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One of the administrators of Ben's
account, using her personal account,
asked @findmadeleine why this was the
case and was told "we do not want to be
associated with some of the types of
people they @FindBen Needham) follow."
Some individuals followed by Ben's
Twitter account are known to take an
anti-McCann stance.
Ben's mum Kerry said : "All I can say is
that Ben's campaign has never been anti
McCann - we can't help the fact that
some members of the public give their
opinion about the McCann case just the
same as people give their opinion about
Ben's case. I have never once spoken
badly about the family, I have only ever
given my opinion about the way the two
cases have been handled so differently
by the authorities." |
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In these excerpts from a post yesterday,
the person in charge of the @findmadeleine
account, said, "This is the last time I
will address this issue. Gerry and Kate
do not use social media and have asked
me to manage the social media accounts
for our campaign. In the past couple of
weeks, there has been a concerted effort
to get people to stop looking for
Madeleine.
Some argue the search costs too much,
others say it's hopeless. We don't
believe the search for Madeleine is
hopeless and putting up polls asking if
the search should stop is not only
crass, it's cruel. How can one put a
price on the life of a child? With that
being said, I, and I alone, have made
the decision to block ANYONE who thwarts
the search for Madeleine via social
media--whether that be with running
commentary on the investigation, posting
negative comments about the
search/investigation/cost, or saying
Madeleine is a lost cause. We believe
Madeleine is alive and we have great
faith in The Met. If you cannot be
supportive of the search for Madeleine,
please unlike/unfollow our social media
pages. We want people who are hopeful
and actually care about Madeleine being
found supporting us. WE NEED YOUR HELP
to find her and we don't want negative
comments filling our feeds."
Ben Needham went missing on July 24 1991
from the Greek island of Kos, There have
been no sightings of the 21 month old
since.
Madeleine McCann was three years old
when she disappeared from her bed in a
holiday apartment in Portugal in May
2007. |
