ThoughtFox
Expecting the Unexpected
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2599613.ece
I saw Kate and Gerry McCanns’ despair and if they were acting they deserved an Oscar
Number one - Woolfall is a PR person, so he is probably glib himself, and wouldn't recognize if someone was lying or not. He is not a Profiler.
Number two - I find it fascinating that in the hours after the disappearance, the McCanns spent so much time with a Mark Warner PR person instead of outside looking for their daughter. Obviously Maddie's picture was important, but shouldn't that have been done by the police?
Also, this statement disturbing:
The McCanns had photographs of Madeleine on their digital camera, which Mr Woolfall began transferring to a laptop computer. “I said to Kate, ‘Let’s try to identify pictures where her face is visible’. Downloading the images was a very difficult process for them. It was upsetting.
I'm sure - they probably weren't expecting that!
Mr Woolfall transmitted the photographs to the Press Association in London, from where they were distributed to the media. The portfolio included the now famous image of Madeleine wearing a hat on a tennis court.
The McCanns wanted to do more. “They were exhausted and despairing but thinking, ‘Should we go outside and say something that might get her back?’ They said they wanted to head downstairs and talk to the media. They were very tired, but that was one thing they were determined to do.”
Wow - imagine that - the parents were debating whether to go to sleep or go make a speech about their missing daughter. And they needed a PR person to help them decide. :razz: What is wrong with that picture?
I'm so glad they were able to fend off sleep a few more minutes.
Mr Woolfall went out to alert journalists and returned to the McCanns. “They wrote down what they wanted to say and went out and gave a short statement. After that, they were completely spent. You could tell there was nothing left.”
:boohoo: Poor them - is this guy on their payroll now? :bang:
Um, from Mr. Woolfall's descriptions, they sound colder and more controlled than ever before.Mr Woolfall was surprised by the reaction of British viewers to the couple’s demeanour. “I was struck at the perception of people who had watched Kate and Gerry: that they were very controlled and perhaps were not responding in a way people thought would be more natural. They were not at all controlled. When I was with them, they were between being completely distraught and trying to do what they felt was the right thing.”
Why did the parents have to "decide" whether to "make a statement" or not? If they were so intent on getting out the photos, shouldn't they have felt that it was also urgent to beg the public for help in finding Maddie?
When have we ever heard of distraught people having to "write down" what they wanted to say about a missing child? I've seen lots of interviews on CNN and MSNBC when people are missing, but very few "prepared statements" immediately following a disappearance.
Why weren't they beseeching the public to help them? Why weren't they out combing the countryside themselves?
This case is so incredibly odd. :waitasec: