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| Madonna attacks adoption coverage | Madonna attacks adoption coverage |
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| Madonna says she is "disappointed" by media coverage of her bid to adopt a Malawian baby, saying it will discourage others from doing the same. | |
| "The media is doing a great disservice to all the orphans of Africa by turning it into such a negative thing," she said on Oprah Winfrey's chat show. | "The media is doing a great disservice to all the orphans of Africa by turning it into such a negative thing," she said on Oprah Winfrey's chat show. |
| The pop star said her children had "embraced" the one-year-old's arrival. | The pop star said her children had "embraced" the one-year-old's arrival. |
| David Banda was flown to the UK to live with Madonna after a Malawian judge granted a temporary custody order. | David Banda was flown to the UK to live with Madonna after a Malawian judge granted a temporary custody order. |
| The singer was giving her first public interview on the planned adoption that has created headlines around the world. | The singer was giving her first public interview on the planned adoption that has created headlines around the world. |
| By satellite from the UK, she said that she first spotted David in a documentary she is financing about Malawian orphans. | By satellite from the UK, she said that she first spotted David in a documentary she is financing about Malawian orphans. |
| 'Transfixed' | 'Transfixed' |
| "I became transfixed by him," she said. "But I didn't yet know I was going to adopt him. I was just drawn to him." | |
| If everybody went there, they'd want to bring one of those children home and give them a better life Madonna More Madonna quotes When she subsequently met the child at a Malawi orphanage, she was told he had survived malaria and tuberculosis but still had severe pneumonia. | If everybody went there, they'd want to bring one of those children home and give them a better life Madonna More Madonna quotes When she subsequently met the child at a Malawi orphanage, she was told he had survived malaria and tuberculosis but still had severe pneumonia. |
| "I was in a state of panic, because I didn't want to leave him in the orphanage because I knew they didn't have medication to take care of him," Madonna said. | "I was in a state of panic, because I didn't want to leave him in the orphanage because I knew they didn't have medication to take care of him," Madonna said. |
| She told Winfrey that she gained permission to take the baby to a clinic, where he was given antibiotics. | She told Winfrey that she gained permission to take the baby to a clinic, where he was given antibiotics. |
| "He's still a little bit ill, not completely free of his pneumonia, but he's much better than he was when we found him." | "He's still a little bit ill, not completely free of his pneumonia, but he's much better than he was when we found him." |
| She said she witnessed conditions in Malawi that were the equivalent of a "state of emergency". | She said she witnessed conditions in Malawi that were the equivalent of a "state of emergency". |
| "I think if everybody went there, they'd want to bring one of those children home with them and give them a better life." | "I think if everybody went there, they'd want to bring one of those children home with them and give them a better life." |
| Madonna said her children Lourdes and Rocco had not questioned the arrival of a new family member. | Madonna said her children Lourdes and Rocco had not questioned the arrival of a new family member. |
| "They've never once said, 'What is he doing here?' or mentioned the difference in his skin colour, or questioned his presence in our life. | |
| "That is an amazing lesson that children teach us." | "That is an amazing lesson that children teach us." |
| Legal challenge | Legal challenge |
| The Human Rights Consultative Committee of 67 Malawian organisations is beginning a legal challenge claiming that foreign adoptive parents should have lived in Malawi for a year and a half. | The Human Rights Consultative Committee of 67 Malawian organisations is beginning a legal challenge claiming that foreign adoptive parents should have lived in Malawi for a year and a half. |
| The boy's father, Yohane Banda, told Time magazine that he would not contest the adoption. | The boy's father, Yohane Banda, told Time magazine that he would not contest the adoption. |
| "I don't want my child, who is already gone, to come back. I will be killing his future," he was quoted as saying. | "I don't want my child, who is already gone, to come back. I will be killing his future," he was quoted as saying. |
| But he had earlier told the AP news agency that he initially thought Madonna would just "educate and take care of our son". | |
| "I was never told that adoption means that David will no longer be my son - if I was told this, I would not have allowed the adoption." | |
| HAVE YOUR SAY The best thing Madonna can do is ask the press to leave her alone Jeremy, Druffield Send us your views | |
| Madonna told Winfrey she believed Mr Banda was being "terrorised by the media", and they were "manipulating this information out of him". | |
| She said: "They have put words in his mouth. They have spun a story that is completely false." | |
| "I understand that gossip and telling negative stories sells newspapers," she said. | |
| "But I think for me, I'm disappointed, because it discourages other people from doing the same thing. | |
| "I beg all of those people to go to Africa and see what I saw and walk through those villages, to see eight-year-olds in charge of households, to see mothers dying." | |
| The pop star funds six orphanages through her Raising Malawi charity and is setting up an orphanage for 4,000 children in a village outside the capital, Lilongwe. | The pop star funds six orphanages through her Raising Malawi charity and is setting up an orphanage for 4,000 children in a village outside the capital, Lilongwe. |