Madeleine McCann: McCann Incorporated, McCann Ink And Going Back To Portugal
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
SUNDAY MIRROR: “Tapas 7 in despair at all the ‘lies’”
They say they are also called the Tapas Nine? And the Sangria Seven
“The Tapas Seven are “in meltdown” over the failure of Portuguese police to make any meaningful progress in the hunt for Madeleine”
“IT’S OUR D-DAY - McCanns return to Portugal - EXCLUSIVE Kate and Gerry set date in April for Algarve showdown They’ll tell cops: show your evidence or clear us for good”. Like that D-Day back on November?
“Despairing Kate and Gerry McCann are planning to return to Portugal for a face-to-face showdown with police who think they killed their daughter Madeleine”
They are going back. Now..?
Well, not exactly: “A close friend said the the couple were likely to go back after their ‘D-Day’ of April 11, when their three-month extension is up, and added: ‘They feel they’ve waited long enough with this cloud of suspicion hanging over them. They know their return would be very high-profile. They believe investigators do not have the evidence against them to bring charges, and their presence in Portugal would embarrass them. They’ve so far held off going back there, but they see it as their trump card”
They will go back once they have been allowed to see the police first on them
Says the paper’s source: “They see April 11 as their D-day. They have decided to give the police reasonable time to clear them, or at least open the case files so they can see the evidence against them”
That’s good of them…
FIONA Philips, of GMTV writes: “Have a heart”. Yes, that Fiona Philips
“Unbelievably, every time I write about the McCanns I get messages saying, ‘I used to like you, until you started supporting the McCanns.’ Nice, eh? So I hope you’re happy now that Kate and Gerry have blamed themselves for Madeleine’s disappearance”
Happy?
“In a list of ‘if onlys’, Gerry said: ‘I wish I’d stayed in the apartment that night.’ Now, I expect more bile on praising them for considering making a documentary on the case. Surely you can’t tell me that there’s a parent out there who wouldn’t do anything possible to find their missing child?”
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “’We pray she’ll be at party for twins’”
“Brave Kate McCann is planning a huge birthday party for her twins - and dreams missing Maddie will be there too. Kate, 39, has vowed to go ahead with the bash for Sean and Amelie even though she is still waiting for cops to quiz her again. Mother-in-law Eileen said: ‘The party’s on and it will be an even bigger one if wee Madeleine is back. All we can do is hope and pray.’ Sean and Amelie turn three on February”
Touching stuff. Gerry McCann is a “heart specialist”
MAIL ON SUNDAY: “Madeleine: No film will be made unless she’s found - alive or dead”
“Kate and Gerry McCann have been told that the proposed documentary about their daughter’s disappearance can go ahead only if she is found – alive or dead.
A source says: “It was awkward to raise but there would need to be an ending – either Madeleine being found alive or a body being discovered. If this wasn’t the case, and there was a major development after filming and editing, it could render the documentary redundant”
Or the parents or some other person or persons are charged, perhaps?
THE OBSERVER: “A good week for … a bad week for …”
“A bad week for …
“Tradition – A Lib Dem MP called Lynne Featherstone has made a bid for the limelight by reporting the monarchy to the Equality Commission because it goes in for primogeniture”
“Marcus Agius The chairman of Barclay’s was the target of £10,000 fraud”
“Good Taste - Or indeed any taste at all. A London based agency which supplies celebrity doubles has employed a small girl to rent out as Madeleine McCann. 20 per cent”
It was a “good weeks for… Washing up”
“THE Maddie story is already a soap opera, so why the moral panic over a movie? - Don’t get me wrong - nobody wants to see Maddie: The Musical. However, needs must if the McCanns want to continue trying to find out what happened to their daughter and they do, despite the devastating expense (their somewhat unproductive detective agency alone costs £50,000 a month) and the increasingly shabby odds.”
Maddie: The Musical, eh..?
THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: “Strange case of the detectives trying to trace Madeleine”
“After a week when commercials deals were more apparent than clues, we investigate the investigators”. Why not investigate the case?
“Just when the Madeleine McCann saga couldn’t get any more agonising, along came a raft of developments last week that began to achieve what you would hope would be impossible: turning a little missing girl into an industry – Madeleine Inc. Item: a London agency hawking around various small girls as Madeleine lookalikes. Item: US television bringing a team of psychics to bear on the disappearance as part of what they no doubt hoped would be a money-spinner of a show. Item: her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, exploring the possibility of selling the book and film rights to the case”
Madeleine became a brand long ago. Brand McCann…
“Madeleine Inc bring benefits to some, but not, so far, to the girl herself or her distraught parents”
Or Madeleine Ink – see the press
THE SUNDAY TIMES: Ron Liddle writes:
“So, get yourself ready for Maddie – The Movie (PG, until you fancy nipping out for something to eat). Kate and Gerry McCann’s press spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, has confirmed that the couple met with representatives from the US entertainment company IMG before Christmas and that while nothing was agreed, the meeting had been ‘positive’. A day later Gerry McCann hastily backtracked and said no, no, they weren’t planning a movie. Who to believe? And which British actors will Hollywood cast as the parents if there is a film? Sacha Baron Cohen and Catherine Tate? Am I bovvered? Look at my face – is it bovvered? And maybe Matt Lucas as the shady-looking Robert Murat? Norman Wisdom as the Portuguese chief of police?”
Madeleine McCann: Fiction, faction and a single unbearable fact
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January 13th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
carmen - i’m not fussy
annie - so what do you think was said?
January 13th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
nite nite chenier
January 13th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
774 Mods anmd Admin: “He [Mars/agw] has advised you every time…”
REPLY: Hand on heart, I’ve never seen any comment about any of my postingss form Mars/agw. He therefore hasn’t ‘advised me’. It is possible that he may have edited some of my postings. If he has, he has not made me aware of any such alterations. I would like to know what the problem is so that I can put it right
Mods and Admin
Could you wait til he’s back online to discuss this, but I do know he added a footnote in explanation after editing your posts.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Sorry but I am behind the times - I used a video tape, so I am not able to reproduce it on here - at least I am not technical enough to do it.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
annie - can you post it somewhere for us?
January 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
on May 4th - when the MCCanns were interviewed - or more precisely held their news conference - I recorded it. I have since watched it over and over to pick up any quirky moves, etc. IF anyone else has this footage - look at it and even better if you are able to lip read - try to figure out what Kate says to Gerry before he spouts his rehearsed speach. Without me saying what I think, has anyone else any observations.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
thanks veritable! what’s this about Ian O? is he/she someone i should know?
January 13th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
840
noseycow Says:
mods and admin - i love the card system - can i have one PLEASE?
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You are so good you should get a whole deck!
January 13th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
829 veritablequandary Says:
819 Totje Says:
Two guesses and the first one doesn’t count.
****
Surname starts with “O”
January 13th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
831 chenier Says: January 13th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
827 Peter O Says: January 13th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
821 chenier Says: January 13th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
807 Peter O Says: January 13th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
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Cheer up; the PJ say they have a good idea of what happened.
The account by O’Donnell gives us some clues as to what happened earlier in the week, and the PJ know what Mrs Fenn actually did say.
Always helpful…
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Sorry, I am actually quite cheery about it… My observations sort of confirm to me that Team McCann has had a very tight leash on media reporting from the very beginning of this affair. The only time they wish for us to discuss is the evening of May 3rd. i.e. The absence of earlier news is in and of itself suspicious, in my opinion.
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It is strange that there is so little in the public arena, and some of the few clues we have derive from articles which the Fund was paid for.
The odd thing is that the Guardian and then VF pieces had distinct Mark Anthony overtones; I wonder whether the Fund’s desperation for money is so great that they are having to settle for less than total adoration…
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I have a feeling that it is time and not money per se that is their real burning issue at the moment. i.e. They need/want the latter but they have precious little of the former in which to obtain it, in my opinion?
The next question then is what they are doing with the money? If/when the balloon does go up I would suspect they would want as little money as possible left in the Limited Company known colloquially as “The Fund”, in my opinion.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
carmen
January 13th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
839 Châtelaine Says:
“It has been properly documented that the news hit the U.K. less than 2 hours after the discovery that MM had gone missing and that such news came from the Home Office….”
Your conclusion?
January 13th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
816
chenier,
No and I can’t recall reading any article mentioning Chaplins. I’ve only read about Chaplins on the forum[s].
However they connected Chaplins to the crying, as it was assumed, heard by mrs. Fenn.
IF we believe this report, the crying was 2 days before she vanished.
On the other hand in another article [and on the telly] mrs Fenn said “it’s all rubbish”.
So if its rubbish, she didn’t cry, and we still don’t know IF and When they went to Chaplins.
If this story is true, it’s most likely they went may 1st to a place [Chaplins?] where they couldn’t hear her cry.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
evening all - thanks totje for remembering my extensive youtube research
Its on the main pc in the cold dining room and as i am on the laptop next to a lovely fire in our lovely snug amd not moving till i go off to my lovely bed.
RE gerry’s last check - from memory it was widely reported in the press that when gerry did his last check he thought that maddie had got up to go to the loo / get into their bed. It was left to assumption in most cases whether or not he actually saw her but was definately implied that he didn’t.
However Gerry has only spoken on camera about it once as far as i remember - when he explained that he looked down on a sleeping maddie and thought how lcuky he was etc etc etc.
Re Mrs Fenn - it was origionally reported about her hearing maddie cry - but following a press camp out on her lawn it was then reported that she ‘never heard anything’. Panorama broadcast the origional stroy of her hearing maddie cry and most people are assuming that they must have checked this out and therefore it is accurate. This is also given weight by the fact that team mcc have not threatened to sue either panorama or mrs fenn (as far as i know).
It has been interesting reading this evening - i particularly like the theory about the ‘abductor’ opening the shutter to check that the coast was clear - good one - BUT why did noone notice an open shutter / open/broken window when walking past?
mods and admin - i love the card system - can i have one PLEASE?
January 13th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
711
Sledgehammer Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
” [...] For the record, Sky News picked up the story from GMTV breakfast television, at around 7.30am the following day.[...]”
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No.
It has been properly documented that the news hit the U.K. less than 2 hours after the discovery that MM had gone missing and that such news came from the Home Office….
January 13th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I must get to bed also, goodnight all…
January 13th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Nite nite Ade
January 13th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
811
can’t say no,
Yes I saw her on tv. I felt sorry for her.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
835
Scarlett,
Thanks, yes that was just an example - I’ve seen a few of his.
Who was Red? That was a wild goose chase too, wasn’t it?
January 13th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
830
Totje Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
805
chenier,
I noticed you asked for a link. Liked it.
re This cuts both ways…
Yep. However highly unlikely isn’t the same as impossible.
That’s why we’re still speculating about all kind of things.
Time [and the pj] will tell what happened, I hope.
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Very few things are impossible, that is why our judiciary look to ‘beyond reasonable doubt’, not ‘impossible for any other event’…
January 13th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
808
can’t say no,
Thanks sweetie, I’ve seen it. xxx
January 13th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
828 Scarlett Says:
“Be interesting if the seven were among us.”
And not all that surprising IMO.
Garth has sure been quiet. Has he defected to Stevo’s forum?
January 13th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
827
Peter O Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
821 chenier Says: January 13th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
807 Peter O Says: January 13th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
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Cheer up; the PJ say they have a good idea of what happened.
The account by O’Donnell gives us some clues as to what happened earlier in the week, and the PJ know what Mrs Fenn actually did say.
Always helpful…
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Sorry, I am actually quite cheery about it… My observations sort of confirm to me that Team McCann has had a very tight leash on media reporting from the very beginning of this affair. The only time they wish for us to discuss is the evening of May 3rd. i.e. The absence of earlier news is in and of itself suspicious, in my opinion.
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It is strange that there is so little in the public arena, and some of the few clues we have derive from articles which the Fund was paid for.
The odd thing is that the Guardian and then VF pieces had distinct Mark Anthony overtones; I wonder whether the Fund’s desperation for money is so great that they are having to settle for less than total adoration…
January 13th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
805
chenier,
I noticed you asked for a link. Liked it.
re This cuts both ways…
Yep. However highly unlikely isn’t the same as impossible.
That’s why we’re still speculating about all kind of things.
Time [and the pj] will tell what happened, I hope.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
819 Totje Says:
“Who’s Matt?”
Two guesses and the first one doesn’t count.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
veritablequadary 804
I asked the same yestereday about the Paynes and Webster. Don’t think I got a reply, not even “I’m not gonna comment on that.”
Be interesting if the seven were among us.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
821 chenier Says: January 13th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
807 Peter O Says: January 13th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
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Cheer up; the PJ say they have a good idea of what happened.
The account by O’Donnell gives us some clues as to what happened earlier in the week, and the PJ know what Mrs Fenn actually did say.
Always helpful…
++++++++++++
Sorry, I am actually quite cheery about it… My observations sort of confirm to me that Team McCann has had a very tight leash on media reporting from the very beginning of this affair. The only time they wish for us to discuss is the evening of May 3rd. i.e. The absence of earlier news is in and of itself suspicious, in my opinion.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
813
Ade Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
bedtime
i have a funny feeling that something is gonna happen tomorrow - and not in the mcconn’s interest.
i have music stuff to do so i’ll be missing
nite all and have fun
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Night, Ade. Take care of that pretty shiny red guitar…
January 13th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Rosemary 794
That post was superseded by Soother’s post 673 6.03 pm 23/10/2007
“there was no abduction the Portuguese chief of police has stated he knows who killed Madeleine and he has a good idea of what happend, murat is a red herring much like the ones scarlett was throwing around, phones have been tapped and evidence or unwise conversations monitored, the net is closing very soon.Stig is right about albatrosses, this case is a very big one hanging around the suspects necks.”
That post as you can see contains a dig at me so I think we can conclude it is genuine.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
817 can’t say no
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I have a hard time saying no, too, but must.