "focus" off her.

Ironic, though, that this article includes photos of Kate and Gerry, which contradicts the message of any focus on them takes away from Madeleine.
We are only supposed to look at these photos, I guess, and remind ourselves what nice people Kate and Gerry are, and then go back to focusing on Madeleine.

I mean really, do we need to see photos of Kate's first Communion? How the heck does that affect the search for Madeleine?

It doesn't, of course. It's there to counteract the feeling that the McCanns might be involved.

 

[ny_]

Texana, I hear you on the wedding & communion photos. A columnist in the Daily Mail put it rather well:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...le_id=481916&in_page_id=1790&in_author_id=463

 

[Rino]

Such tactics serve only to succour the cynics who argue that the McCanns are more worried about their image than anything else.(Snip)


Thats how I see it.

 

[Texana]

Such tactics serve only to succour the cynics who argue that the McCanns are more worried about their image than anything else.(Snip)


Thats how I see it.

Exactly, if the focus needs to be on Madeleine, then we don't need any more articles about the perfect mum, wedding photos, Kate-as-little-girl-snapshots.

Madeleine is the only photo that needs to be printed, and as someone suggested here a while back, pictures of how Madeleine might look with her appearance altered. We get little postcards all the time that have a business ad on one side and a Have You Seen Me missing child (usually with noncustodial parent abductor photo as well) on the other side.

The children's photos are always computer aged to show how they might look now, although as my teenage daughter noticed one, they are impossibly clean cut--a Hispanic kid ended up looking like Jerry Cleaver. Still, it's a start.

 

[CaliKid]

like I said, as long as the McCanns are selling the same thing that sells tabloids, they will keep getting the positive spin on everything they do.

Check out this article, if you haven't already seen it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...70&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=picbox&ct=5

It emphasizes what a "perfect mum" Kate is, as told by two of her best friends.
And it even includes photos of Kate and Gerry's wedding, and Kate's first Communion.

The friends say repeatedly that "any" focus at all on Kate and Gerry is taking away from the search for Madeleine. This is a standard message from the McCanns, which you see them saying in one of the Sky interviews, in response to being asked how they feel about possibly being considered suspects. "Unfortunate because that would take away from the search for Madeleine."

It's a talking point for the McCann PR: Any examination of Kate or Gerry is cruel to Madeleine as it takes the "focus" off her.

Ironic, though, that this article includes photos of Kate and Gerry, which contradicts the message of any focus on them takes away from Madeleine.
We are only supposed to look at these photos, I guess, and remind ourselves what nice people Kate and Gerry are, and then go back to focusing on Madeleine.

I mean really, do we need to see photos of Kate's first Communion? How the heck does that affect the search for Madeleine?

It doesn't, of course. It's there to counteract the feeling that the McCanns might be involved.

Right on, sista!

 

[SleuthMom]

Who cares about Kate first Communion? Geez. Is she the one missing here? Are they "celebrities" that people want to see how they looked like years ago?

 

[Texana]

Who cares about Kate first Communion? Geez. Is she the one missing here? Are they "celebrities" that people want to see how they looked like years ago?

Apparently. And you would be a very bad person to suspect someone of being involved in a cover up, who looked like that in their First Communion photo.

Have you seen any photos of just Maddie with a parent, other than that studio portrait of the whole family together? Birth shots, baby pics, etc? Me neither.

 

[BloodshotEye]

Oh man; tell me I am not seeing holy communion photos. Is this incredibly lame, or what?

And so, I shall continue my "assessment" of the McCanns. As will the press in the U.K. and Portugal, and the PJ, and the other threads here. For what it's worth, for whomever reads my posts, who might make a giant leap of fact, I do not engage in attacks. Of anyone. Perps, victims or their families. I do, however, engage in thoughtfull assessment and discussion about them. About their childhoods, their choices, whatever. And that is what is most fascinating about WS. The ability to analize these aspects of various people's behavior.

communion photos...geez.

 

[CaliKid]

Here's a lovely little PR piece from Kate McCann in today's Daily Mail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...in_article_id=482238&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490

Highlights:
Mrs McCann also insisted that she and her husband were "truly responsible parents" and had committed no crime

"I know that what happened is not due to the fact of us leaving the children asleep. I know it happened under other circumstances."

Asked about whether she and her husband were responsible for their daughter's disappearance, she said: "It cannot be considered a crime. Someone committed one, but not us."

You really have to read all of this incredible article. So many touchy-feely, butt-saving misrepresentations.

 

[BloodshotEye]

Unbelievable, CaliKid. Unbelievable to me, that they can word-smith around the fact that they left three toddlers alone. They did not "leave them asleep".

What is it with these people? Who on earth is advising them to make these preposterous statements? Rather than looking at the lense of the camera, and say, how profoundly guiltly they feel, about making this seemingly lighthearted decision to try to do both. Visit with friends, and have their children in bed. How profoundly they wish they could take back that moment in time, that they made this decision..etc.

But no. They appear to be in denial of their own hand in these events; and absolve themself of all responsiblity. I am agast, that Kate would pronounce, "Someone committed one, but not us".

And yea, just because she refuses to take ownership of the decision to abandon their three children, and let come what may - doesn't make her a murderer...bla bla bla. Yea. I get that.

But these two people are certainly a bitter cup of tea to swallow.

 

[Rino]

Here's a lovely little PR piece from Kate McCann in today's Daily Mail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...in_article_id=482238&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490

Highlights:
Mrs McCann also insisted that she and her husband were "truly responsible parents" and had committed no crime

"I know that what happened is not due to the fact of us leaving the children asleep. I know it happened under other circumstances."

Asked about whether she and her husband were responsible for their daughter's disappearance, she said: "It cannot be considered a crime. Someone committed one, but not us."

You really have to read all of this incredible article. So many touchy-feely, butt-saving misrepresentations.

.....I know that what happened is not due to the fact of us leaving the children asleep. I know it happened under other circumstances.....

Gives me goosebumbs, this sounds so much like a confession.

 

[CaliKid]

Not only that, but her words are in direct contradiction to every statement she made over the summer about Madeleine's disappearance:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1267568,00.html
"We will never stop blaming ourselves."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2199226.ece
"Maddie, I'm so sorry I left you alone."

 

[concernedperson]

.....I know that what happened is not due to the fact of us leaving the children asleep. I know it happened under other circumstances.....

Gives me goosebumbs, this sounds so much like a confession.

Doesn't it though? She is wound up tight and trying to justify a 3 year old's behavior to her adult behavior and inability to cope. I am not feeling that she is involved less but more.

 

[CaliKid]

Or, could she be pointing a finger at one of their friends?

It cannot be considered a crime. Someone committed one, but not us.

 

[SleuthMom]

"I know that what happened is not due to the fact of us leaving the children asleep. I know it happened under other circumstances."

My goodness!!!! These people DO NOT see ANYTHING WRONG with leaving three toddlers alone while they dined with friends??????

And some people STILL have the nerve to defend their parental skills as it is a "cultural" issue? Geez....