According to a couple of Maine radio personalities, specifically Mike and Ken, or the Daily Rundown, Trista Reynolds held a birthday vigil in Portland, Maine, for her daughter, Ayla, just to prolong her fifteen minutes of fame. They do not think that finding Ayla is important, or that Trista's efforts to keep the public aware of Ayla, or aware of child safety in general, has any place in the day to day life of any parent. Or so it seems, anyway. Here's a link to the podcast of what crap they spewed after the vigil in question: http://podcast.560wgan.com/wgan/3405283.mp3
Where to begin......? I know! Trista really isn't looking for fifteen minutes of fame, or even half an hour of fame. She's looking for her daughter. It's that simple. Ayla was reported missing by her father on December 16 of last year and has not been found. It has been almost four months. If Mike and Ken do not think that is serious, they are delusional. Also, they appeared to blame the whole situation on the misleading notion that Trista Reynolds had "lost custody" of her daughter. When a child's parents do not live together, the child is obliged, usually, to live with one or the other of his parents. The parent with whom the child does not reside does not "lose custody" or "parental rights", but merely does not have primary custody. This can happen for any reason, from military deployment to diabetic coma, and dozens of other mundane reasons. Trista was in rehab to sober up. If WGAN has a problem with alcoholic parents who relenquish custody temporarily in order to go to rehab, one might wonder if the station demonizes parents who make other arrangements for their children for things like kidney dialysis, or chemo. Trista did exactly what she should have been able to safely do......she trusted her child's father to care for her child while she was unable to do so. Had her rights truly been terminated, she would not have filed a motion in court to get Ayla back the day before Ayla was reported missing.
Who sponsors the Mike and Ken show, anyway? And why couldn't they use their air time to raise awareness of the fact that Ayla Reynolds is still missing after almost four months? Trashing Ayla's mother on the air and encouraging hostility toward her is not going to inspire anyone to look for Ayla or take better care of children in general. The community where Mike and Ken air is not enhanced by this, either. Comments such as the ones on the Daily Rundown only make Trista's job of finding her daughter more difficult.
Where to begin......? I know! Trista really isn't looking for fifteen minutes of fame, or even half an hour of fame. She's looking for her daughter. It's that simple. Ayla was reported missing by her father on December 16 of last year and has not been found. It has been almost four months. If Mike and Ken do not think that is serious, they are delusional. Also, they appeared to blame the whole situation on the misleading notion that Trista Reynolds had "lost custody" of her daughter. When a child's parents do not live together, the child is obliged, usually, to live with one or the other of his parents. The parent with whom the child does not reside does not "lose custody" or "parental rights", but merely does not have primary custody. This can happen for any reason, from military deployment to diabetic coma, and dozens of other mundane reasons. Trista was in rehab to sober up. If WGAN has a problem with alcoholic parents who relenquish custody temporarily in order to go to rehab, one might wonder if the station demonizes parents who make other arrangements for their children for things like kidney dialysis, or chemo. Trista did exactly what she should have been able to safely do......she trusted her child's father to care for her child while she was unable to do so. Had her rights truly been terminated, she would not have filed a motion in court to get Ayla back the day before Ayla was reported missing.
Who sponsors the Mike and Ken show, anyway? And why couldn't they use their air time to raise awareness of the fact that Ayla Reynolds is still missing after almost four months? Trashing Ayla's mother on the air and encouraging hostility toward her is not going to inspire anyone to look for Ayla or take better care of children in general. The community where Mike and Ken air is not enhanced by this, either. Comments such as the ones on the Daily Rundown only make Trista's job of finding her daughter more difficult.
