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Originally Posted by Mick
More important things happening you say and the media are not covering it, funny I've seen the following reported recently....
Gordon Brown is the New Prime Minister, in waiting.
Tony Blair's surprise visit to Iraq, whilst at the same time two morter bomb explosions rock the city.
Majority of the news being reported, (Yes there is actually other news being reported, despite what you say) is politics, usual drivel then, so this is more important happenings than Maddie going missing?  |
I know that other stuff is being covered.
However, it is not being covered anywhere near as much as the Madeleine story - especially considering that nothing else has actually happened.
And, yes, I do believe that the other stuff is more important.
I believe that covering the whole "Next PM" thing is more important than endless OTT non-updates regarding the abduction of one girl.
I believe that covering today's mortar attacks in Iraq is more important.
I believe that covering the ongoing violence in Iraq is more important.
I believe that covering the UK & US soldiers killed in Iraq & the US soldiers abducted in Iraq is more important.
I believe the fall of Paul Wolfowitz is more important.
Etc. etc. etc.
While the Madeliene story is sad & sickening, & I hope (though doubt) that she will be found alive & well, at the end of the day, in the grand scheme of things, it is only really important to her family.
And the UK media has, as usual, behaved terribly.
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Originally Posted by Mal
Has anything new happened with Maddie, that needs to be reported?
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No.
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Originally Posted by Mick
You cannot start to argue about every child on the planet that might of died today. Because tomorrow is another day and then the day after that, deaths due to accident or natural causes cannot be prevented and it will inevitably go on 365 days a year, it holds no bearing on this topic.
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And ones which are not accidental or natural causes?
What about the 450+ young people who have gone missing in the UK since Madeleine was taken?
What about the insane numbers of children regularly abducted in Africa to be used as child slaves or sex slaves or child soldiers?
Where is their media frenzy, where is their "fighting fund" & celebrity appeal & so on?