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 11:58 am
MOH
I posted here ,a couple of months ago ,that the MW staff ,are scared to death
Hope that now, someone will start to believe me
February 17th, 2008 at 11:57 am
921…jo
Yes….Dr G P takes exception into them sticking their noses into
McCann “business”.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:56 am
917
can’t say no
…bbbbut dont you see? the dogs are anti maccanns that why
February 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am
904
man on a hill
What difference does it make if she’s dead or not and how she died to the people who will benefit most from this.
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February 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am
918…jo
The Long Arm of the Law stretches…..and grabs.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:54 am
916
Matt
no spin no news no new thread stand still
February 17th, 2008 at 11:53 am
913
Ian
They even claimed ,that the British sniffer dogs were biased !
Thay are ,searching, every failure from any sniffer dogs ,just to proove it!
And yes ,i believe, this much HUGE then the Mcliers themselves
February 17th, 2008 at 11:52 am
No new Thread at 11.50am ???
Is this a record ?
February 17th, 2008 at 11:50 am
895 hannasus Says:
“We are talking BLACKMAIL here.”
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You do not blackmail these people. You would be dead in a very short time indeed (suicide like David Kelly). You are underestimating your enemy. Do you really think the Mc’s are in control?
February 17th, 2008 at 11:48 am
903
Châtelaine
This is blatent spin yet again. She ia a locum GP. Effectively she is a reserve doctor called in as and when cover is required - like being with an agency and someone asks for a covering GP.
She has not ‘quit’ at all as she is still on the GMC listing.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am
886
âde
Absolutely! I was being told the other day on here (by a bunch of pro mccanns and even someone who suspected them of not being totally truthful) that I should be open minded and discuss abduction but NOT TO MENTION THE INCONSISTANCIES IN TIMING!
They are now trying to claim NONE of the T9 had watches on!
Surely it defies logic to claim regular checking and leaving he kids but no one to have a watch!
Anyway, were there no clocks in the bar, didnt they have mobile ‘phones? What about leaving when the starters were arriving, doesnt provide some timing?
My point is, they are trying to bury this - as I said at the time, they will be telling us we mustnt mention Madeleine next!
February 17th, 2008 at 11:43 am
911
Ian
Frankly, they need the law as they have no common sense.
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How very sad…I agree with both
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Morning all
February 17th, 2008 at 11:41 am
906
Totje
In one way I agree with you, in another I disagree with you.
People must change, starting with these people who think its perfectly acceptable to leave little ones like the McCanns did and people who think child care bgins at the border of a country and not with their own duty of care.
I diagree with you regarding the law. I always assumed that it was illegal to leave a child under 16 babysitting. I turns out morale and legal rules do nt overlap in this area. It needs to be adujuected so that they do (its a natural progression for the law and morality or social rules to sometimes overlap and sometimes not - society’s standards and beliefs change over time).
Its obvious that something is lacking when supposedly educated people behave like the McCanns did - but it might be that our education system needs to change to ensure that people dont live in a cocoon - protected from ‘real life’ and naive.
Frankly, they need the law as they have no common sense.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:40 am
905
Mariab Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 11:25 am
“[...] Is CM preparing the way for acceptability on using the Fund for more living expenses such as the mortgage?”
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You just never know. Everything he says seems to serve a purpose and is often multi-interpretable …
February 17th, 2008 at 11:34 am
The sun is shining, though it’s cold, so off to do a bit of gardening.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:33 am
887 Gandolf
Of course we all respect your deep insight, your freedom to act in any way you wish must be protected - not much point telling you the truth. We won’t bother trying to dominate you.
Let the fool play.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:32 am
** erm “education people” = educating people
February 17th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I’m sorry if I intrude another debate. I’ve been thinking about the “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Bring in a new law to make it a criminal offence to leave children aged under 12 on their own.’ And I stick to what I’ve said weeks ago about the subject.
If I were allowed to sign the petition, I wouldn’t do it [not even if the age limit was reduced to 8 yrs, because not all circumstances are alike, think of traffic, neighbourhood etc.].
The trouble with lawyers is, they think a law is the solution to a problem.
It is not! I call it fighting the symptom in stead of fighting the cause of the problem. For lack of common sense, you don’t need a law to change that, because believe me, it won’t change people’s behaviour. Murders still occur despite laws.
Everybody over here denies they’ve left their young children alone, so it’s an exception. Should we make a law because of an exception [and because that exception came to light when Madeleine disappeared, otherwise no one would even know]? And how are we going to enforce that law? Is someone going to knock on doors to check?
I think it’s much better to start with education people [starting with our teenagers] about responsibilities.
For things to change, we’ve got to change.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:25 am
903
Châtelaine Says:
Is CM preparing the way for acceptability on using the Fund for more living expenses such as the mortgage?
February 17th, 2008 at 11:20 am
832 May
Brilliant, no doubt you can now relate it to M’s disappearance. What difference does it make if she’s dead or not and how she died to the people who will benefit most from this. Namely the european branch of the ‘not so secret’ world government.
February 17th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Kate and Gerry’s spokesman Clarence Mitchell confirmed she had quit.
He added: “She no longer receives any wage at all.”
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Could that imply she had been paid so far?
February 17th, 2008 at 10:46 am
846
agw Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 2:41 am
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Hi agw,
The following is snipped from an email I received from Tony yesterday.
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“I did send a message to editor@anorak.co.uk, as advised by Mods & Admin, asking what the reason for the ban was, but they never replied to me and then blocked my access to the Anorak site altogether for 3 days!”
February 17th, 2008 at 10:35 am
888 Can’t Say No
Thank you for all the information that is coming from you. Priceless!
February 17th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Can’t say No,
Portugal has been so poised and dignified throughout this whole ordeal.
They actually have an ancient culture that works. Institutions that are not crippled by corruption.
I doubt it is common in Portugal for men to be beaten to death by teenagers for defending their properties. I doubt it is common in Portugal for parents to travel to different countries leaving there VERY YOUNG children unattended.
I doubt that the Portuguese press have ever pounced on another country with such xenophobic venom.
It is all these positive things beyond Portugal that leave it standing in good ordinance.
It will be blessed.
February 17th, 2008 at 10:22 am
can’t - I can see that it makes you mad,
and that is not good for your health. 
someone cleverer than me (one of the billions) once said:
don’t get mad get even….
so continue doing what you are doing, letting us know what is really happening over there and little by little by plugging away at them the truth will come out. IMO.
so SMILE - the sun is out and for those of us who are not madeleine mccann, life is still beautiful..
February 17th, 2008 at 10:20 am
can’t say no,
It must not make you sad, it must make you ANGRY.
They are wanting you to be sad, because then there is apathy and when there is apathy well then it is the end.
Let us remain, alert and aware.
February 17th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Gotta go
Till later
February 17th, 2008 at 10:17 am
893
noseycow
It makes me so mad
February 17th, 2008 at 10:16 am
The truth will prevail.
Have faith and as I have always maintained it goes way beyond a couple named Kate and Gerry.
We are talking BLACKMAIL here.
Like the kind George Wanker Bush used against Tony Poodle Blair.
How shocking can it be?
February 17th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything. Has it ever been any other way.