As the Kate and Gerry media machine roll on .........?

Question

from todays blog.

"Another trip to the airport this morning to pick up our campaign manager. Kate did a series of interviews for womens magazines and the Sunday newspapers which took most of the afternoon. Kates parents, who we visit regularly at home, also arrived and the twins were very happy to see them. They will be staying with us for a week.

We have had some new posters designed of Madeleine, in Portuguese and Spanish, which I have been printing out to distribute locally. I also did some filming to camera which we might use on the website and for future events."

1) I hope they have got some discount with easyjet or someone, the amount of times they fly everyone in and out of the Algarve (just so long as its spent wisely huh!). I didnt realise the fund was also called 'Keep the entire McCann on one big summer holiday at the publics expense LTD'

2) What has Kate got to add that we don't know already. Perhaps yet another denial from her that they were bad parents?

3) Uh hello ..... how is designing a new poster going to help. There are already posters out there in Spanish and Portugese about Madeleine. How is a new looking poster going to help matters now?

They are just throwing good money after bad in this campaign.

What annoys me with this campaign is that they are just repeating the same old tired ideas. Make a new poster. Appear on TV for a bit. Its all been done before for the last 3 months and hasnt delivered ANYTHING. Is this what they hired Justine McGuiness for, to come up with the same stuff they've been doing all along?

And to think people actually praise them for this campaign ............. geez ........

FAITH - Damn right I will read it, and don't worry I'll be spotting the flaws in what Kate has to say. I can assure you of that ;)

LYNN18050 - HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Go ahead, Im scared! Waiting for the knock at my door now! hahahaa ................ Loser, who's the obsessed one now actually phoning up the police about something you saw on YA. hahaha ........ Girl you need to get some medical help.

Answer 1

these two just make me so angry

Answer 2

You would seriously think with the top people they have in team mccann they would come up with something a little more dynamic than another poster..

I also think it is odd that Kate is doing interviews on her own without the ever controlling Gerry hovering in the shadows ...

Maybe it is show she is her own person ???

Answer 3

From another forum-

"The policing budgets in the UK, Portugal and the rest of Europe are going through the roof.

Millions of pounds and Euros are being pumped in from an endless budget.

The Madeleine Fund will be peanuts when compared to the huge spend that is being racked up on an hourly basis.

There are also millions of pounds being raised as a direct result of the negligence of the parents in advertising revenue through media outlets across the world.

It may already have cost tax payers in the western world more than it did to find Bin Laden....and they never found him."

Answer 4

I feel very sorry for them. All of this is unlikely to bring Madeliene back and its quite sad to read about.

I am still angry they never acknowledged how bad it is to leave children alone and there is no justification for it and its something they will regret for the rest of their lives. If they did that I would feel more towards them.

As it is I just feel very sorry for Maddy and for what has happened to her. I also hope, if she was abducted, they find that person and prosecute them. I am amazed with the reward that none of the sleazy pervs have come forward with a tip off. I wonder if the rich Arab thing is more likely? Although personally I still think there is a good chance she went off to the beach and drowned.

Answer 5

If you go onto the official madeleine site www.findmadeleine.com and follow the link About Madeleine, that says it all. You would expect lots of information devoted to - well, Madeleine wouldn't you. Guess what? Just one sentence to sum up her life.
"Madeleine McCann was born 4 years ago. She has one brother Sean and a sister Amelie. She lives with her family in Rothley, Leicestershire."

Answer 6

Whatever anyone thinks about Dave S or the McCanns, the fact that they are being discused so often is at least keeping Madeleine's story alive. I just hope that whatever people feel, that beautiful little girl is found safe and well.

Answer 7

Maybe all the attention posters etc might find Maddy.

Answer 8

Theres nothing new, they just love being in the spotlight, there are posters everywhere, everyone knows about maddie, i read in the news yesterday, they are now going to up the campaign again, ( i didnt think it had gone away, did you? ) although i suppose they have to look like they are doing something with all that fund money, but really its just about Gerry jetting over the world, writing bloggs, and Kate well i dont know what Kate is doing, about this time i should think she is taking the twins to the babyminders. nothing new, is this now there life? they should come home & try to make a life for those twins, poor Madeleine they let her down

Answer 9

The mind boggles doesn't it?

New posters - do they really think that is what it takes? Is this what the campaign manager is being paid for (out of the fund of course?). I could have done that no bother! I'm a photoshop whizz!

Interviews for womans mags? Most woman are disgusted with her actions. Does she think she is going to appeal to the wobbly woman that read this trash?

Answer 10

It just shows that you simply have a one-sided view of this whole situation!

These women's magazines are sold all over the world. Maybe the thinking behind the magazine interviews is that if a woman somewhere knows where Madeleine is, Kate's interview may appeal to them and this may lead to finding their daughter. I know it seems a long shot but they obviously don't want to give up.

You also criticise them for having the Grandparents visit. I know if I was in this situation my parents would be very important to me and my children.

You are simply taking info you read and twisting it to sound selfish and thoughtless.

Answer 11

dave you haven't specified whether or not Kate was paid for the interviews she gave, I would like to think she wasn't and that she did it for the right reasons.
As someone has already said, you are right, more posters won't do anything.
If they need their family around them, they should return home for some normality and leave the police or whoever they decide to hire with the fund money to search for their missing daughter and fly back to portugal as and when necessary.