What evil gits! My point still stands however. Gerry did not choose to become someone hounded by the world’s press, IMO. IMO, he had no choice but to reach out to them as does the family of many young children who go missing in mysterious circumstances. Just because he had something prepared to say to the media doesn’t make him a publicity seeking narcissist as some imagine, just someone who finds themselves at the centre of intense media interest and scrutiny and who wishes to keep their child’s disappearance high profile in the hope that her whereabouts will be discovered. Answering no comment to certain sensitive questions does not make him a bad person, though some seem to think so. That’s because they are wholly and utterly biased against him. IMO.
According to Gerry McCann they interacted with the media to keep the story high profile and to 'take the opportunity to get information into the investigation'. So he had 'clear abjectives', but as Jeremy Paxman said, perhaps he was naive. It was certainly naive to think that the media would allow him to set the agenda imo.
He certainly got information into the investigation, but as usual with appeals 90% of it was pure rubbish, but it took up the time of numerous personnel in Portugal and Britain who had to trawl through it. I certainly don't agree with Gerry McCann that 'any parents would take the opportunity to try to get information into the investigation'. In my opinion a lot of parents would have been content to leave the investigation to the police rather than thrusting themselves into the limelight and doing photoshoots, appeals and European tours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZBdc_oz_aIThe proof of a pudding is in the eating and none of their efforts helped the investigation at all in my opinion.
