Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann Sobs, Gerry McCann Points And 14 Questions
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MIRROR front page: “KATE’S TORMENT – ‘I think she is being held by someone in their house..as Madeleine’s mummy I feel in my heart she’s out there’”
“Distraught” Kate McCann is on Spanish TV. She is being interviewed. Says she: “I don’t know how anyone could harm anyone as beautiful as Madeleine”
Pages 4 and 5: “TEARS OF KATE – After six months of holding her heartbreak in check..Madeleine’s mum breaks down on TV”
Three pictures of Kate McCann:
“SO EMPTY: Kate tries to explain her loss on TV”
“TOO MUCH: She can’t hold back the tears”
“SOBBING: Kate and Gerry on TV”
“14 questions Portuguese police are flying to Britain to out to the McCanns and friends” – So reports Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas. Why would the police publish the questions and allow the McCanns and their friends to prepare answers? Why only – or as many as - 14 questions? Unless these are questions made up by the media, questions the police are “expected” to ask…
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – POLICE WANT ANSWERS TO 14 QUESTIONS. What detectives demand to know”
Pages 4 and 5: “Kate breaks down during TV grilling.” Kate and Gerry McCann are on the telly. Says Kate: “I feel sad and I feel lonely and our life is not as happy without Madeleine…we want people to try to reunite us with your beautiful girl”
And: “We know the truth. We know we are totally innocent. That is why we are calm. We know each other”
Says a “British detective”: “The detectives could be giving the suspects enough rope to hang themselves. It is a common tactic in police investigations to let those under suspicion speak on television in case they trip themselves up”
THE SUN front page: “KATE WEEPS FOR MADDIE – I feel in my heart she is out there”
“Distraught” Kate on the telly. Kate and Gerry are publicising a telephone hotline. No, not 999, their own number
Pages 4 and 5: “MADDIE NEEDS US – So lonely without our lovely girl, sobs Kate”
Three pictures of “Precious..the happy Maddie her mum longs to see”
Three pictures of the McCanns:
“Anguish…Gerry faces TV quiz”
“Ordeal…Kate fights back tears”
“Brave…but the McCanns struggle with their emotions as they relive the night Maddie vanished”
The hotline. Says Kate McCann: “We want to appeal to the people of Spain, Portugal and North Africa to help us and to tell them we have a new central phone number for them to call”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE MUM FINALLY CRACKS – Suspect Kate sobs on TV as she is quizzed”
Pages 8 and 9: “MADDIE’S MUM TV BREAKDOWN – Torment as Kate’s sobs halt interview four times”. Spanish TV journalist Roberto Arce sees Kate “prostrate with pain”
The McCanns hotline number is 00 34 902 300 213
DAILY MAIL pages 8 and 9: “I’M SAD AND LONELY…LIFE IS NOT HAPPY”
Says Mrs McCann: “Somebody knows something. It is not about us. It is about Madeleine.” Is it? We are watching the parents
Gerry McCanns is a “consultant cardiologist”. He says: “We have not been charged with anything”
“Will they find her in Spain?” – Gerry McCann tells El Mundo newspaper (Spain): “The possibility that Madeleine is alive and in Spain is real…If someone had a car, it is clear they could cross into Spain. There is no border guard and no one closed the border the night Madeleine disappeared.” And we look again at the police
THE TIMES page 3: “Sobbing Kate McCann insists that Madeleine is alive and being held”
“Days of hope and despair” – The Times looks at some key dates: June 21 (Madeleine in Malta); August 3 (Madeleine in Belgium); August 23 (Madeleine in Morocco)
DAILY TELEGRAPH front page: “’I’M SO SAD AND LONELY’ – KATE McCANN WEEPS FOR MADELEINE ON SPANISH TV”
Page 5: “’Sad, lonely’ Kate weeps for Madeleine in TV interview” – Kate McCann wept “uncontrollably”. Says he:” I feel anxious she is not with us”
THE GUARDIAN page 12: “McCanns set up phone line to seek Madeleine”
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October 26th, 2007 at 1:23 am
1573. Wanderer,
There are also these things called syringes?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:23 am
1442
Kitty Says:
October 26th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Judith C,
Remember this is a woman who is going to have a nervous breakdown soon. Dodgy footwear is part of the procedure to be adopted a fortnight before your ‘breakdown’ commences, along with inappropriate speech and body language, staring at spouse in a despairing/curious way, fidgeting and wearing less slap (not enough to look rough, mind, just a bit mad).
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I don’t think you’re still online, but no matter. Excellent and sharp little summary. Just what I think and have said too. Working up to the breakdown just in time for the impending arrest, hence the nervously drumming fingers. in the Spanish TV interview. and the wide apart jiggling legs. Oh, and we mustn’t forget the brushing away of the imaginary tear on the right cheek and the sliding eyes - good crowd pullers.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:23 am
clarence me old mucca
i have heather mc cartneys number if you are interested
so do many
giggle
October 26th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Thea read the thing at post 1575
October 26th, 2007 at 1:22 am
Based on the Latino Frankenstein with child memory from Tanner, I’d say she is the suspect to be named next and the next round of questioning. It just looks like she wants so much to create an alibi. An alibi for what, I wonder. What in the world does she know?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:22 am
He’s the kind of man who thinks she should have kept her mouth shut
October 26th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Sorry folks off topic.
Bob please take off your rose coloured glasses. Just because someone “wins” an election or “loses” an election doesn’t mean that this is the truth of the actual tallies.
Besides Bush’s second “win” was pathetic - especially for an imcumbent:
Margins of Victory: Republican Presidents Re-elected During the Last Hundred Years
1904 Theodore Roosevelt: 17% Popular Vote; 196 Electoral Vote
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower: 16% Popular Vote; 384 Electoral Vote
1972 Richard M. Nixon: 23% Popular Vote; 503 Electoral Vote
1984 Ronald Reagan: 18% Popular Vote; 512 Electoral Vote
2004 George W. Bush: 2% Popular Vote; 34 Electoral Vote
As these numbers show, incumbency is a huge advantage; nonetheless, Bush’s reelection was a squeaker, the closest for a Republican in more than a century. Four years after the historically close election of 2000, and after a hard-fought eight-month campaign in which the candidates, the parties, and so-called “independent” groups spent more than a billion dollars to woo voters, the electoral map hardly changed. Only three small states switched sides: the Democrats picked up New Hampshire (four electoral votes) and the Republicans very narrowly won Iowa (eight) and New Mexico (five). Bush had a net gain of only nine electoral votes, which, added to the seven that the Republicans gained through reapportionment, gave him his narrow margin of victory.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:21 am
1546
(2nd half)
http://www.flavorx.com/human/default.asp
I’m not going to rummage up more stories. We both know it happens on occasion, just like children are abducted on occasion, just like sometimes parents accidentally kill their children on occasion. It is all possible. And, I’m sorry, but Kate’s background (or Gerry’s) doesn’t wipe away a possibility of some medication accident or any other possibility.
That is my opinion and you are welcome to hold their background as proof that they aren’t capable of doing such things. I just wanted to bring it up as I think it is a bit more fair to address things like this when the person is around and can respond before everything becomes clogged with all of the other posts. And then someone will be re-reading and come back and say “ha, you had no response” (which happens sadly, or the “why haven’t you answered?!” thing) as I knew you would have a response.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:21 am
http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200411050826.asp
October 26th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Only just seen this, so apologies if it’s been posted before - looks very damning to the McCanns -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLJ_SKvzUD4
October 26th, 2007 at 1:20 am
1546
Stig, I don’t care how hard it is to do. Accidents happen, and the point of the special flavored syrups and things is for children to take them.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/2007877/detail.html
(there is a part two, my comment is awaiting moderation apparently)
Anyway, I just realized that isn’t a good link as the parent in this gave the cough syrup to the child, but if you need a link to prove that children can drink cough syrup on their own and die, I’m sure I can find one.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:20 am
excuse me just to let it be noticed by the remainding
god love em
few…………………
At the end of the 30-minute interview, as she broke down again, her cardiologist husband Gerry, 39, was heard to warn her: “Don’t say anything until they’ve taken off your microphone.”
The surprising remark was broadcast to millions of viewers of late-night Spanish chat show 360 Degrees on the country’s Antena 3 channel. It clearly failed to impress the audience.
The couple were savaged in the phone vote following the show, with only 30 per cent signalling they thought the couple were being honest about what happened to their daughter.
Thousands more who thought the couple were not telling the truth registered their response on internet websites.
One wrote: “I had an empty feeling inside when I was watching. It just did not look right. I desperately wanted to believe them but I just couldn’t.”
Another wrote: “I could not believe what he said at the end.
“He should have been putting his arm around her to comfort her – instead he was telling her to keep her mouth shut. What kind of a man is he?”
October 26th, 2007 at 1:19 am
Bob - you’re an example to us all.
A true believer.
‘Who cares about 70%?’. Quite. McCann People are 100% people. Only 100% counts. Anything else is ludicrous… like the Earth Being Round, Global Warming, the Holocaust, Papal Fallibility &c.
ALL NOT PROVEN 100%!!!
Unlike the McCann’s innocence, which is ‘100%’ certain!
October 26th, 2007 at 1:18 am
1552 Murder
They probably have, but the private firm will put it down as “I saw some suspicious Morrocans taking her into spain”.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:18 am
Thea.
He was elected by somebody.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:17 am
1565
I saw the video just not her shoes.
I would like to see James Taylor singing the National Anthem
at the World Series though.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:17 am
1563. lol Murder! I know it’s terrible and I’m no longer a teenager and my prank phone call days are over but you got me in a mischievious mood and maybe with Halloween coming up a prank phone call fest would be fun?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:16 am
they were right to listen to their instincts maybe
October 26th, 2007 at 1:15 am
Bob, are you still looking for that shoe video? I’ve been trying to find it for you…but if you’ve found it, I’ll stop.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:15 am
Bob,
With all due respect if you aren’t drunk then you most be getting your news information from Fox?
Bush did not win the majority vote ever. In fact, I think within the next 20 years it will be proven that the apparent Bush-Cheyney “victories” were outright stolen elections.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:14 am
1524
Bob, this is the interview, if you watch closely the camera will go down and you can see shoes and stuff
1546
Stig, I don’t care how hard it is to do. Accidents happen, and the point of the special flavored syrups and things is for children to take them.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/2007877/detail.html
http://www.flavorx.com/human/default.asp
I’m not going to rummage up more stories. We both know it happens on occasion, just like children are abducted on occasion, just like sometimes parents accidentally kill their children on occasion. It is all possible. And, I’m sorry, but Kate’s background (or Gerry’s) doesn’t wipe away a possibility of some medication accident or any other possibility.
That is my opinion and you are welcome to hold their background as proof that they aren’t capable of doing such things. I just wanted to bring it up as I think it is a bit more fair to address things like this when the person is around and can respond before everything becomes clogged with all of the other posts. And then someone will be re-reading and come back and say “ha, you had no response” (which happens sadly, or the “why haven’t you answered?!” thing) as I knew you would have a response.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:14 am
thea 1555:
Good point.
All well-intentioned citizens should report strange behaviour by the couples from Rothley and Exeter to the new hotline, as it may have a crucial role in solving the mystery of Madeleine’s disappearance:
00 34 902 300 213
October 26th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Maybe the 30% is comprised of all the McCann friends, colleagues and family? I seriously wonder if any of those people are coming round?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:13 am
1557
A majority of people elected Bush and look what happened there.
What does the 70% prove?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:12 am
1548 brandon flours
Well that TV appearance really backfired!
30% said they could not decide.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Bob: about 4000 pages, and counting…
October 26th, 2007 at 1:11 am
1539
You’re asking me if I’m drunk because?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:10 am
70% DON’T BELIEVE MCCANNS
The McCanns
Friday October 26,2007
By Padraic Flanagan in Praia da Luz Have your say(10)
Viewers who watched Kate and Gerry McCann’s tearful TV interview delivered a damning verdict yesterday.
A phone vote moments after the broadcast revealed nearly 70 per cent thought the couple were not telling the truth about Madeleine’s disappearance.
The verdict came as police chiefs in Portugal reacted angrily to the McCanns’ decision to set up a phone hotline in neighbouring Spain manned by private detectives.
They fear that information may not be passed on to them, hindering their investigation which is focusing on the McCanns.
Public opinion in Spain now appears to be mirroring the shift that occurred in Portugal, where many people have turned against the couple.
During the interview shown in Spain yesterday, the crew had to stop filming four times as 39-year-old GP Kate broke down in tears while describing life without her daughter.
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At the end of the 30-minute interview, as she broke down again, her cardiologist husband Gerry, 39, was heard to warn her: “Don’t say anything until they’ve taken off your microphone.”
The surprising remark was broadcast to millions of viewers of late-night Spanish chat show 360 Degrees on the country’s Antena 3 channel. It clearly failed to impress the audience.
The couple were savaged in the phone vote following the show, with only 30 per cent signalling they thought the couple were being honest about what happened to their daughter.
Thousands more who thought the couple were not telling the truth registered their response on internet websites.
One wrote: “I had an empty feeling inside when I was watching. It just did not look right. I desperately wanted to believe them but I just couldn’t.”
Another wrote: “I could not believe what he said at the end.
“He should have been putting his arm around her to comfort her – instead he was telling her to keep her mouth shut. What kind of a man is he?”
Kate broke down in tears towards the end of the interview, recorded on Tuesday, as she talked about four-year-old Madeleine, the eldest of her three children.
“I feel sad and I feel lonely and our life is not as happy without Madeleine,” she said, adding: “I feel anxious she is not with us.”
Asked about the last time she saw Madeleine, she said: “She was very happy and loving and I know Madeleine was very happy with her life. She is special.”
The McCanns reportedly chose Antena 3 for the interview ahead of better-known broadcasters such as Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters in the US because they believe their daughter is most likely to be in Spain, Portugal or north Africa.
Asked if she was still as confident of finding Madeleine alive as she had been on May 3, the day the little girl went missing, Kate told the interviewer: “Maybe even more so. I think she is possibly being held by someone in their house but I don’t know. As Madeleine’s mummy I feel in my heart that she is there.
“I don’t know how anyone could harm anyone as beautiful as Madeleine. I don’t mean her appearance. I mean as a beautiful person.”
Explaining why they were speaking out now, Gerry said: “We want people to come forward with any information whatsoever that can help to find her and we want them to be aware of the hotline number (0034 902 300213).”
Kate said: “We just want to appeal to the people of Spain, Portugal and north Africa to help us and to tell them we have a new central phone number for them to call.
“Somebody knows something. It is not about us. It is about Madeleine. She needs our help. She needs her family.”
The couple said they were confident that they would be cleared of any involvement in their daughter’s disappearance.
Kate said: “It really is secondary. I will take anything that is thrown at me.” The only thing that mattered, she said, was “getting our daughter back”.
The couple also strongly denied reports that they sedated their children. Earlier this month they threatened legal action over “hurtful” allegations that they gave the youngsters sleeping pills.
Asked about the claims in the Spanish TV interview, Gerry replied: “It is ludicrous.
“These sort of questions are nonsense and we shouldn’t be giving them the time of day.”
October 26th, 2007 at 1:08 am
1552
What suspicious behavior?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:08 am
1552. Don’t forget about that strange acting couple from Exeter.