The media are turning into vigilanties now, taking great pride in telling us they've got certain people arrested because they didn't like the look of them!
According to The Telegraph it was a Portuguese citizen who first reported Mr Murat to the police, three days after Madeleine went missing.
It is inappropriate to discuss the intricacies of the case itself. This thread should be limited solely to television news coverage of the story.
Hmm...try telling something similar to the media.
Can anybody, hand on heart, say that this incident would be getting anywhere near as much coverage if it involved a child who was any combination of the following.
1. Male
2. Ugly
3. Non-white
4. Parents are immigrants from a non Western country
5. Working class
6.
Chav
7. Is from a single parent family (in which case the media angle would be that the fact the child is missing is definitely the fault of mum/dad and proof that single parents = bad parents).
Just because somebody wears clothing that is often associated with chavs and anti-social behaviour doesn't make them a bad person!
This type of stereotyping really touches a nerve on me because it shouldn't really matter about how people dress or how they live.
the word CHAV stands for
C
ouncil
H
ouse
a
nd
V
iolent, I know lots of people that live in council houses in and around Plymouth and at my school. Some of them are complete knobs and i hate them, others are really nice people. It wouldn't matter who it was or what ethnicity you were, if you were missing in a foreign country it would attract attention from the media.
It is inappropriate to discuss the intricacies of the case itself. This thread should be limited solely to television news coverage of the story.
Hmm...try telling something similar to the media.
Can anybody, hand on heart, say that this incident would be getting anywhere near as much coverage if it involved a child who was any combination of the following.
1. Male
2. Ugly
3. Non-white
4. Parents are immigrants from a non Western country
5. Working class
6.
Chav
7. Is from a single parent family (in which case the media angle would be that the fact the child is missing is definitely the fault of mum/dad and proof that single parents = bad parents).
Just because somebody wears clothing that is often associated with chavs and anti-social behaviour doesn't make them a bad person!
This type of stereotyping really touches a nerve on me because it shouldn't really matter about how people dress or how they live.
I think you missed my point. Yep, it should be what's on the inside that counts, but unfortunately we live in a society which tends to judge on the superficial. Which was why I included it in the list.
I'm certainly not one of those people who automatically assume that every inhabitant in a council estate is benefit-scrounging scum. I should know - I live on one myself.
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It wouldn't matter who it was or what ethnicity you were, if you were missing in a foreign country it would attract attention from the media.
Yes, it would get some attention. But would it generate the sort of pornographic reporting we're seeing now, and in the past with the Soham murders, Milly Dowler, Sarah Payne, etc?
The other recent example of this "guilty before proven innocent" phenomenon was the bloke who was first arrested over the Ipswich murders. Because the bloke was a bit of an oddball, the media took that to mean that he must surely be guilty - of course they couldn't say so out loud, but the insinuation was sure there. And then of course, the police arrested and charged somebody who, by most accounts was "normal".
Did I hear that the first suspect has since commited suicide?
Yes you did, and I'm impressed you did as the same media who villified that innocent man completely ignored this element of this story.
This is still the top story on the ITV Evening News tonight but on the Six O'Clock News, it was not in the headlines at the top of the hour and was not reported till about 6.20. I think the beeb was right as there is nothing new or important to report.
Anyone seen what Sky are doing as I have not seen it, is it still the top story?
This is still the top story on the ITV Evening News tonight but on the Six O'Clock News, it was not in the headlines at the top of the hour and was not reported till about 6.20. I think the beeb was right as there is nothing new or important to report.
Nothing to report, but they still went live to the scene!