Madeleine McCann: A Titanic Struggle With The Germans And Slavery In Morocco
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “IS MADELEINE A CHILD SLAVE IN MOROCCO?”
“Madeleine McCann may have been condemned to a life of slavery working as a ‘little maid’ for a rich Arab family…” Or not
Page 5: “’Madeleine will be used as a little maid’” – so suggests Inspector Hicham Alaoui of the Moroccan Police in El Hajeb near Fez
Little maids, notes the paper, are “collected by rich families as ‘curiosities’ as well as servants. A woman from a group called Ecpatuk says such children are “vulnerable to abuse”. The Express sys the girls are abused “physically, emotionally and sexually”. Can Madeleine McCann be among them? Maybe…
“Sacked detective called in to help with the probe” – Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral is talking with new chief Paulo Rebelo
“Fury over magazine ‘sick’ ads” – German magazine titanic has lampooned the case, using Madeleine’s image in spoof supermarket adverts. Gerry and Kate McCann call it “sick” and “very hurtful”. The magazine says Madeleine McCann is “getting a bit much for many people”
DAILY MIRROR front page: “Clear us… you have no case”
Says a friend of Kate and Gerry McCann: “They are adamant they should now be cleared”, as are many suspects in ongoing investigations
Page 7: “McCann ‘clear us’ demand’” – Says Clarence Mitchell: “If the reports are true clearly it would indicate the police absolutely, and quite rightly, have no case against Kate and Gerry”
DAILY MAIL front page: “Oh. Come off it, Heather, how dare you compare your ordeal to Kate McCann’s?” Heather Mills is on the telly
Page 7: “Police pursuit of McCanns ‘is running out of steam’” – The public prosecutor in Portugal says Kate and Gerry McCann will not face further police interviews “unless detectives can produce stronger evidence against them”
Mark Williams-Thomas, a former detective with Surrey Police, says the McCann’s private detectives could be on the wrong trail in Morocco. Or not
THE SUN page 24: “GERMAN MAG’S SICK JOKES ABOUT MADDIE – McCanns’ horror as spoof ad pokes fun at lost girl”
Ad advert in satirical Titantic magazine promises the kitchen cleaner will “remove all traces at the home” even DNA traces. The adverts warn that just because Madeleine’s face is on the product it does not mean they can be taken for free. The Sun is disgusted. It reproduces the images and the words to allow its readers to share in its disgust
A march on the German embassy is not yet in the planning
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE SICK NEW TWIST – Horror at German abuse of missing tot”
The Germans have her. A German paedo!
Page 7: “TOTALLY SICK – A full reproduction of the spoof adverts. “McCann’s agony as rag mocks hunt for Maddie.” Thanks to the Star and Sun, the McCanns now know that an obscure German magazines has made jokes about their case
Says Clarence Mitchell: “It shows Madeleine herself no respect… The magazine did not seek permission to use Madeleine’s image to be used on this so-called joke. It they had it would almost certainly not have been given”
So much for doing anything to keep Madeleine in the news
THE INDEPENDENT page 5: “Mills: I am treated as badly as Kate McCann and Diana.” More on Lady Mucca
THE TELEGRAPH page 9: “Madeleine police ‘consult sacked head of inquiry’” – chief inspector Goncalo Amaral is on the case. Sort of
The paper says detectives are “no closer to solving the case”. And the campaign to find Madeleine goes on…
THE TIMES and THE GUARDIAN: No Madeleine news today
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November 1st, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Ferdinand.
Dealing with your own private business?
Your child is kidnapped?
And if you weren’t famous and you didn’t have a fund what then? You back to work? You resign and go on benefits? You beg on the streets?
November 1st, 2007 at 7:41 pm
822 Thea said………..
Thin skinned? I’ve merely offered my obserations about how easily you spread misinformation and will never apologise or admit wrong doing of any kind. I’ve already been informed by firsthand information about how you are not gracious enough to accept apologies from others. Nor do you see anything wrong in spreading malicious rumours about fellow posters. So you can please stop now with your “poor victimised me” routine. It might work with your children and husband but it won’t work with me.
Tee Hee. Now I really do know you’re talking crap! Me? victimised? No no no…. you psychotic????
Save your response, I’m off out to dinner now!
November 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
lol, i am just getting over kate’s claim that she was gonna take up a career as a child welfare person
November 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Really really grief-stricken
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42947000/jpg/_42947545_mccannfamily3_pa203b.jpg
November 1st, 2007 at 7:39 pm
842 omg they look as if they have just won the lottery or something….well its as good as i suppose with over a million in the fund , hey julie
November 1st, 2007 at 7:39 pm
829 Peter O
Well done!
I know you’re not 100% on our satirical photos but I think it’s time Mr Parsons became the subject of one.
BULLDUMP….have you got any photos of Tony Parsons?
November 1st, 2007 at 7:39 pm
I see Stevos bum buddy bulldump is on again - what a bore or should I say more bull.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Aghhhhhhh, Just seen Gerry on TV. His eyes light up in front of the cameras. So Kate takes Cuddle Cat to work and Gerry gets to take Clarence!
November 1st, 2007 at 7:37 pm
836 julie the moron
you said it love
November 1st, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Reminder of what grief stricken looks like
http://bp1.blogger.com/_mXbRBcSh0gs/RykrCRIBtQI/AAAAAAAABQo/GpgcdtUUX6c/s1600-h/Smiling_Parents.jpg
(and apologies for mixed up last post - cat on keyboard)
November 1st, 2007 at 7:37 pm
821 Karen Says:
“Are you saying they couldn’t risk applying for paid leave because they were enjoying themselves?”
No, I don’t want to declare myself sick while I am in truth dealing my private business.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:36 pm
835 John
You wrote:
“If a qualified baby sitter left the children alone for 20-30 mins to go out for a walk and a child was abducted she would never be allowed to work with children again.”
______________________________________
Best summing up of the neglect of leaving kids that I’ve heard to date.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:36 pm
828 judge dead
why dont you take a running jump matey and take you croc with you
November 1st, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Reminder of what grief stricken looks like:
“Kate and her friend, who was looking after her, were the only ones who weren’t out looking for Madeleine.”
November 1st, 2007 at 7:34 pm
830 just_me
Thanks and yes, Tiny Tears is very funny. It’s on a par with the same humour in the German magazine. Satire at its best eh?
November 1st, 2007 at 7:34 pm
826 brianthesnail .. why would I possibly want to get into a debate on ANYTHING with you? Your very next post to me will consist of a swearword and disagreeing totally with whatever I say, and trying to make out as if I’m a moron!
I have very adamant views on the whole Madeleine story, and you’re not the first (or probably the last) poster who will try and chase me away here, but unfortunately for all of you, I stick to my guns! I happen to do voluntary work for a missing child organisation so I don’t speak from my keyboard, I speak from my heart!
November 1st, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Stevo 802
Apart from Wilkins seeing McCann between 9.05ish-9.25ish and KM going over before 10pm there is probably no independent verifiable means of testing who went where and when between 8.30 and 10pm. You are right it does seem an odd way to arrange an evening.
If a qualified baby sitter left the children alone for 20-30 mins to go out for a walk and a child was abducted she would never be allowed to work with children again.
The Tapas 9 had plenty of time to dispute the ‘pact of silence’ idea but have only just decided to when it was possible that Rebelo might want them questioned again. Countering the pact of silence insinuation would not have broken any of the rules of leaking statements that apply to the case.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:33 pm
814 Peter O
Actually, Madeleine DID disappear very early in the holiday. May 3 was a long time before they returned to England in mid September.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Judge Dread
Don’t you have paid leave at your work? Aren’t you allowed to get sick? Your Union must be shit.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Darjeeling,
I am not the arbiter of anything but it is quite obvious to anyone that their behaviour borders on indifference. You too are not in a position to state with any certainty that they are grief stricken, you are surmising this based on what exactly?
Do not give the example of their fund as proof as this to me appears to be a money making venture. Where is the evidence that they are suffering I ask again?
You did not make any comment on Gerry’s US comment I notice or their jogging and social activities which continued as normal after the so called “abduction”
November 1st, 2007 at 7:32 pm
824 Can’t say No Says:
“809
Ade
Carvalho is not stupid
The most important things he knows are NOT in the book”
I’m sure you are right on both points. I’m wondering what “inconsistencies” he has included and how the PR machine will refute anything they don’t like to see there. This could be fun…
November 1st, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Stevo - Excellent stuff re the web page/site, have added the url to favs already.
Tiny tears is a classic well done yet again!
November 1st, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Tony Parsons - OH, UP YOURS, SENOR - The Mirror - 29/10/07
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/10/29/oh-up-yours-senor-89520-20024112/
For anyone interested in feedback re the above article.
The Press Complaints Commission have acknowledged receipt of my complaint.
My local MP has also acknowledged receipt of my comments and advises that “it can take several weeks for a full response to be obtained from some organisations’.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
OK Where do I start.
brianthesnail swearing at fellow poster is not appreciated here so go take a running jump and leave poor innocent little julie alone otherwise you’ll get a nile croc in the post.
785 - Ferdinand - paid leave is not a right and it never has been.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
814 Peter O
Wow…so you think she had gone even days before May 3? That’s radical. I have wondered something though. Those pictures of K&G pushing two kids in the push-chair are obviously not Amelie and Sean. What’s that about then? Nobody would be taking those kind of photos before May 3…I’m confused. Elaborate on your ludicrous theory.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
any normal person wouldn’t be off on a jolly around the world 5 minutes after his little girl has been “abducted”, leaving the other 2 kids with god knows who. Personally i wouldn’t let the others out of my sight after something like that had happened. What do you think julie?
November 1st, 2007 at 7:29 pm
820 bulldump … may I ask why you feel the need to attack me? I will leave when I please, and not when you tell me to go! If you appreciate the way brianthesnail is attacking other posters, then why don’t you just say so?
November 1st, 2007 at 7:29 pm
809
Ade
Carvalho is not stupid
The most important things he knows are NOT in the book
November 1st, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Maybe that’s the trouble with you coolandcalm. Some of us were NOT here months ago.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:27 pm
True. Which reminds me coolandcalm: Please inform your hallowed UK press that the Portuguese have police dogs. They have, as usual, reported differently.
Thin skinned? I’ve merely offered my obserations about how easily you spread misinformation and will never apologise or admit wrong doing of any kind. I’ve already been informed by firsthand information about how you are not gracious enough to accept apologies from others. Nor do you see anything wrong in spreading malicious rumours about fellow posters. So you can please stop now with your “poor victimised me” routine. It might work with your children and husband but it won’t work with me.