I have no earthly idea what Madonna thinks. I'm neither defending nor villifying her for this adoption, because I simply do not have enough accurate information to make an informed judgment on it one way or the other.

From what I've read in the press accounts, nor does anyone else.

But the press lying about the terms of the adoption, and the                                                                                        "activists" opposing it being every bit as misinformed about the circumstances as the press (not to mention being white middle class Westerners) hasn't done much to convince me that Madonna deserves the negative press she is getting on this.

And to compare the papparazzi press following Madonna, to Joanna Lumley's self-effacing goodness--that's intended as a joke, right?