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 12:20 pm
Matt…. I did say I was PC useless. Just trying to help Val but probably hindering…
February 17th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Jo
(Between us… How many gin tonics last night?)
February 17th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
http://oxymoran.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitchell+Hates+Americans
February 17th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
946….coolandcalm
“”And Pwess the Wed Button”"”
Later….
Oh Sorry….”Should have said…”"Don’t Pwess the Wed Button”"”.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Jo
Hey, I have just read on of your posts of yesterday (to me) with a hello
Hello and good morning to you. you know, las night I loose 50 euros in the bingo! It isn’t fair
February 17th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
939 Matt
I’ve noticed the Madeleine thread usually change around the 1400 mark?
February 17th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
940
Pilimary
Stand still!!
Breaking news
Dogs being paid to sniff against the mccanns!!!! pool cleaners being quizzed again,arguidos in sight may be ore coming up case NOT shelved jacqui smith reading and re-redaind the letters PJ eating sardines a palo wow NO fights on anorak today pj hidding big secrets mccanns on the dole etc… etc…….
Make a donation :new dogs welcome
February 17th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Val, sorry, should have said ‘left click on the mosue and run it over the text…..l
February 17th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Matt
The Souther front is still in hte middle of the hangover.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Val… I used to be scared of ‘cut and paste’ (and most other thing on the PC)
But its actually v. easy.
Run the mouse over the text and highlight what you want to copy. Click on edit, click on copy.
Get the cursor where you want the text in your post then click on edit again. Then click paste. It should all come up in your post!
Hope this makes sense…. this is of course assuming that you have a PC. Apple is a whole undiscovered world to me. (Hence the Apple Mac still in the box beside me)
February 17th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
bloody icons
February 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
940…Pilimary
All Quiet on the Western Front.
And elsewhere.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
938
man on a hill
Sense of humour flying low today?
February 17th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Morning !! (allright, allright, its lunchtime, bt I’m just taking breakfast… Had a Saturday night fever :wink:)
Im using an inhalator for asma called OXIS and… guess who fabricates it: ASTRA ZANEKA!! Only the world p¡makes me shudder!
How’s everything?
February 17th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
936…coolandcalm
“”"Threads and number of Posts”"”"
Don’t think so……most Threads only have a few Posts anyway.
A no news day I think.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
923 CSN
I hear ya, buddy.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
934
Garth
family sunday lunch? roast and all? can I come?
February 17th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Morning all…….
this is from some time ago and I don’t believe everything I read, however…….
I understood that Kate is/was a junior partner in the practice but only working part-time.
At my docs there are three women GP’s, all with children, who only work a couple of days a week but they have been there for yonks. They are not locums, just part-time GP’s, which is what I read at the time that Kate was.
Not that it’s really relevant of course but as its another quiet news day?!
Matt…… don’t the threads change according to the number of posts rather than the day? Posts have been down lately..
February 17th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
932
can’t say no
Let me adjust my specs…..
February 17th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
930
jo Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
926
Garth
Are you joining in? we need new blood
We need more doggies as well the other were biased
How are you today Garth?
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Cant join in now Jo as Im off out in a mo. Might pop in a little later however.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Must go again
February 17th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
929
jo
Are you not seeing the full picture ,are are you just a “pretender” ?
February 17th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
910 Chatelaine
“Morning to you and all.
I can”t do “cut and paste stuff” but there are a couple of comments on a sky
Messageboard you will find interesting.
You can either go to Sky U.K. News, then Discussions,”Tapas 9 prepared for
interrogations”. The poster is Jacqui2 who is “in the Know” I gather ,and she”s
reported accurately before now.
Also I wrote down http:messageboards.sky.com/threadview.aspx?Threadid10284.
It”s interesting he/she suggests two more Tapas 7 will be made Aguidos, and
more or less confirms what cant say no reported earlier re High Profile involvement.
If you can, I”d appreciate it if you or anyone else can put the comments in full on
here, there are only two.Thanks.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
926
Garth
Are you joining in? we need new blood
We need more doggies as well the other were biased
How are you today Garth?
February 17th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
923
can’t say no
Why scared to death? coz they wont be able to employ carers on a very shit pay?
February 17th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
924
âde Says:
No, please do not put a dog in their care!
February 17th, 2008 at 11:59 am
916
Matt. Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 11:52 am
No new Thread at 11.50am ???
Is this a record ?
******
It was suggested by Firestar last Friday:
“this must be the only news site on the internet with hundreds of users and only half a dozen comments about the archbishop.
i think it’ll help by just not bothering with a MM thread one morning.
at the very least people will explore the site trying to find it.”
February 17th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Looks like weve got the barmy army out again!
February 17th, 2008 at 11:58 am
919
Matt
they grab…I hope they will wear gloves ….. pooey really.What a “job”!
February 17th, 2008 at 11:58 am
903 Châtelaine
Could that imply she had been paid so far?
yes i believe they have both been on “sickie” pay.
that’s why gerrykins had to go back after six months
his sick note ran out
it’s also a signal that we should feel sorry for them and give them more money
i’d rather see them on a street corner with a mangy dog, baler twine lead and a six pack of tennants extra lager
that Would be excellent sport