Madeleine McCann: Tabloid Columnists On Harry Potter, Frtizl And Bile
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to the columnists’ views on Madeleine McCann and family:
JANE MOORE (Sun): “Silence is not an option for the McCanns”
“Just suppose little Madeleine is trapped in a cellar somewhere, hidden from view while her warped captor conducts a seemingly normal life upstairs.”
Like Elisabeth Frtizl? It’s Tabloid Bingo. Eye down…
LORRAINE KELLY (Sun): “They deserve sympathy, not condemnation”
Since my daughter Rosie was a baby, she has always come everywhere with us when we go on holiday, especially to child-friendly countries such as Portugal, Spain and Greece. We wouldn’t have dreamed about leaving her behind to go for a meal because we go away to spend as much time as possible together as a family.
JON GAUNT (Sun): “I have little support for them”
Do you remember when you put your first baby to bed with a listening monitor and sat downstairs watching the box almost with subtitles on so you could hear every heartbeat?
If you heard an unexpected cough or belch you would sprint up the stairs faster than druggy Dwain Chambers on steroids to check on your little angel. That’s called parenting, isn’t it?
I wonder if the McCanns were as casual with their passports and valuables when they went out at night because as far as I am concerned there is nothing more precious than your child and they appear to have had scant regard for their safety.
ALLISON PEARSON (Mail): “The McCann campaign must NOT go on for ever”
Since May 3 last year, how many parents have mentally run the “Maddie safety test|” before daring to turn away from their children even for a moment? That may be her lasting legacy and our greatest burden.
Still, my small boy is not satisfied. “Maddie” is the big story of his childhood, bigger even than Harry Potter and infinitely more disturbing.
Harry Potter is Madeleine McCann? It’s all just stories. Any others?
There is a fascination in a momentary mistake that can never be undone, no matter how much a mother persecutes herself. In Greek tragedy, Antigone, the daughter of King Oedipus, cannot rest until she has recovered the body of her brother after his death in battle and given it a proper burial. One suffering leads to another. And there is some of that obsession, and that remorselessness, in the case of the McCanns.
But:
Do the two doctors really deserve two whole hours of prime-time when so many other people’s kids are lost and thousands are dying in Zimbabwe? Even those, like me, who have never doubted Gerry and Kate’s innocence must feel a flinch of unease.
Madeleine McCann: A year of easy copy
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Don’t blame it on the sunshine
Don’t blame it on the child care
Don’t blame it on the good times
Blame it on the buggy
April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Is it true that Mark Warner are launching a child friendly resort in Austria?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 am
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Karen Says:
“But Madeleine was left in an unlocked apartment for an hour (no one actually saw her between 9 and 10) at night.”
If you believe the father, if you not believe the last check
When was M. saw alive (at last) by an outstanding person- not Tapas pals ?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 am
82 Steve T
The Programme tonight is a whitewash I”ll bet, and why so much of it published by the
Press beforehand.
Morning by the way………..psst, dont know how it happened but the size of print on my
computer is HUGE, I can just about see one post at a time. How do I get it back to normal?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:01 am
So kate has a dream that maddie may be coming Back?????????????mmmm…
April 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
63 Firestar
As far as I understand, Murat was made an arguido at least three months before the
McCanns, so surely he would be up for review before the McCanns.
I honestly think it is sinister now that the McCanns can take the moral high ground
and everyNewspaper and now T.V. is taking their side, not one accusing comment.
What forces are at work I wonder, CM is certainly worth his Salary for all the insults
hurled at him here.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:56 am
To lay into Allison Pearson again (because she’s an idiot) - she says she does the Maddie Safety Check before she dares turn her back for a moment…
But Madeleine was left in an unlocked apartment for an hour (no one actually saw her between 9 and 10) at night.
It was Jamie Bulger who was taken in a moment… so she’s lying to make her column more relavant…
How come Lynda Lee Potter (who was like an attack dog) got replaced by a simpering drip?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:55 am
83 - Larry the Lamb with a stutter?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:54 am
82
SteveT Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 9:50 am
And me, I dont understand all the attention they recieve,or how they have the Balls to do what they do,everyone knows they put themselves first and formost,
Its like tying a dog to a lamp post and walking away for a couple of hours,only to come back and find the dog gone,and then blame everyone in the street for not looking out for said dog……you just dont do it do you?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:51 am
83
brandon flours
Black sheep.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:50 am
BBBBBaaaaa BBBBBaaaaaaa!!!
April 30th, 2008 at 9:50 am
80
delboy
I think they are now in real danger of overdoing the propaganda. People are sick of them latching onto every news story and trying to use it.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:45 am
60 Garth
On sky News yesterday Murat”s Lawyer says his arguido status is due for review on
14th May, if his status is lifted and the McCann”s is not, can you honestly think any more evidence will be forthcoming between May and August when firestar says it is to
be reviewed.?
IMO opinion the McCanns have declared war on the PJ and are forcing them to make a decision.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Its a propaganda film……………
Trying to gain public sympathy,
It was their own doing they left their child alone,yet they are gaining “star” status for it,
What a sick world we live in,Bet they dont leave their car unlocked at night……..
April 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am
L’annonce de la publication du livre “La vérité du mensonge”, signé par l’inspecteur de la Police Judiciaire (PJ) Gonçalo Amaral, ancien responsable de l’enquête à la disparition de Madeleine, inquiète Kate et Gerry McCann qui ont demandé à leurs avocats de faire interdire toute publication.
Indépendamment de l’idiome de publication, le couple McCann, selon un proche, est prêt à entamer des poursuites en justice contre l’inspecteur si son livre révèle certains détails des événements qui ont entouré la disparition de Maddie.
Au Portugal, les avocats du couple se sont déjà penchés sur la question de savoir si l’inspecteur aurait, ou non, le droit de publier un livre qui révèle les détails d’une enquête qu’il à lui-même dirigé et sur laquelle il doit garder une certaine réserve malgré son annonce de quitter les cadres de la PJ.
Des contacts informels ont été faits auprès de la direction nationale de la Police Judiciaire afin de connaître les éventuels limitations à que Gonçalo Amaral serait obligé.
Gonçalo Amaral, coordinateur du Département d’Investigation Criminelle (DIC) de la Police Judiciaire (PJ) à Portimão au moment de la disparition de Maddie, à été responsable des investigations qui ont amené à que Kate et Gerry McCann soient constitués arguidos, suspects d’avoir simulé l’enlèvement de leur fille et la dissimulation de son corps.
Ecarté de l’enquête en octobre 2007 par le directeur national de la PJ, officiellement en conséquence d’un article du Diário de Noticias, signé par José Manuel Oliveira, lui attribuant des déclarations critiquant le travail de la police britannique, l’inspecteur Gonçalo Amaral continue à bénéficier de la confiance inconditionnel de ses collègues mais également de l’Association Syndical des Fonctionnaires d’Investigation Criminelle (ASFIC).
L’arrivée de l’inspecteur Paulo Rebelo à permis une révision du dossier mais la ligne d’enquête n’a jamais changé car toutes les pistes et indices suivies par Gonçalo Amaral ont maintenu sa valeur.
Après son départ de la Police Judiciaire, Gonçalo Amaral compte entamer des poursuites en justice contre plusieurs médias britanniques que, à default de trouver une faille à son parcours professionnel, avaient choisie de traiter l’inspecteur d’ivrogne, gros, etc.
3 livres : Maddie, l’enquête et la machine McCann
Si le livre “La vérité du mensonge” – encore sans date de publication déterminée– n’apporte pas l’opinion personnelle de Gonçalo Amaral à propos de la disparition de Madeleine, il permet toutefois aux lecteurs de comprendre le travail de la police portugaise et britannique qui à conduit les McCann à être constitués comme arguidos.
Selon l’avocat António Paulo Santos qui représente l’inspecteur, dans “La vérité du mensonge”, Gonçalo Amaral ne donne pas son opinion personnelle à propos de la disparition de Madeleine.
“Le livre sera le récit de quelqu’un qui à vécu l’investigation de l’intérieur, mais aussi de tous les faits qui l’entourent. Il interprète les faits et les indices”, affirme l’avocat, soulignant que le sujet du livre, prévu en portugais et anglais, n’est pas Maddie mais plutôt l’enquête à sa disparition.
En anglais, c’est au tour de Kate et Gerry McCann d’annoncer qu’ils négocient la publication d’un livre qui raconte leur expérience après la disparition de leur fille. Selon plusieurs sources, une avance de plus d’un million et deux cents mil euros à été proposé au couple pour leur récit.
Selon leur responsable en communication, le livre signé par les McCann raconte leur version de l’histoire. “L’unique livre officiel”, souligne Clarence Mitchell.
Aucune date n’est encore avancée pour la sortie du livre mais, selon les estimations de plusieurs experts de l’édition, il risque de devenir, au Royaume-Uni, un succès financier sans précédentes.
La machine McCann racontée en français
Un troisième livre, cette fois-ci en français, viendra apporter une vision différente de l’affaire McCann. Cosigné par plusieurs journalistes et édité au départ de la Belgique, le livre raconte comment et pourquoi la machine médiatique à été mise en place avant même le début de l’enquête à la disparition de Madeleine McCann.
Prévu pour le mois de juin, il démontre comment la diplomatie britannique à influencé le déroulement des investigations, notamment par la mise à disposition des McCann des moyens de l’état, mais il explique également quel à été le rôle de chaque intervenant.
Divers documents confidentiels et transcriptions d’enregistrements d’appels téléphoniques vont illustrer le récit.
Google Translation
The announcement of the publication of the book “The truth lies”, signed by the inspector of the Judicial Police (PJ) Gonçalo Amaral, former head of the investigation in the disappearance of Madeleine, worried Kate and Gerry McCann who asked their lawyers to prohibit any publication.
Regardless of the idiom of publication, the couple McCann, according to a close, is ready to initiate prosecution against the inspector if his book reveals some details of events surrounding the disappearance of Maddie.
In Portugal, the couple’s lawyers have already addressed the question whether the inspector would have or not, the right to publish a book revealing details of an investigation he himself directed and which it must keep a certain reserve despite his announcement to leave the framework of the PJ.
Informal contacts were made with the National Directorate of the Judicial Police to find out the possible limitations that would have Gonçalo Amaral.
Gonçalo Amaral, coordinator of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Judicial Police (PJ) in Portimão at the time of the disappearance of Maddie, was responsible for investigations that led to that Kate and Gerry McCann are formed arguidos, suspects d Having simulated the abduction of their daughter and concealment of his body.
Ecarté the investigation in October 2007 by the National Director of the PJ, officially a consequence of an article in the Diario de Noticias, signed by José Manuel Oliveira, giving statements criticizing the work of the British police, the inspector Gonçalo Amaral continued to benefit from the unconditional trust of his colleagues but also the Civil Servants’ Trade Union Association of Criminal Investigation (ASFIC).
The arrival of the inspector Paulo Rebelo led to a revision of the dossier but the line of investigation has never changed because all tracks and indices followed by Gonçalo Amaral maintained its value.
After his departure from the Judicial Police, Gonçalo Amaral account initiate prosecution against several British media that a default to find a loophole in his career, had chosen to treat the inspector drunk, wholesale, and so on.
3 books: Maddie, the investigation and machine McCann
If the book “The truth of lies” - even without publication date-determined does not agree personal Gonçalo Amaral about the disappearance of Madeleine, however, it allows readers to understand the work of the Portuguese police and British who led McCann to be formed as arguidos.
According to António Paulo Santos lawyer who represents the inspector, in “The truth lies”, Gonçalo Amaral did not give his personal opinion about the disappearance of Madeleine.
“The book is the story of someone who lived in the investigation of the Interior, but also all the facts that surround it. It interprets the facts and evidence,” said the lawyer, stressing that the subject book, scheduled in Portuguese and English, is not Maddie but rather the investigation into his disappearance.
In English, it is the turn of Kate and Gerry McCann to announce they are negotiating the publication of a book that tells their experience after the disappearance of their daughter. According to several sources, an advance of more than one million and two hundred thousand euros was proposed to the couple for their story.
According to their responsible communication, the book signed by the McCann tells their version of history. “The only official book,” says Clarence Mitchell.
No date has yet been given for the release of the book, but according to estimates by experts from several publishing, it might become, the United Kingdom, a financial success without previous.
The machine McCann told a french
A third book, this time in french, will provide a different vision of the case McCann. Cosigné by several journalists and edited from Belgium, the book tells how and why the media machine has been put in place even before the start of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
Scheduled for June, it demonstrates how British diplomacy to influence the conduct of investigations, including through the provision of McCann means of the state, but it also explains what was the role of each stakeholder.
Other confidential documents and transcripts of recordings of telephone calls will illustrate the story.
Source
http://sosmaddie.dhblogs.be/
April 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Ferdinand
No. I don’t.
M3 weren’t hired until months after Madeleine was missing anyway.
I think if I was that convinced she was in Morocco or Belgium I’d go look in the actual places where she was seen.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:43 am
74
Karen Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I noticed Alison Pearson said that sending hate mail to the McCanns is not much better than kidnapping Madeleine.
I wonder if any kidnapped children would agree???
Even the press seems to think it’s the pain of Kate and Gerry that counts - not a child being missing and probably dead - so her kidnap and the hate mail are the same…
That’s quite horrible.
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It does suggest a somewhat strange sense of proportion.
Which, oddly enough, is one of the themes tackled in Antigone…
April 30th, 2008 at 9:42 am
71
is there any time at all that they actually looked for her, apart from maybe an hour or so on the first night?
they whine enough about no one else looking.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:41 am
68 SteveT Says:
firestar
“m&A
can you look at why every time i post a link i end up in the bin?”
The same happens to me.
And me.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I noticed Alison Pearson said that sending hate mail to the McCanns is not much better than kidnapping Madeleine.
I wonder if any kidnapped children would agree???
Even the press seems to think it’s the pain of Kate and Gerry that counts - not a child being missing and probably dead - so her kidnap and the hate mail are the same…
That’s quite horrible.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:40 am
On Sky News there are short clips from the ITV-docu tonight.
One clip shows them with the twins. In the background there is a shelf with “the last foto” of Madeleine at the pool. Without G’s ellbow.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:40 am
67
yes, or charges.
i think it’s looking that way now.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:40 am
64 Karen Says:
” K & G never went to where there was a sighting and only ever did personal appearances in the places they did visit - so either they didn’t believe the sightings but used them for publicity anyway - or they don’t want to search (for whatever reason). ”
Don’t you think that sending the M3 detectives is more reasonable? Do you kow how many sightings have been investigated? There must be far more than have been reported in the press.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Question……
Why are “suspects” allowed to do a tv documentary,
Why are “suspects” allowed to be treated like celebrities,
Surely all the wrong signals are being sent out,Karen mathews was just one who thaught she could make money out of a abduction, obviously immitating mccanns,there will be more after this,many more…..scams a plenty
Also it was reported that mccs requested to be made arguido,Why then will they not go back to portugal,what are they afraid of?…
April 30th, 2008 at 9:39 am
these reports have nothing to do with M.
its all about why is everyone being awful to k&G and how innocent they are.
i, for one, will be watching the apprentice tonight.
it’s a waste of 2 hrs listening to their adverts.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:39 am
66
firestar
“m&A
can you look at why every time i post a link i end up in the bin?”
The same happens to me.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:38 am
63
firestar
Unless charges are made before.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:37 am
m&A
can you look at why every time i post a link i end up in the bin?
been 2 days now.
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M and A
Possibly long links, and I’ll drop you a line for other reason
April 30th, 2008 at 9:34 am
There was a programme about missing persons on T.V. and they said it was only natural that loved ones travel to the area where a missing person is sighted to search for themselves.
K & G never went to where there was a sighting and only ever did personal appearances in the places they did visit - so either they didn’t believe the sightings but used them for publicity anyway - or they don’t want to search (for whatever reason).
April 30th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Yes, one parent kept a daughter and children in a cellar and his wife was unaware of what was going on. Maybe this could be the case with Maddy. Which one, or whom, would be a better question, knew what went on. Hello magazine has been sued in the past. A strange coincidence which has been noted in the press, is that people who have often been in the magazine meet with untimely fate.