Whatever happened -

[brionon]

About Shannon ? No longer in the News. is she home ? Why has the Media forgotten her ? Any ideas ?

[fathead]

We were both thinking the same thing at the same time, brionon.
Hubby says her mam was in one paper today saying she would sue the police if they don't give her back. It's a strange case.

M

[Ethel]

The media has not forgotten her but this is a child and there are laws in place to protect her right to privacy.

In many court cases, for example, the child victim is referred to as Child X, or the child perpetrator 'cannot be named for legal reasons'.

We do not have the right to know what may have gone on in her private life. At the trial many of the facts may be supressed to protect her. There is simply nothing to report.

[brionon]

Ethel -since when did 'nothing to report' hinder our rubbish press from speculating ? I just wonder why it's dried up.

[Ethel]

The massive payouts the Express has had to pay the McCanns' just last week has helped to stamp out idle speculation.

There will be a reporting ban in force to protect the child.

It's not a soap opera.

[bazwillrun]

the real reasons are very simple.

for want of a better term "ugly" people dont make good news, same as televison.

the girls is safe, so really thats the end of it, if it was some well to do "good looking " family ie; the mcanns then they would have carried it along and milked for as much as they could.

Now the "public" have seen the type of family she came from, their way of life , etc they arent really interested

[brionon]

Ethel -Why did you think of Soap opera ? Are you hiding something ?

[Ethel]

Erm - I'm an anonymous name on an anonymous web site.

How could I possibly hide anything? I am not claiming to be anything or anybody, and nobody who uses this site knows me in real life.

People I know in real life don't know I use this site.

But some people do treat some news stories as if it is drama, just for their entertainment. Quite sickening really.

[brionon]

Ethel dear-I hope that my question was not misconstrued by you. By the way I'm now listening to ''Eres tu'' so you see -I'm quite nice really.