I think what people who are reading this story in papers are failing to understand is that people on Mumsnet are actually just as upset about this girl's disappearance as anywhere else.
It is not that they don't care - they do. There are many, many threads where people are saying how upset they are, how awful it is, what can they do to help etc.
The reporting of this story makes people think we hate this girl! Not true.
Stay, read the many many threads. Read how many people here have felt about this.
What some people have objected to is
1 - not being warned that this was to be shown. They would have wanted to prepare their children.
2 - that it is their job as parents to decide how, when or if, such information should be discussed with their children. Not the cinema.
Take for example, my own ds. Both are autistic. I have chosen to not try to tell them anything. I know that they could not understand, but it would probably frighten them. They may fear that they could be taken away.
Do you see? It is not that mumsnet is the official WeDon'tCare site! We care but it is about what is appropriate.
We as adults know what has happened. Showing this in a childrens film is telling our children what has happened. This is our job and the way it was done was not how many of us would have chosen to present the information, if we had chosen to at all, based on the age/understanding of our children.
The media does not care about this. They want to tell a good story. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story it is said. How true!!
Stay. Read. Make up your own mind.