Madeleine McCann: Ecuador, National Treasures And Tabloid Bingo
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE GUARDIAN: “Time’s running out to preserve our treasures”
The children?
Transferring text, audio and images to a PC often unearths forgotten gems from the archives. But will we be able to save them all.
Oh:
Sarah Niblock, head of journalism at Brunel University, frequently uses news archives as a teaching tool. “Because we try to encourage students to reflect on practice, it’s important to be able to show them the trajectory that a story has taken, the evolution of that story. For instance, we’ve recently had the culmination of many long heated debates over the coverage of the Madeleine McCann situation. To be able to look back at the coverage, compare and contrast, ask questions about it - and to be able to do that at the push of a button … archives are tremendous for that.”
THE BIRMINGHAM POST: “Does the Ecuador tragedy mean we need to better protect our children?”
A coach crash that kills five British backpackers. What has this to do with Madeleine McCann. Surely, she was not in Ecuador?
One can only imagine what the parents of those poor young women killed on a gap year trip to Ecuador are going through.
Not in the Mail - there you can almost taste the pain.
Most people my age will remember running around freely when they were kids and getting up to all sorts of mischief with their mates.
Strange then that now we are parents we don’t afford our own children the same freedom and trust. We feel guilty if we let them on a bike without a crash helmet on.
Why this is so? Maybe it’s got something to do with the mass media where stories such as the abduction of Madeleine McCann are played over and over again in minute detail.
Dead backpackers. A missing child. Compare and contrast. It’s tabloid bingo…
Madeleine McCann - selling papers
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April 25th, 2008 at 11:39 am
1353
chenier Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Panorama didn’t work too well? sorry not sure what your getting at?
could you be clear? my crystal ball isn’t working - sorry
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Seems to have been woosh clunked?
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:35 pm
1365
Totje
He’s doing it again. Bless
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:47 pm
1359
Fair
Thank you, you’ve made me blush!
The same nice things you’ve said about me apply for you. I admire your ability to find the odd things and the patterns, as well as your fairness. Yes, it seems to me you’re a decent person that I would love to have as a friend. Many acquaintances, and just a few good friends, which I cherish.
Yes, I do miss the days when the ‘old’ posters were around. Much lesser bullying occurred then and interesting debates in stead of some people constant ranting.
], Rationalist, Meeji, DCB, Jolie, please come back! [and apologise to M&A in case that's necessary]. We miss you!
Lulu, Peter O [aka Gladys
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
1362 Matt
Ah Gladys could have returned?
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
And….NEW THREAD is now operative.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
1359…Fair
Peter O may never have actually gone.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
1348
Salomon
I am not 100% sure of it,Salomon.
People are not stupid and the PJ is doing its work against all odds.
The mccanns can spin as much as they want but they are spinning in the PJ”s “claws”,remember this.
The truth and justice will be made to Madeleine.Of this I am 200% sure.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
1356
Salomon ES
See my last post in the new thread
From me they will only know ,what i want
Think others should do the same
IMO
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Totje
Glad to hear that you’re on the mend.
If I don’t manage to take a break from here then I will lurk! But I certainly won’t post as much.
Even tho’ our views differ (I do try & keep an open mind but it’s very hard with all the inconsistencies) you always seem to me to be a very decent fair person. Qualities I admire.
Maybe PeterO, Lulu & Meejician will come back? I hope DCB comes back as he seemed a decent person too & only sticking up for (yes m&a wrongly!) another poster.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Ian
1322
MW also has places in the UK so previous holidays at MW resorts might not necessarily necessitate a flight. Also, they might have travelled by train either from the UK or from Amsterdam.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Ian
1322
I wonder where they went previously, as Kate said the kids had not flown before (unless I’m mistaken, it was in the ‘Womans hour’ interview).
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There is another interview where it’s said that the kids had flown previously to Ireland and Amsterdam, and which mentions their wee backpacks.
And happy birthday, Ian. I remembered because you share this day with a friend of mine who is 46 today.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I’m sorry to ask this question here - because I’m unable to gain access to SKY news website comments.
But… Kate said that because there was no listening service available she was checking on the children every 30 minutes whilst they ate at Tapas bar.
Can someone ask them - or explain to me - if that was also what they did in the previous nights? Because they knew from day 1 that there was no listening service … yet there have been suggestions that they went out on the P*SS every night - and in some case down to Chaplins or even farther.
If the answer from Kate is that she was indeed checking every 30 minutes on previous nights… how can she explain that Madeleine’s statement in the morning of the 3rd May (kindly divulged by Antena 5) that she was crying but mummy didn’t come to her…
If Kate was not checking every 30 minutes on previous nights - why not? Why only on the 3rd of May, incidentally the day when Madeleine was allegedly abducted?
Would appreciate if this question was raised in other fora.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
‘[ ... ] The source close to the documentary makers added: “She is very emotional. She breaks down on camera at different points during the filming. It clearly shows her as a caring mother who misses her daughter very much. This is a woman grieving and is clearly more emotional than she has ever been.” [ ... ]‘
So that’s what she has been doing all these months between overseas trips - acting classes.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
1350
Matt.
Oh I missed that [new thread].
Have to read Cheniers post thorough in stead of a quick scan [the one in which she mentioned the Railroad]
BBL
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
1348
Salomon ES Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
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I’m sure that the McCanns will hope that the programmes will turn another page, but not all hopes are fulfilled.
Panorama didn’t work too well, did it?
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:17 pm
1347
yampster
I knew it! Celibacy isn’t a natural thing, don’t you agree?
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:16 pm
1346
Dr. Watson
But everybody who was around that place should’ve been suspected and investigated.
We don’t know if according to the new law the parents or mr Murat would have been named arguido’s.
And some suspects do tell the truth, even if it doesn’t flatter them! But there’s also the statements of the rest of the T9, the nannies, the manager, the waiter[s], and-so-on.
So I trust the police will do their job and find the person[s] who’s /are responsible for what happened.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
1338…Totje
Of course I need it back…I can’t write my posts without it
being perched upon my neck.
New thread…btw.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:11 pm
1345
Fair
Thanks Fair. Yes, I’m feeling much better. Penicilline finally works [I'm allergic to 99% of them, so it takes a bit longer for me to recover and for the doctor to find another kind to which I'm not allergic]
I’m glad if I cheered you up a little. Please stay?!
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Afternoon all
The ITV documentary together with tomorrow’s BBC Radio 4 evening Programme on “Missing Madeleine McCann” (at 8PM I think), mark the launching of a new campaign to discredit the police investigation and strenghten the theory that Madeleine was abducted.
Both programmes will no longer focus on the odd circumstances and unexplained details surrounding Madeleine’s disappearance (deeply damaging for the McCanns), but will focus on how they are victims of an hideous crime yet are resisting in the face of adversity by trying to save other children…
As you know collusion between the McCann’s advisers and some british media has been designed to create a favourable british public opinion towards the McCanns. This will - they hope- further undermine attempts of cooperation between portuguese authorities and some government institutions such as the home office - required for a successful investigation… but even more important to secure a conviction.
Team McCann are now turning the page in Britain… they are focusing the British public opinion agenda away from what happened in PDL on 2-3 May… and are now moving the focus on to “missing children” and their heroism facing huge adversity.
At Anorak we think this doesn’t work… but if you go around and ask the people in the street in the UK… trust me… this strategy works. Vast majority of British public perception about the McCanns is that they are not guilty of any wrong doing. If tomorrow the prosecution in portugal announces that they’ll face charges for abandonment and negligence or even worst… this will be seen in Britain as a miscarriage of justice to hide their own incompetent police.
The worst is - other than expressing our views in this forum - it looks like there’s nothing much we can do is there?
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
1343
Totje
The pope is my dad. It’s a family thing
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Totje,
with all the respect, but
we do not need “positive” evidence that tha abduction did not take place.
Because there is exactly as much evidence for an abduction, as for:
1) that the girl dissolved in the air according to some law of physics, yet unknown
2) that the Lord physically lifted the girl to the sky
3) that Mc sold her.
Claims of suspects ALWAYS must be discounted, since suspects are not known to be keen on telling the truth.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
1330 Totje
Ah the one & only Pooh bear!
You have a very good memory. Thank you, cheered me up!
I was very rude yesterday & forgot to ask how you were. Hope you are still on the mend.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
1337
Ian Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
1335
Totje
Oh! Heart broken!
+++++++++++
My post number is 1334, Jo’s is 1335. So a post is pulled! Yours [again]?
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
1333
yampster
I think it’s time for a confession! Are you the pope or father Pacheo?
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
1305
Marie Nicholas Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Chenier
Maybe the comment will have disappeared from the documentary by then, if Anorak’s fora are read by some PR people, and they realise we find the remark somewhat tortuous….
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I love it.
I’m going to steal it and pretend that I said it!
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
1329
Ian
A bully who plays the victim? Not the first time I’ve seen you behaving like that.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Ian
IMO you go too far then it is YOU that appears the bully!
I only arrived mid way thru’ however whilst / if people are defending themselves I see no reason to interfere with their arguement.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a … ge_id=1770
which was..
Kate in tears of regret at holiday firm Mark Warner ‘failing to …
Daily Mail, UK - 2 hours ago
Sources point out that the McCanns, while questioning Mark Warner’s lack of a listening service, lay the main blame with the kidnapper. Mr and Mrs McCann, …
now removed
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Madeleine’s mother: Why we didn’t use a baby listening service
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
1320
Matt.
Do you need it then? I like it very much, so what’s it worth to you to get it back?