The Smithman e-fits - are the McCanns less than happy with them?

[Alfred R Jones]

&%+((£ Mainly Redwood's I think. He had nothing else to show.

So do you subscribe to the view that the McCanns are afraid of these e-fits?

[Alfred R Jones]

The question should be why are the efits not pinned in a prominent position at the top of the OFM FB page ? Is some cliched quote about hope really more important than the efits of a man SY say may have abducted their daughter ?

Is a cliched quote about hope pinned in a prominent position at the top of the OFM page?

[faithlilly]

Is a cliched quote about hope pinned in a prominent position at the top of the OFM page?

No at the moment we have some nonsense quote from a Daily Express ( a newspaper that the McCanns sued ) churnalist, so infinitely worse than a cliched quote.

[Lyall]

So do you subscribe to the view that the McCanns are afraid of these e-fits?

&%+((£ I don't know.

But they took action against the Sunday Times article didn't they. That shows there is concern about the story behind the e-fits.

[Alfred R Jones]

No at the moment we have some nonsense quote from a Daily Express ( a newspaper that the McCanns sued ) churnalist, so infinitely worse than a cliched quote.

Ah, so you're talking about the cover photo which features an age progression picture of Madeleine with the headline please don't give up on Madeleine?  And you think this is a less valid cover photo than a pair of e-fits?  as far as I'm aware the OFM FB page has never used e-fits of any suspects as its cover photo, but I think the fact that there is a button which features ON the cover photo saying "watch video" which links to the Met's last appeal on Crimewatch tends to suggest that the McCanns are not afraid of what was revealed on that programme - what say you?

[Alfred R Jones]

&%+((£ I don't know.

But they took action against the Sunday Times article didn't they. That shows there is concern about the story behind the e-fits.

I think it shows concern that they are not misrepresented and that reports are thoroughly researched and accurate before going to print.

[Lyall]

I think it shows concern that they are not misrepresented and that reports are thoroughly researched and accurate before going to print.

Yes I think the issue was that the whole of Mitchell's comment wasn't printed?

Any paper in the land would have given him as much space as he wanted to say whatever he wished about the issue, but instead of doing that they chose to go to court.

Consequently we still don't know what he had to say. Why not just say it?

[faithlilly]

Ah, so you're talking about the cover photo which features an age progression picture of Madeleine with the headline please don't give up on Madeleine?  And you think this is a less valid cover photo than a pair of e-fits?  as far as I'm aware the OFM FB page has never used e-fits of any suspects as its cover photo, but I think the fact that there is a button which features ON the cover photo saying "watch video" which links to the Met's last appeal on Crimewatch tends to suggest that the McCanns are not afraid of what was revealed on that programme - what say you?

Do I think an age progressed picture which features elsewhere on the page is a less valid cover photo than the efits of a man who it seems  SY think more than likely abducted your daughter yes I do.

[Brietta]

&%+((£ I don't know.

But they took action against the Sunday Times article didn't they. That shows there is concern about the story behind the e-fits.

No.  It shows they were libelled.

[Alfred R Jones]

Do I think an age progressed picture which features elsewhere on the page is a less valid cover photo than the efits of a man who it seems  SY think more than likely abducted your daughter yes I do.

So it's your opinion versus theirs - as we are constantly being told on this forum all opinions are equally valid.  You still haven't addressed the thorny subject of why the McCanns would ask you to watch a video which linked to a programme that was allegedly full of information they had wanted to suppress and were terrified of, but no matter - I can live without your feeble reasoning on that subject.

[Lyall]

No.  It shows they were libelled.

The facts were dealt with by the correction. The subsequent action didn't seem to be concerned with those.

[faithlilly]

So it's your opinion versus theirs - as we are constantly being told on this forum all opinions are equally valid.  You still haven't addressed the thorny subject of why the McCanns would ask you to watch a video which linked to a programme that was allegedly full of information they had wanted to suppress and were terrified of, but no matter - I can live without your feeble reasoning on that subject.

So why not display the efits prominently so the first thing people see when visiting the page is them ? If you truly want your daughter to be found surely the efits of man who it seems SY think abducted her should be centre stage instead of behind a video button which gives no details of what the video is about ?

[Alice Purjorick]

&%+((£ I don't know.

But they took action against the Sunday Times article didn't they. That shows there is concern about the story behind the e-fits.

I thought DCI Andy said the efits had never been shown to the public before and the ST went one step further by suggesting they had been deliberately withheld by the McCanns. This being a bit of a dumb thing to say was the catalyst for the action.
In the final analysis the efits had not been shown to the public before DCI Andy held them up on CW. Now they are not easy to find for whatever reason.
Seems to me a bit like "The Contract must be advertised in the press" and it appears only in The Biggleswade Chronicle...... if you follow the drift.

[Alfred R Jones]

So why not display the efits prominently so the first thing people see when visiting the page is them ? If you truly want your daughter to be found surely the efits of man who it seems SY think abducted her should be centre stage instead of behind a video button which gives no details of what the video is about ?

If you visited the Official Find Madeleine FB page and saw a button saying "Watch Video", what do you think the video would be about?  A youtube clip of the Great British Bake Off?   It is there permanently pointing all visitors to the page to the most recent appeal by the Met.  Where incidentally are the photofits on Operation Grange's own website page? 

OFM has posted the Smithman e-fit pictures on 7 separate occasions, receiving 75,000 shares with a reach of god knows how many million.  If you think this is evidence that the McCanns are scared of the e-fits then frankly I think you're bonkers.  Good night.   

[faithlilly]

If you visited the Official Find Madeleine FB page and saw a button saying "Watch Video", what do you think the video would be about?  A youtube clip of the Great British Bake Off?   It is there permanently pointing all visitors to the page to the most recent appeal by the Met.  Where incidentally are the photofits on Operation Grange's own website page? 

OFM has posted the Smithman e-fit pictures on 7 separate occasions, receiving 75,000 shares with a reach of god knows how many million.  If you think this is evidence that the McCanns are scared of the e-fits then frankly I think you're bonkers.  Good night.   

You still haven't give a reason why you think the efits aren't located more prominently. Maybe a good nights sleep will help. Careful the bugs don't bite Alfie.