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
Posted: 16th, February 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,673) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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February 17th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Lyn
cant see the complex from chaplins its about a mile away
February 17th, 2008 at 12:09 am
726 SpongeBob
i can be selective if i want
i thought it amusing that the comic was accusing others of doing what he does all the time - spin spin spin.
it’s called hypocricy
anyway wooosh clunk gets a mention
i wonder if the mccconns have copyrighted the phrase
we should be told
February 17th, 2008 at 12:08 am
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Why are some people allowed to link to YOU TUBE and I and others are not???
Most of our sources from the horses MOUTH is on there.
Please could you tell me?
Thank you.
(Bold is for scrolling purposes only….not to be thought of as rude in anyway)
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Mods and Admin
So far as we know, nothing to do with us
February 17th, 2008 at 12:07 am
729
RedRooster Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 12:01 am
*****
I though it was Tony Bennett’s petition?
Apart from that, neither Marie or me, or many others here cannot sign because we’re not British citizens.
Have a good night.
All others too.
Time for the silken sheets. Early days tomorrow [for me].
February 17th, 2008 at 12:07 am
733
âde Says
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i wouldnt mind one myself, how do i get one ????
February 17th, 2008 at 12:07 am
733
evening ade …lol…got to be careful with all those lawyers around
February 17th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Someone to crack is the only way the truth will out. Perhaps that is what the PJ are working on. A thought, if the children were heard crying, then why didn’t the parents and tapas lot hear then, when all said and done they have stated they could see the unit clearly!!
February 17th, 2008 at 12:06 am
729
sorry guys
RedRooster Says
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i must be tired - last post should read NOT my petition .
Mods and Admin could you please correct my post if you get the chance. I dont want tony suing me
done
February 17th, 2008 at 12:05 am
732
does she look stoned to me
February 17th, 2008 at 12:05 am
724 clouseau
“whats with the squiggly? thought you might be a clone”
i’m now truly circumflexed
i was just copying batman and Châtelaine
just an arse really
i noticed noseycow has an e acute nw
very subtle…
February 17th, 2008 at 12:03 am
âde
you did have a look at the woosh/clunck didn’t you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rQazjM-bCo
February 17th, 2008 at 12:03 am
mods & admin
evening June or whoever is on duty
is ade with the squigilly the real ade?
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M and A
He has gone all French , so has Nosey cow , who is now Nosecow with an acute accent
February 17th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Saul
>>>>>>>>>>> ok >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 
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February 17th, 2008 at 12:01 am
698
Châtelaine, Marie anyone else whos listening, i agree up to a point but its NOT my petition. I have signed it as there is no real alternative right now and i admire the fact that someone is doing something to try to change things. If one of you guys can come up with something more suitable then i would be the first to sign it. Im not after an arguement i just want to do something to make a difference. Surely we have all got the same agenda there
jj 17 00.03
February 17th, 2008 at 12:00 am
are you the real ade????
February 17th, 2008 at 12:00 am
722
brandon flours Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Saul
‘I can’t think of anyone who would accept leaving three children under the age of 4 unsupervised.’
stick around long enough on here and you might…….
Beer, fags, drugs ,tax, sex, gambling, ( in no particular order ) I agree
Thats why we need to punish those whose kids come to harm
educate those who dont. or punish all who neglect under 8s.
By all means reproduce my posts, but please don’t just select parts of them. All or nothing please.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
723
âde
You were rather selective in your paste
The article, in its entirety, gives other views
February 16th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
705
Saul Says:
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well said mate
February 16th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
ade
whats with the squiggly? thought you might be a clone
February 16th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
721 clouseau
woosh clunk gets a mention here
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2008/01/the_mccanns_debate_from_banali.html
the comical one has lost the plot, it appears:
“Next up was Clarence Mitchell, the official spokesman for the McCanns. He launched a broadside on a press guilty of carrying speculative stories without any basis in truth. Stories, incidentally, which he had often formally denied before publication.
He explained how British journalists relied for most of their stories on the Portuguese papers that also ran speculative and unverifiable material. After being spun in British tabloids, the Portuguese then picked them up the following day, pretending that the fact they had appeared in the British press was “proof” of their veracity. In other words, it was a constant recycling of gossip and innuendo, none of it based on fact.”
February 16th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Saul
‘I can’t think of anyone who would accept leaving three children under the age of 4 unsupervised.’
stick around long enough on here and you might…….
Beer, fags, drugs ,tax, sex, gambling, ( in no particular order
) I agree
Thats why we need to punish those whose kids come to harm
educate those who dont. or punish all who neglect under 8s.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
i still believe that the body found in the cave in Cascias is somehow involved in this case…..if you search for any info on this whoosh clunck its gone…..our Portuguese posters will confirm that this was reported
i am not a liar and a fantacist
February 16th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
714 clouseau
“i think the end game is near….wait for Kate to play the i am to ill to be interviewed card”
i reckon she will stage a “collapse” and get rushed to hospital
great fun
February 16th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
715
was said they went to Sagres ( which is 25km) one night…perhaps that the phone call>>>
February 16th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
708 Châtelaine
big music days recently for me
been recording some phone muzak on garageband today
great fun
check out seth lakeman from devon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8HwhIDhgcY
his new cd “freedom fields” is superb
February 16th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Can’t Say No
Maybe I am answering too late to your post about the children and parents making up stories. Very interesting.
I think the children are warned against abductors in a stupid way. You get the impression the mother herself projects all her fantasies on the child, and the child only repeats the mother’s fantasies (tattoes etc…). Some parents are crazy.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
707
brandon flours Says:
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
You miss my point. Laws don’t stop law breaking, they just give a means of punishment.
I can’t think of anyone who would accept leaving three children under the age of 4 unsupervised.
It is against the law to commit many offences yet many happen every day.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
701
Ian Says:
“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.”
- From the press reports, I understood that they were in the tapas bar for the 4 nights consecutively, including the 3rd- please advise if this is not correct
-The complaints issue was denied by the lady, Mrs McFenn, unless there is another source
I’m finding it difficult to debate that they ‘allegedly ‘ went ther
February 16th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
evening all just looking in
i think the end game is near….wait for Kate to play the i am to ill to be interviewed card
February 16th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
566 Coolandcalm:
“There’s an ideal world and there’s real life”
I have to agree, C&C not to mention that a law which simply cannot be enforced is bad law………how on earth could the shambolic hugely understaffed social services cope with this ???