Madeleine McCann: Lying To Children, Ian McEwan And Questions
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MIRROR: “McCann pals face new quiz”
“It is understood Jane Tanner, Russell O’Brien and David Payne, three of the Tapas Seven, may be questioned over alleged inconsistencies in their statements”
“Understood” and “may.” Such are the facts. Such is the reporting
Say the McCanns’ family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “There is no suggestion Kate and Gerry will be re-interviewed”
And “suggestion”
DAILY RECORD: “One Last Try To Get Maddie Answers”
“Staff at the resort where Madeleine McCann vanished have again been quizzed by detectives. It comes as they prepare to re-interview pals of Kate and Gerry McCann in a last-ditch bid to crack the case”
Anyone we know questioned?
“Pool cleaner Luis Antonio, the husband of suspect Robert Murat’s girlfriend Michaela Walczuch, was one of five questioned in Praia da Luz”
Any reason why they were quizzed once more?
A judicial source tells Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas: “Several police interviews have been repeated. The statements are being analysed to try to find any lead that could result in a new line of investigation”
Analysing statements, eh. Technical stuff…
In his internet blog yesterday, Gerry McCann vowed not to give up looking for his young daughter, adding: “We hope the police are similarly determined”
DAILY EXPRESS: “POLICE LAST CHANCE TO FIND MADELEINE”
“Five staff members who were at the Ocean Club complex on the night she went missing have been quizzed in recent days as pressure mounts to conclude the investigation”
Why those five? Which five? The WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER does not say
THE SUN: “Cops’ final bid to solve Maddie”
Michaela Walczuch “who denies any involvement in Maddie’s disappearance – was allegedly spotted in Zaio, Morocco, on June 15, moments after a girl resembling Madeleine was seen being dragged away by an African woman”
Three of the McCanns’ freins witll be spoken to by police.
A “source” says: “It sounded like they were concerned about timeline inconsistencies. But if you have nine people not wearing watches, it would be suspicious if their times matched exactly”
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Lying to children”
“From white lies to whoppers, vagueness with the truth is part of parenthood. But as Katie Tait learns from one psychologist, deceiving children is never justified”
Recently I told Kitty, our youngest child, that the police car had pulled us over because she was screaming in the back of the car (in fact I was, stupidly, speeding, but partly as a result of her noise). She is now mousey-quiet on journeys. My caprice over the tooth fairy has reached such an extent that the correspondence between “Molly” and my daughter Agnes fills two whole shoe boxes.
Then there are the areas that I don’t really want them to know the whole truth about. Will they get scared if I tell them that Madeleine McCann, whose picture they have seen everywhere, was taken from her bed? What about the news stories of dogs biting children to death? Will they ever go near next door’s puppy again? To me, vagueness with the truth is part of being a human being and certainly part of being a parent. But apparently, I am deeply wrong.
Maybe Katie’s children can read the truth in her article?
THE AGE (Aus): “The private and the public”
An interview with Ian McEwan, the author: “Journalists rang him because the disappearance of four-year-old Madeleine bore a dark similarity to the plot of his 1987 novel, The Child in Time, when a father has his three-year old girl stolen from him in a supermarket”
DVDTOWN: “GONE BABY GONE”
If you’re thinking that this film was a quick knockoff inspired by the real-life Madeleine McCann case–the little girl who disappeared from her family’s Portugal vacation home while her mom and dad were at a party not far away–it’s really just another case of life imitating art. Lehane’s novel about a four-year-old girl who turns up missing under similar circumstances was published way back in 1994.
Madeleine McCann: The Voyeurs, The Gouls and The Fear
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February 17th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
1191 Nosey
February 17th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
1189 noseycow
February 17th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
1192
Cheryl Says:
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no cheryl i’d be bloody bankrupt
February 17th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
1183 noseycow
So you haven’t read any books on the subject. I am therefore in a position to educate you if you will let me. What’s wrong with education? Why is it so unthinkable for you to learn something from me? Who told you not to listen to me? Can you remember where you got YOUR information from? Listen to Jolie, she’s trying to help you.
February 17th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
1191
noseycow Says
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not my fault she cant take a joke
February 17th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
1181
Carmen Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
1167
RedRooster Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 6:05 pm e
1159
Carmen Says:
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A great idea, Carmen! We have that over here in some cases in various states! A person gets a weekend jail sentence for a petty anny minor offense they have to pay for room and board to the county. That rate RR has been locked in the chicken coop Anorak could be wealthy!
February 17th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Red - be nice to fair - you are better than that!!!
February 17th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
1152 Man on a hill
What has Gordon Brown to do with it? Must I be a believer in Gordon Brown’s honesty and integrity to believe that cannabis is dangerous? If you have not realised yet what my feelings are about GB, then you truly are living on another plane. You seem to be suffering from defective reasoning. I wonder what on earth could have caused that???
February 17th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Jolie - over 45 well knock me down with a feather - you don’t look it!!
February 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
1186
Fair Says
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no probs me old mate
February 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
1181
CarmenSays
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whatever carmen
February 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
1175 RR
Thank you yet AGAIN for your kind words.
February 17th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I just want to say that I haven’t smoked pot since I was 15 (more than 30 years ago
) so that my political viewpoints are not a result of drug-induced paranoia. Just in case anyone was wondering… 
February 17th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
1172
REPORTER
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have you been on the pot mate???? the only people covering anything up is the bleedin mcdoctors
February 17th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
MOAH - i choose not to (though i have a couple of times in the past), it is my choice, how ever many books i read i still make my own choices.
In fact i revel in my ability to make my own choices, it is very important to me, just as your ability to make your own choices is important to me.
So now you are trying to educate me so that i make the same choices as you??
February 17th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
1088
noseycow Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
cheryl - you seem to suggest that you don’t approve of the courts being so ‘open’, i certainly don’t approve of our courts being so closed, a two week trial gets 30 seconds on the tv or a column in a newspaper here, and we both know how unbiased and accurate out press are
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Quite to the contrary, I’m in complete favour of our system. The only pause I have is in the selection of a fair and impartial jury with all the publicity even prior to a trial in major cases! In my mind is how many people have a ‘private agenda’ when called to jury duty and are selected for a trial that they have already followed the investigation in the papers and have a set opinion on guilt or innocence and don’t admit to it during jury questioning! We’ve had mistrials declared over here just for that reason - prospective jurors weren’t honest during selection.
February 17th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
1179 MOAH
You’re very welcome.
February 17th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
1145 Jolie
Thanks for link.
February 17th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
noseycow
If you’re mentally and emotionally strong enough, I suggest you watch Zeitgiest the movie for yourself. You will never see the world the same way again. My husband just watched most of it before he went to work today. We both agree it’s a brilliant documentary and that it confirms what we’ve learned over the years from many sources–the film rings true, at least for the political aspect of it (I didn’t watch the religious part in the beginning yet).
Zeitgeist, the movie
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331
February 17th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
1173 - agreed
February 17th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
1133 Just me
Yes, of course it is your choice to take what you like but, just because it didn’t seem to harm you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t harm anyone. The fact is, we just don’t which people it will harm - it’s a lottery. If mature adults choose to indulge, that is one thing. But, in my opinion, with youngsters it is not necessarily the problem that comes before the habit. Adolescents, by their very nature, have mood problems and, if cannabis is readily available, they may turn to this at their peril. If it’s not there, they couldn’t take it. I certainly hope that my children will never be deceived by those who proclaim this drug to be safe. Because it is not safe.
February 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
1163
when was that then???? 
Fair Says
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pmsl
February 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
1159
Carmen
I’m sooo poorr
But happy
February 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Just_me
all i want is my freedom of choice
your choice is yours mine is mine 
vive la difference.. 
February 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Any arrests, no, scarlerr you are right Portuguese covering up something very fishy.
February 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
1168 - lol
:)
February 17th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
February 17th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
1148 noseycow
What are you talking about. I’m only stopping you spreading lies. What you do in the privacy of your own home is none of my business as long as it doesn’t affect me in a negative way in my home. Stop trying to make me into a fascist, i am not and i do not want to fight, but to educate. Have you read any books on the subject of hemp or not?
February 17th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
1027
just_me
I’m spinning in the rain,
I’m spinning in the rain,
What a glorious feeeeling,
I’m happy again!
Gosh it felt sooooooooo goooodd
February 17th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
1159
Carmen Says:
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you want me to pay to be looked in the pen