Posted on 01/24/2007 8:24:19 AM PST by Halls
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - Shawn Hornbeck's parents hope "to step out of the spotlight" to focus on their abducted son's healing now that he has returned home.
That plan to take a lower profile was announced Tuesday during a news conference, as a suburban St. Louis homebuilder detailed plans to build a new house for Shawn and his parents, Craig and Pam Akers. The home will include office space for the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation, which Shawn's parents began as a means to aid in the search for missing kids soon after Shawn disappeared in 2002.
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You really are digging aren't you. I used him as an example that we all know and love and as a prime example of how prominent public figures suffer at the hands of the media.
I didn't say Shawn was aware of this forum. I said all he or his family would have to do is google HIS NAME and our forum will show up. If they proceed to click on the link, they will see what is said about them.
President Bush should be on television as much as these two were. Prominent public figures? I think I understand the reasoning: In order to thwart the media deluge, they went on as many news shows as they could? Is that it?
Oprah: "I do not pay for interviews, no matter what the payment is called ..."
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/09/29/oprah.lewinsky/
OK -- I posted the Oprah link before I saw your response.
You are flat out lying about what they did. I really can't believe you.
No. I'm not. They were on television so much that they even had their spokeshole on the networks they couldn't be on. We watch a lot of news here. After a couple of days my wife even asked out loud "who is with the kid?"
BTW, I'm not a liar.
All one has to do is do a google of ones name and the posts and forums will come in the search.
Oh, please. Now you are upset that they had a spokesperson INSTEAD of appearing themselves?
Good for them- they must have had some realistic counseling about what their family is facing.
No kidding.
I'm not upset. I've been continually called a "liar" for saying they've been all over the television. I'm even getting PMs now calling me a liar. The fact that the spokeshole was making the rounds on TV while they were doing the same just demonstrates to me how comprehensive their television campaign has been.
Good news. What a nice builder too.
You are lying. You specifically said they went on tv non-stop.
You are not being honest about modern media. Modern media discussing a topic over and over, calling up those affected, non-stop, to ask questions, standing outside your house to take a picture is not the fault of the person being hounded.
The modern PR approach to this is to hire spokespeople to field those questions and take some of the stress off of the families.
It is people like you that place the fault of reacting to the media requests on the people instead of the pestering media that is a shame.
It is quite clear that the media has been hounding this family like they do every person during their '15 minutes of fame'. But it was not a wise move for the parents to allow this child to appear on Oprah just a week after he was rescued.
Trying to make a criminal out a boy kidnapped by a pervert at the age of 11 into an accomplice is criminal in itself.
Why is that suspicious when they said upfront the day of their appearance on Oprah that they would give ONE day of interviews, and then asked that the media leave them alone so that they could focus on Shawn.
I think I already told you this in another thread, and yet you continue to ignore the facts. You want an explanation for their actions, and yet when you have one, you still keep up this accusatory drumbeat.
be careful, i called types with a fist a liar and was called a jerk!
So you think kids this age can make adult decisions. Then what are parents for??
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