Just read todays papers and some of the reporting is just plain wrong. One journalist states that Kate carries a cuddly rabbit, another that they checked the children every 15 minutes and another shows a picture of the apartment with a route indicating that the entrance was by the pool and not on the main road round the corner.
With such - albeit small - discrepancies how the hell can we get a proper grip on the story?
2007-09-09 02:44:34 · 11 answers · asked by lynda p 2 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Just found another one - that the doors and windows were locked!!
2007-09-09 03:00:35 · update #1
I don't really care about the small stuff. We all know that they abandoned their children, the DNA has turned up some sinister information and they have now fled the country!. I just want justice done. If they have anything to do with the murder or disappearance of their daughter then justice should be done.
2007-09-09 02:51:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because of the urge to sell papers, responsible journalism is so often sacrificed.
What annoys me a little is when papers start insulting the intelligence of the reader. They would do well to frequent Yahoo Answers and read what is posted here. Things implied about the case.... "PORTUGAL IS TRYING TO FRAME THE MCCANNS" lolololol or that... "Portugal's judicial system is of third world quality" which is an insult (yet again) to third world countries. Newspapers believe that if they insult other countries they will gain the loyalty of UK readers and therefore will sell more.
Look how last year during the football World Cup the papers managed to convince a large majority of the British public that England would win the World Cup. They even convinced the players.
Anyway.... next question...
2007-09-09 14:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by RED-CHROME 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The standard of reporting in this case has fallen short. I'm sure that the British press wanted to give the McCanns their support, but the role of journalism should be to report the facts accurately and to ask questions however unpalatable they may be. The reporting in the British press has been reported in such a way that any dissension amongst observers has been written about in very emotive language, leading to a lack of debate in the press, but obviously not on YA
2007-09-09 10:05:10 · answer #3 · answered by enlightened goddess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think bad is an understatement. There has been a consistent media whitewash from the very beginning. We have been lied to and manipulated for the last 124 days.
It's embarassing that it took foreign journalists to question the McCann's version of events. The UK Media should hang their heads in shame.
2007-09-09 09:58:35 · answer #4 · answered by lululaluau 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reporting has been unbelievably biased in favour of the McCanns because they don't want the threat of legal action from Gerry! So I get the feeling we are not getting the full picture when we are not getting sufficient coverage of what real evidence the Portugese Police has. It's not good journalism.
2007-09-09 09:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by JP32 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The uk papers are all unadulterated crap no matter what they print. Their only good for lining a cat tray with.
2007-09-09 10:52:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
JUSTICE FOR MADDY not her parents afterall they have to live with the guilt of leaving her if they hadnt they wouldnt have to deal with all the abuse they are getting now
2007-09-13 09:19:21 · answer #7 · answered by bexieboo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you really think if the DNA was conclusive the authorities would not of arrested them?
2007-09-09 09:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by From Yours Trully 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you believe everything these rags say they would be hung, drawn and quartered by now.
2007-09-09 09:52:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Appalling - and it still is!
2007-09-09 09:50:23 · answer #10 · answered by Van der Elst 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋