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 16th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
711 âde
Great fun !
February 16th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
stan bliar laurel and oliver bush hardy
sons of the desert:
http://lh4.google.com/christophe.leclerc/RZtId8wVFOI/AAAAAAAABC0/8W41c_viJmY/Copy%20%282%29%20of%20Image001.jpg?imgmax=512
February 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
697
âde
February 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
706
Marie Nicholas Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
“Châtelaine,
Bonsoir to you and “la Maman”.
(Is she French or Dutch?)”
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Thank you, Marie. Bonne nuit à vous aussi. No, Maman is Dutch. But at 90 living with me in France since a couple of years, she’s getting more French than a lot of French …
February 16th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
704
âde Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
“666 Châtelaine - thanks - i always assume i’m in the wrong”
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Nooooo, âde. Absolutely not.
Shall we talk music again?
You inspired me to play Focus’s Hocus Pocus again!
February 16th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
705
Saul
Thats why we want to change it !
That way is no longer normal !!
For most anyway! Thank God
February 16th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Châtelaine,
Bonsoir to you and “la Maman”.
(Is she French or Dutch?)
February 16th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Laws are only a reflection of how normal people live their lives.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
666 Châtelaine
thanks
i always assume i’m in the wrong
February 16th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
697
âde Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
“[...] Blair’s “unusual private life” [...]
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What’s this about “Blair’s unusual private life”? [apart from one photo of him and GWB, which is still on my desktop, and which I called “Brokeback Mountain” …
February 16th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Anyway, night all, I’m knackered!
February 16th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
628
SpongeBob
On one night they are said to have gone to Chaplins - possibly this was the quiz night reference - Chaplins has a Quiz night on Tuesdays and stay open until late (12:30 I believe).
This was allegedly the night that MW received complaints about the children crying and calling for their parents.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Brandon, Annie_M, RR
I am glad you agree, Brndon and Annie. RR, you will not get the ball rolling with that sort of propositions. People will be furious that you want to give them stupid rules. I know your intentions are good, but if they enfuriate people, you will not reach your goal, which is to protect children.
Start with a law that says children shouldn’t be left unattended at night until they reach the age of at least 15, and alone anywhere before they are 7 or 8. That would be something good to begin with, and would rule out what happened last May in PdL.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Jaysus
Didnt realise how long that would take!
Well I have to be up early for mass tomorrow and I am already in the dog house
with my priest!
Funny how some can kill their daughter and see the Pope!!and have mass after mass in no shame!
A loved up divorcee anorak, needs extra repentance and has to clean the church!!!!!
February 16th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
692
RedRooster Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
“689 - Marie Nicholas
i think your missing the point….. it will at least get the ball rolling if you see what i mean. If everyone thinks like that nothing will ever get done and idiots like the mcs will go on doing these things, leaving their little ones night after night ”
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No RR, I think Marie is absolutely right. A law must be “clever” and easy to execute with repercussion . Otherwise, it’s counter-productive
February 16th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
663 can’t say no Says:
“Isn’t it funny that journalists within Westminster often used to
refer to Blair’s “unusual private life””
allegedly, at university bliar was known as “miranda”
at the time, miranda (a moon, of course) was the closest object to uranus (a planet, of course)
in 1986 voyager 2 discovered a new moon (cordelia) that is closer
astronomy corner is now closed
what fun
February 16th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
695
Châtelaine
***********
the only person she loves is herself :bitch:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
still the “woosh/clunck” moment gives you an indication of motherly love …
February 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
690
Annie_M Says
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see you later then
February 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Can I just add although I have said children from 10,11,12 and 13 onwards should be given the space and freedom they individually need to grow………………..
I feel this also needs the following rules.
Rules
stranger danger explano
Times
Agreed outcomes
ways to overcome mishaps
health and safety
stratergies for overcoming unforseeables
names, numbers, addresses, emails, at hand in case
Rehearsals
SOMEONE READY TO GET THEM STRAIGHT AWAY ON CALL
February 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
689
Marie Nicholas
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i think your missing the point….. it will at least get the ball rolling if you see what i mean. If everyone thinks like that nothing will ever get done and idiots like the mcs will go on doing these things, leaving their little ones night after night
February 16th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
688
:mcmonsters: 
âde Says:
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i can understand that….
February 16th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
683
RedRooster
Change? Yes.
But it has to be the “right” sort of change.
e.g. from enfys 3A
“compulsory and quality child-development/parenting education in our schools IMO, for both genders. From around age 11-12 until they leave!!!”
Read the thread (link @ post 682)
Now I’m off.
Have fun
February 16th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Red Rooster,
My point is, if a law is stupid, it gives good reasons to people not to respect it.
People can’t respect stupid laws. Stupid laws teach them not to abide by the law. Very dangerous. A law has to be properly thought of.
And it is too late to teach autonomy and responsibility to a child aged 12. A child must also learn how to cope with loneliness. It makes him strong, thoughtful, and self-reliable, later in life.
It has nothing to do with leaving little ones alone at night, which is callous, and wicked.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
657 RedRooster
i didn’t see the interview
i made a key decision to avoid it
they sicken me so much
February 16th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
684
Ciara-Louise
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sorry babe i hope i didnt shock you
February 16th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
673
can’t say no Says
There are terrible crimes in the world.
What is the point for the ‘pro-mcliers’?
February 16th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
680
RedRooster Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
“679 - Châtelaine - no foreign words please. Non comprendo ??? ”
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It’s not to be translated. Any Germans or international artists around to help me?
It boils down to “I didn’t say it, I don’t want it” [so it's not going to happen].
February 16th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
674
RedRooster
Okay, I’ll try to remember that. :blush:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
682
Annie_M Says
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there a need for change, you have to admit