The German satirical magazine TITANIC about Madeleine (Find Maddie)
The "Daily Mail" and their readers about the German humour:
Sick Madeleine 'advertising' spoof in German magazine is 'extremely hurtful'
Last updated at 07:50am on 1st November 2007
A German satirical magazine's take on the publicity surrounding Madeleine McCann's disappearance was described by her parents' spokesman today as "extremely hurtful".
The Titanic published a doub
More..le-page spread in the form of an advert for a supermarket, depicting a number of products promoted with the image and name of the little girl.
One is for a domestic cleaner guaranteed to remove "all traces at home and against which DNA tests have no chance".
Another is for a popular brand of soup flavouring called Maggi renamed after four-year-old Madeleine.
It is without a picture of the Leicestershire youngster but with her name in braille for blind people.
And one promotion is for a brand of chocolate with the usual childish face replaced by that of Madeleine.
It suggests that one cent of every sale will be donated to Interpol.
Titanic editor Oliver Nagel defended the feature today, saying it was not a criticism of the McCanns and it was meant solely for a German audience.
But the couple's spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "This is not only extremely hurtful to Kate and Gerry but totally disrespectful to Madeleine."
The magazine had not sought permission to use Madeleine's image and the McCanns' lawyers were now studying the publication, Mr Mitchell said.
Over the spread the magazine says Madeleine McCann "has become the most famous face in the world and probably the universe" and that it is a logical next step that her image be used for product promotion.
Titanic editor Oliver Nagel said: "It was just for a German audience. The magazine is not ever published outside Germany.
"I would not say anything. We don't go round apologising for the articles we are printing.
"We are not making fun of a child getting lost but we are making fun of the media blowing it all up to such a good height."
The controversy came as it was reported Kate and Gerry McCann will not face new police interviews unless detectives can produce more evidence against them.
Public prosecutor Jose Magalhaes e Meneses reportedly refused to sanction any further moves against the couple, from Rothley, without seeing stronger evidence that they may have been involved in their daughter's disappearance.
Mr Mitchell said the McCanns were "entirely innocent" and they welcomed the reported move.
Gerry McCann, a consultant cardiologist, is set to return to work at Glenfield Hospital, in Leicester, today, two days short of the six-month anniversary of when his daughter disappeared from their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.
Comments from "Daily Mail" readers:
Please, please, not a spate of anti-German remarks. The war has been over for 60 years, the English and the Germans are from the same ethnic and linguistic group, Germans really are quite nice, and think of the British comedians who made unsavoury jokes about Maddy.
So no 'tuts' and 'typical', I beg you.
- Kate, Vienna, Austria
Exploitation of this child victim. They are a disgrace.
- J Franklin, Bexley
And whoever said the Germans have no sense of humour. Sick.
- Cynic, Crowthorne, Berks
"Sick" being the operative word. Have they got nothing better to do!
- Pip, United Kingdom
I am speechless, sickened, disgusted. Words really can not describe the horror of looking at this sick idea for a joke. Regardless of the outcome of this case, Madeleine McCann is a real little girl who is missing, abducted or dead. A real little girl who has suffered and only God at the moment knows her fate. Protecting our innocence, our children is the only thing that keeps our world human. Madeleine McCann did not ask for her face to be in the papers day after day nor did the McCanns expect this. But whether people are tired of the story or not does not change the fact that a real little girl is still missing like so many other children. It is about time that governments put missing children's needs at the top of their agenda instead of their own egos. What the hell were the editors of this German magazine thinking of, certainly not Madeleine McCann. It makes them look like cheap sick individuals who are not funny. This little girl deserves to be found like all missing children.
- Mm, UK
Comment from TITANIC:
Today: The Daily Mail and their readers don't understand the German humour. No wonder, they're British!
Dear british readers: You can subscribe to TITANIC here! We assure you, not one cent will go into the McCann's house mortgages!
URL: http://www.titanic-magazin.de/abo.html
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