Madeleine McCann: Four, Three Men, DNAboost And Risk
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY STAR: “Cops slam pics of Maddie suspects – Innocent people are put at ‘risk’”
“Four” people who look like the drawings inspired by holidaymaker Gail Cooper have now been questioned by police
So says the Star. Although on closer inspection Jose Marques plus Joaquim Agostinho plus a Portuguese builder in Gibraltar makes three, not four
Celebrity criminologist Francisco Moita Flores says: “It is manipulation and propaganda.” No, not the Star’s reporting, rather the sketches
DAILY MAIL: “Fourth man questioned in Maddie e-fit probe”
When is an e-fit a drawing? Compare and contrast
The Mail sees the Portuguese builder questioned and then freed. “At least” three other men have been questioned
THE SUN: “SUPER DNA ‘WILL CLEAR McCANNS – They welcome new-style forensic tests”
A tiny sample is, reportedly, found in the McCanns’ Renault Scenic hire car. How did it get there? From her clothes, say the McCanns. “Another theory was that Maddie’s younger brother and sister may have similar DNA,” says the Sun
And there’s a new test. It’s called DNAboost. DNAboost “can separate or ‘clarify’ profiles and unravel tiny samples”
With DNAboost what you thought had gone comes back with a bang!
DAILY MIRROR (online): “McCann pics fury”
Always the “fury”
Police in Portugal “claim Kate and Gerry McCann are hindering the probe into missing Madeleine by releasing sketches of the possible kidnapper.
One detective says the drawings were too vague and could “identify dozens or hundreds of people”
“But McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell hinted more sketches could be on the way ‘if we get any more information’”
THE INDEPENDENT: “Alastair Campbell: The Cudlipp Lecture”
“In an era of more pages, more space, more access, more talk, there is less said and done that is truly memorable. Even in Dacre’s apologia he could only draw on Stephen Lawrence – again - as the story where he felt the Mail made an impact and did some good. Similarly, in his Mactaggart Lecture Jeremy Paxman said the BBC constantly pointed to Planet Earth as evidence of good TV combining with good ratings, but did so precisely because it is a rarity. And with every front page screaming headline that doesn’t quite deliver the big story, every exclusive that isn’t, every whooshing breaking news that isn’t really breaking news at all, every new twist in the McCann case that isn’t a new twist at all, the public gets a little wiser every time”
We recognise the spin, says Mr Campbell – “Media spin to fill media space.” And we might even recognise the irony…
Madeleine McCann: A media feeding frenzy
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January 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
bye del
January 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Oi Steve what’s wrong with the bird in the middle!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
285
Logic
Do you think there will be any children named Anorak?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
283 Delboy
What a great catch your wife has and what a good lad you are.
I do agree that it would be strange for him to simply leave her alone to give birth and then go in and see her later with a bunch of flowers!!!!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
have to go bleedin ell, duty calls ….c.u.in a bit..
January 29th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Lone - time for another name change?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
logic
shit he said he would
bugger!!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
274
just_me Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Brandon & Lone - hows this?
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/just_meme5/cag.jpg
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA FUNNY AS FECK!
i’m a cool pigeon indeed.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
285 - and early deaths caused by lack of sleep
January 29th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
251 Logic
I hope they do.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
267 Ian
I think you are right.
But even more peculiar is that on the gerrymccannsblogs site it clearly says JT. I always assumed they were cut/pasted rather than keyed.
I’m going to have a G&T and try not to worry about it.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
There are some doctors you would not want at a birth.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
272
brandon flours Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
logic
Its like group therapy for the under represented thinking person.
SPOT ON!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I have heard a rumour that Anorak is being sued for marriage breakup, dirty houses and microwave dinners instead of fresh veg.
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Mods and Admin
Don’t worry , not true , I made the bastard a member…..
January 29th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
do we know that g mcc wasn’t at the birth?? i know there were lots of rumours earlier on about Ms Tanner giving birth the same day and then she was supposed to be at the birth with kate - i’m not sure how accurate any of this is anybody know where its come from???
January 29th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Ian I cant agree more, but still not present with your wife whilst giving birth, to her first child,,just doesnt add up ……it isnt just being a good partner it is piece of mind as well as support for the mother,incase there are difficulties etc, I dont get it at all…but thats just me…I wouldnt have missed the birth of my kids for all the tea in china…
January 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
just me
Thats the sort of thing I remember when I am somewhere I am supposed to be quiet
I.E church, lifts,traffic, assemblies
And shake uncontrollably with giggles!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Brandon,
Love is in the eye of the beholder!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
277 - so what!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
stevet
Thats my LONE !!!!!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
276 pmsl
January 29th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Just me,
I dont like the bird in the middle.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
just me
stop it !!!!!
The builder thinks I am mad enough !!!
:lol: 
I am having that as my background!!!!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
265 delboy
To be fair, being a poor husband and father isnt a crime!
Pretending to be is damned annoying to those of use who try very hard (but never quite pull it off to the standard our better halves expect!).
Telling us how much they adore their children and how ‘beloved’ they are is also irritating (especially when you hear they were ‘glad’ that they could have dinner without their children!).
Incredible…no matter how many times I think about it!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Brandon & Lone - hows this?
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/just_meme5/cag.jpg
January 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
brandon flours Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
delboy
A complete git
you aint joking,I would not even contemplate not being with my wife at the birth of all my children, the man is sick imo…..
January 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
logic
Its like group therapy for the under represented thinking person.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
ps - i just woke up LOL
sleeping for wimps indeed 
January 29th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
265
delboy
Good point, especially as they were obviously having so much trouble conceiving.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
hiya - val - just read you’re question yesterday about my january strike
Well I had a day off on saturday - on anorak as usual when one of the kids came through to tell me that dad was cleaning the main bathroom
- so i do believe that the message is getting through (taken 4 weeks - but not bad after 18 years together- he always was a quick learner LOL 
) We shall see how long this behaviour continues 