A real rant for you now. I thought this story had finally gone away, alas, obviously not. Ben Affleck has postponed the release of his Hollywood directorial debut due to Madeleine McCann's disapearance, though it was over a year ago.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-concerns.html
Quite honestly I think the media attention given to the dissapearance of this young girl is an absolute fucking disgrace. 100s of kids go missing every year, and the idea that because it has happened to this seemingly pleasant and quiet middle-class family this once case deserves over a year's ceaseless media coverage is a hideous betrayal of the other families going through the same thing. So why don't other kids that dissapear make the headlines? Well, they're probably working-class, black, disabled, or even... BOYS. And so it is that Madeleine McCann, because shes kinda cutsie looking, gets all the headlines and whats more, millions of pounds worth of funding to help find her.
At this juncture I must make clear I'm not a heartless bastard, and I sincerely hope this young girl is returned safely to her family. However, with every passing day, this becomes more unlikely - and the continuing media coverage more absurd.
The McCann's story has become a media soap opera, it sells papers, and therefore we can expect perhaps a good few more years of this coverage.
However, theres a more sinister aspect to this case. And thats the money- so far the Find Madeleine fund has had many millions of pounds worth of donations. Where does this money go? If the fund had ZERO donations a thorough police inquiry would have still been carried out. A couple of monthes ago tabloids reported her parents had been using it to pay off their mortgage. Make of this what you will, but bear in mind these papers are responsible for this ever getting blown out of proportion in the first place.
This media coverage is absurd and unjust. I hope it stop soon.