Madeleine McCann: Blonde Child Seen In Morocco
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY MAIL front page: “Could this be Maddie?”
Readers see a picture of a child being carried on a woman’s back - “The intriguing picture being probed by Interpol.”
Pages 10 and 11: “Could this really be Maddie?”
This is the picture of a girl “in the clutches of a group of Moroccans”. The picture was taken four weeks ago near Tangiers by Spaniard Clara Torres.
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADDY IN MOROCCO?”
Readers see the same picture. The Full “astonishing story” is on pages 4 and 5.
Pages 4 and 5: “COULD IT BE?” Less the full story than another question.
“GERRY: I KNOW WE WILL BE CLEARED” – Gerry McCann says he and his wife “wanted to be eliminated from the enquiry as quickly as possible”. Some news.
THE SUN front page: “MOROCCO PHOTO SENSATION. IS THIS MADDIE?”
The picture is “sensational”. It has been described as “convincing”, but by whom is not said.
Pages 4 and 5: “GERRY & KATE: IT COULD BE HER – MADDIE PARENTS HOPE AT SIGHTING SENSATION.”
Clara Torres is talking on Spanish radio. She looks at the photo. Says she: “It sent shivers down my spine.”
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “NOW A ‘PHOTO’ OF MADELEINE IN MOROCCO.”
‘Photo’ is placed in quotes lest readers mistake the picture for a ‘SNAP’ or a ‘SHOT’.
Spanish Government official Jose Herrero Arcas says: “The National Police received a photograph by email taken by a young Spanish couple who believe it shows Madeleine McCann. The quality of the photograph is not very clear and it was taken from around 200 metres away. However, the National Police are taking the claim seriously enough to have sent it on to their colleagues at Interpol. I cannot give any more information than that.”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE – AMAZING PHOTO IN MOROCCO.”
Pages 4 and 5: “MADDIE SEEN IN MOROCCO – Bombshell new photo is probed by Interpol.”
THE TIMES front page: “Police start investigation into ‘picture in Morocco of Madeleine McCann’.”
Page 5: “New photograph shows child like Madeleine on African woman’s back.”
A source close to the McCanns tells one and all: “The McCanns are not going to get their hopes up until the photograph has been sent for forensic examination.” And, dare it be said, a DNA test.
DAILY TELEGRAPH front page: “Is this Madeleine in Morocco?” The search for the missing child has taken a “dramatic turn”.
Page 9: “Gerry McCann is “confident” he and his wife will be cleared. A source tells us: “It is very unlikely that British police would question the McCanns on behalf of the Portuguese now.”
Robert Murat responds to claims by nanny Charlotte Pennington that on the night of Madeleine’s disappearance he was by the McCann family apartment: “I certainly was not there that night. At no point was I there.”
THE GUARDIAN & THE INDEPENDENT no Maddy news today.
Posted: 26th, September 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,153) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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September 26th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Just Me (5) someone said in another forum that by uploading the picture onto photoshop and examining it closer, they could see that the face of the moroccan woman carrying madeleine was blurred (as it had been doctored). Can you see the same?
September 26th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Mood of the McCann’s should we read much into it?
There have been a lot of posts about the parent’s mood here, and that they drugged Maddy. We don’t know how true or relevant these are. I have seen nothing on the very likely case that the McCann(s) were taking sedatives after the abduction, which would necessarily alter the mood, and maybe lead to a misinterpretation by us of their apparent behaviour. I can imagine that drugs affect perspective and confidence too. May be there is an expert here?
September 26th, 2007 at 9:16 am
3
facial recognition doesn’t work.
at the moment it’s a myth put about by face recognition software salesmen.
September 26th, 2007 at 9:16 am
2 - Well well well at least we now know how busy Gezza has been, my god that must have taken 5 mins to draw that up
September 26th, 2007 at 9:15 am
interesting choice of the word ’summative’, used when teaching someone something and seeing how well the group have learned what they have been taught.
A Summative Evaluation, on the other hand, looks at more than one learner’s performance to see how well a group did on a learning task that utilized specific learning materials and methods.
In a sense, it lets the learner know “how they did,” but more importantly, by looking at how the learner’s did, it helps you know whether the product teaches what it is supposed to teach.
For example, here you may find that, as a group, all of the students did well on Section A of some instructional materials, but didn’t do so well on Section B. That would indicate that the designer should go back and look at the design or delivery of Section B.
September 26th, 2007 at 9:14 am
the moroccan woman looks like Gerry in drag lol
September 26th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Funny about that.
I was walking around the mountains the other day and I saw this wandering tribe.
I am sure one of them was Bin Laden.
I even saw them with a map of San Fransisco.
I notified the Americans and they are going to pre-empt an attack based on my information and nuke Iran.
Especially as it has come to light that Iran is anti-gay.
God, the mockery of the whole life system.
September 26th, 2007 at 9:14 am
I mentioned on the other forum that i uploaded the photo into photoshop, sharpened it and zoomed in, and IMO its not maddie, they eyes seem a different shape to her large wide eyes. But thats just my opinion, im far from an expert!
September 26th, 2007 at 9:13 am
1. Who thinks it’s MAdeleine in the picture?
2. Who thinks it’s actually anutie Phil carrying her - and not just any woman?
September 26th, 2007 at 9:10 am
It Could be her ….Im sure with their facial recognition equipment the police will be able to know for sure.
September 26th, 2007 at 9:09 am
Here’s a close up…..
http://tinyurl.com/39wgq8
Second question …..pray tell…. what’s the “wider agenda”????
September 26th, 2007 at 9:08 am
Morning Kids.
As I sense today will be a day with lots of discussion about “pictures” and their validity, let’s not start with Moroccan tribesmen, but “The G-man” himself.
First question; true or fake?
http://tinyurl.com/32m8de
Answers on a postcard….