Ive just read this and think its terrible they shouldnt of been aloud to be pulished this.

Altho i think personally she shouldnt of been aloud to walk home on her own and as for the mccanns they shouldnt of left there daughter but the most important thing is finding these 2 little girls.

Do they have to slate the poor little girl and her family and where she lives isnt this irrelevant the poor girl is missing.



KAREN Matthews has seven kids by five different fathers. She lives in a scruffy council house on an impoverished council estate near Leeds.

Her boyfriend, who is ten years younger than her, looks both simple and scruffy, not surprising as Karen herself looks a bit rough around the edges.

Karen and her 22-year-old boyfriend, Craig Meehan, live just 100 miles from Kate and Gerry McCann.

But it might as well be a million.

Karen's little girl Shannon has been missing for 19 days—but you might not know that or even care, judging by the media coverage.

The problem is that Shannon Matthews isn't as pretty as Maddie McCann.

She's not blonde or cute or beautiful. You don't look at her and want to cry. wrong because u no what i do and have

The other problem is that her parents weren't on a posh holiday in Portugal when she went missing.

And in the only photos we've seen of her, she doesn't look angelic or entrancing—more like a naughty tomboy.

All of which might explain why the media coverage of Shannon's disappearance has been what some might call lukewarm—and others might call a bloody disgrace.

But I wonder if our media aren't just reacting to an unspoken mood in the country, a feeling that a woman who has seven kids by five different men and who isn't living with any of them, must be a pretty dire mother—and so must bear SOME of the responsibility for her missing daughter?

Blunt, yes....but in most part I agree....but I'm not saying it's right.

The fact is, the McCanns are in the ABC1 socio economic grouping and they had alot more coverage, than the little girl being brought up in a lower socio economic grouping.

that is a ******* disgrace!!!!
I can't even put into words at the minute what i feel reading that!!!!!

I don't think that her mother should've been slated though - there was no reason for it, - she wasn't comparing her to the McCanns as she didn't mention how the McCanns are percieved

Shocking !!
The main priority here is to gets these kids found alive and return them to their families
What difference does it make what upbringing they have?

Its so unbelievably shallow to say that Shannon is not beautiful! This is a missing child where talking about.

Id look bloody scruffy and rough if my child was missing.

thats terrible wording but i can see what shes getting at.

I really hope Shannon is found soon, the longer it goes on the less chance there is

There is a little boy arcoss the road from me who is missing, found out last week he ran away, there is a little artical about him in the local paper and thats it, nothing else! i think that is bad, wether he ran away or not he is still out there somewhere, he is also known for his trouble making and can be a right little *cough* but i still dont like the thought of him out there, esp with the weather at teh mo.

Seems a shame that some are much more high profile than others in childrens searches due to how they live

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I agree with it! don't get me wrong, that is a bit harsh but I definitely get the point and yes I think it's correct.

Waiting for someone to jump on me..

I think it is terrible & very shocking. Reading that disgusted me!!

Thats harsh reading but I too see the point in that I think.

Where was that from?