Posted on 01/19/2007 9:24:31 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
"They should have followed Ben's parents and refuse to spotlight their child."
Are you kidding -- the Ownsbys were on the Today show.
I saw it and I felt so sorry for the boy............
**SHAME ON BOY'S FOLKS AND OPRAH**
I couldn't believe that his parents would do this. Definitely not thinking of their son.
On the other hand, on one of the first threads about finding Shawn, there was a snippet about how the parents had both quit their jobs to look for Shawn and were virtually broke.
True that!
My sincere compliments on this remarkably accurate phrase! I seriously plan to remember that one.
... or something they dragged out of the New Orleans/Katrina floodwaters!
>> Interestingly, it was what the parents of his co-captor, Ben Ownby, who were also guests on the show, didn't do that showed how tawdry it all was. They didn't let their kid appear. When Oprah introduced them, she also said, "His parents made a mom-and-dad decision and said that they feel he's had enough stress from television."
Audience applauded.
I heard somewhere that the parents have refused any money to appear on Oprah or other talk shows, so let's not assume they did this for the money.
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I was disgusted at his parents for doing this.
While their hearts might be in the right place it's pretty obvious that what they're doing is ultimately misguided. I hesitate to bash them; from what I heard, both have been extensively involved in search & rescue efforts for kidnapped & missing children ever since their son was taken, Craig Akers especially. I wonder if a chance to advocate for his newfound mission in life --- a good mission, let it be said --- overcame his better judgment with regard to his son, who needs not so much advocacy as a sheltering home and a father.
So, it appears that Queen Oprah removed her head long enough from Barak Obama's @#@ to do this show.
Thanks LWalk18.
Confirmed no money:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/16493296.htm
Kim Evans, family spokeswoman and office manager for the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation, said neither the Akers family nor the foundation received money for appearing on Oprah.
She said other media outlets offered to pay for the first interview, but the family chose to go on Oprah because they hoped to reach a larger audience.
"We wanted to get the message of hope out to as many people as we could that there is hope for their sons and daughters," Evans said. "They took Oprah for that reason, because she has the largest audience. To my knowledge, there was no money involved."
From early morning to late night Thursday, the family gave interviews with local, national and international news organizations. The family required each to sign a contract promising not to publish or broadcast any report on the interview until 6 a.m. Friday. One provision of the two-page contract required news organizations that violated the embargo to pay $100,000 to the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation.
Once informed of the requirement to sign a contract, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch declined to participate in those interviews.
Maybe the exploitation they allowed on Oprah for a few minutes will allow the procurement of the intense help Shawn will need to normalize over the next few years.
I think it was bad judgement on the parent's part for putting their kid on t.v. I didn't watch it for that reason.
We all need to continue to pray for Shawn and his recovery, for it's going to be a long road of him.
>>They are probably hoping this interview will quiet the masses and that they will be left alone.<<
Yeah, nothing like getting on Oprah to get you off people's minds.
ROTFLOL
Shawn was molested by a 300 pound SKUMBAG !
The 300 Pound Skumbag had kiddie porn on his computer
Shawn said encouraging things about Ben being strong during his horrible ordeal !
BOTH Boys were raped , usually if you have kiddie porn on your computer & YOU SHARE PHOTOS WITH SICK BASTARDS !!!
Shawn was probalby blackmailed into posing for SICK Photos crap !
SHAWN Is Innocent !
FACT : Shawn's Dad Lost A LEG , Looking For another Missing Child !!!
FACT : Shawn's parent went through ALL Their Life's Savings Looking For Shawn
WHAT Have You Done to help a missing child ???????????????????
Parents make their own choices and if they want to do the talk show circuit to shore up their finances, their call. Bringing out the child and making him part of the peep show - that's pimping in my book.
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