Other people's kids and the haunting face of Madeleine McCann

What an odd piece. I think the tenuous link to Madeleine and reference to her in the title is more to attract readers to something they would otherwise avoid the same way you wold avoid eating cardboard!

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/family/the-house-dad-cother-peoples-kids-and-the-haunting-face-of-madeleine-mccann/?ncid=wsc-uk-parentdish-image

I can't really see what that piece of writing has to do with Madeleine Mccann, other than evidently the Mccann name MUST be included in everything.

mara thon wrote:I can't really see what that piece of writing has to do with Madeleine Mccann, other than evidently the Mccann name MUST be included in everything.

There are stories about children in the US eating detergent capsules because they look like sweets. Not much publicity, so maybe the news items should carry a reference to Madeleine! "Detergent capsules are going missing, just like Madeleine McCann. A few hundred children have been treated for ingesting them."

I did read the whole piece which was about -zzzzzz - children zzzz shouting zzzzz. Madeleine McCann zzzThis writer has missed his calling, if I ever have trouble sleeping - I'll try and read it again.

Or is it just there so that it gets Googled? If I want to be sure to get my literary work read - just add the magic name randomly in the text?

The gratuitous use of Madeleine's name to boost sales or hits on web sites is disgusting. This is of course down to the high powered media campaing too find Madeleine promoted by her parents - the book etc etc.

There must be many ways in which her name can be written into non-stories in this way which gives me an idea for a new thread!