Madeleine McCann: Let Us Pray, Light The Way, It’s A Year Today
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE SUN (front page): “MADDIE: 1 YEAR ON”
A year of headlines, sensation and speculation. A year of Watching The Parents.
DAILY MIRROR (front page): “LIGHT A CANDLE FOPR OUR MADDIE”
And leave a chair empty at the dinner table, too? And when should the candle be lit?
“9:15 tonight… A YEAR ON”
Did you light a candle a year after 7/11, the end of the Falklands War, the Hillsborough disaster?
Did the Mirror forget to tell you to?
It is “A DAY TO PRAY”.
FIONA PHILLIPS: “A year ago today Madeleine McCann’s mummy and daddy, Kate and Gerry, became victims of the most colossal crime.”
Mummy and daddy… Are Mirror readers being asked to empathise with Madeleine? The fact is, it could. It could happen to any of us.
Grip hands tighter. Avoid Portugal. Spread the anxiety. The rare crime of a chid abduction, as Phillips supposes, might find a victim in your child.
I fill my car up with petrol and sometimes leave the children in the back when I go and pay for it. It could happen to me.
I’ve seen mums chatting to friends in supermarkets and on busy pavements while their children wander off. It could happen to them.
It happened to the McCanns in a child-friendly, family holiday village. It could happen to you.
YORKSHIRE POST: “The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has written a special prayer to mark the first anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance.”
Church of England PR?
Father God, we pray for Madeleine McCann Keep her safe and take away her fear and anxiety May your holy angels guard and protect her We pray that she may be reunited with those who love her Give hope to all her loved ones And hear our cry for her safe return We offer our prayer in the name of the Good Shepherd Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord. Amen.
DAILY TELEGRPAH: “McCann haters - the lowest of the low”
SIMON HEFFER:
Just when one thinks one’s capacity for shock is exhausted, one reads some of the charming, expletive-rich comments sent to Kate and Gerry McCann in the last year since their daughter Madeleine evaporated in Portugal. I know some nutters are convinced they killed her, which I am equally convinced is balderdash: but what shocks me is that even those who accept that someone else abducted her cannot resist delving into the still-open wound the McCanns have, and attacking them for their supposed negligence on that evening last May.
I try to envisage the sense of smug satisfaction these people have when the letter is posted or the send button pressed on the email: but, despite a long study of human degeneracy, I simply can’t.
THE SCOTSMAN: “In the shadow of the bogeyman”
There is no such comfort for my children’s generation. They know the worst can happen because it did. The bogeyman came and took Madeleine from her bed. And for weeks on end they could not turn their heads nor take a breath without being reminded that he had. The press picked up our fear and shone it back at us.
THE GUARDIAN: “Services to mark year since Madeleine vanished”
His wife added: “It’s funny in some ways, because you kind of think it’s just another day, really, almost like a media landmark than anything else. But I think we’ve maybe underestimated it, and it’s probably more significant than we felt. I don’t think we’ll know until the morning really what feels right.”
NEWSWEEK: “TABLOID FODDER - One year after Madeleine McCann disappeared in Portugal, lurid reporting continues to cash in on her disappearance.
She’s so famous that she only needs one name: Maddie.
Or Maddy?
Her image—those trusting eyes, that innocent grin, the shiny blond hair—haunts Britons, who may think that by now, they’ve heard everything about Madeleine McCann, the young British girl who vanished from a holiday resort in Portugal’s Algarve one year ago Saturday. Her disappearance is probably the most intensely followed mystery in modern British history. Tabloid sales skyrocket with coverage of even the most minor details, which could be why Kelvin MacKenzie, the former editor of The Sun, has called it “the most significant story of my lifetime.”
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May 3rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Hi there
May be you read this already?
“PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal — Portuguese police are still gathering evidence in their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and have not yet decided whether to bring charges or drop the case, Portugal’s most senior detective said Saturday.”
I doubt very much they are going to “drop the case” if they are saying “or bring charges”.I believe the PJ is now going to bring charges YES
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354047,00.html
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
interesting thing on the freekatemccann blog actually.
no wonder it’s disappeared.
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Kate and Gerry McCann got a massive boost last night as Portuguese police finally acted on their unwavering conviction that Madeleine was kidnapped.
Six months into the case, *****officers staged a reconstruction of the night the four-year-old was taken from her holiday flat.********
A close friend of the couple said: “At last, after all these months, Kate and Gerry’s story is being believed.
*******They are very encouraged by the re-enactment of Madeleine’s abduction******
and that police now accept their version of events - because that is what happened.
“They have always insisted that she was taken from the flat and want the police to concentrate on finding her. This is a positive step towards that.”
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so they are in favour of reconstructions, but only ones that reconstruct their version of events.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
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firestar Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
‘freekatemccann and freegerrymccann.com were registered ages ago by the same people that registered the findmadeleine site.
both have been running for months.’
i read the first url as freek ate mccann . :eyesroll:
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
262b chenier
“I get the impression that journos are beginning to worry that they have been taken for absolute suckers.
I could be wrong, of course…”
I think you are.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:21 pm
and the blog is here
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:ZG9WkI_8TC0J:www.freekatemccann.com/blog/
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:20 pm
the old site is still in google’s cache.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:EevS5YucLv8J:www.freekatemccann.com/+freekatemccann.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
258
Christine Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
255 Chenier
Do you think that’s the reason they were filmed in the car park (to catch them out if they slipped up when they thought no one was watching?). That’s what I thought at the time.
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I get the impression that journos are beginning to worry that they have been taken for absolute suckers.
I could be wrong, of course…
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
im, off its too quiet.
see you later.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm
251
if you stay on anorak long enough you’ll see a lot of whoosh clunking going on.
its a noise kate makes in interviews when small children disappear, but it’s been happening to a lot of news reports the mccans wouldn’t like as well.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
257 firestar
Probably due to lack of interest.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
255 Chenier
Do you think that’s the reason they were filmed in the car park (to catch them out if they slipped up when they thought no one was watching?). That’s what I thought at the time.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
freekatemccann and freegerrymccann.com were registered ages ago by the same people that registered the findmadeleine site.
both have been running for months.
they had a blog, and were supposedly to ‘free them from their arguido status’
but they’ve both disappeared.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
247 firestar
“look at 2min 40s on in this video where they didnt know the cameras were on.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MVUnMtW9ciI”
Good God ! Thanks for that link, but really ! Moving from tearful, halting speech, serious addressing of issues, to grinning and smiling and laughter. Had they just been invited to the Hospitality Suite ?
They amaze me.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
252
Christine Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Why does this woman constantly have her hands over his wot nots?
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There are a number of possible answers to that question, and I really don’t want to think about any of them.
The nasty question is why they pretend to be anguished for the tv cameras and then start laughing as soon as they think the cameras have been switched off…
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
249
none too soon
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:04 pm
247 firestar
they can sure turn it off and on
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSaLDWgP6hI
Why does this woman constantly have her hands over his wot nots?
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
249 Firestar
I’ve never heard of those sites. What’s that about? And whoosh clunked them?
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
249
firestar Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
i’ve noticed the freekate and freegerry sites have been whoosh clunked.
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I didn’t know they existed in the first place…
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
i’ve noticed the freekate and freegerry sites have been whoosh clunked.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
246
Christine Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
“Gerry McCann’s brother, John, who is in Praia da Luz, said the parents would probably not make a public appearance during the day.”
Could they haul hmin for questionning about the fund I wonder?
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I don’t see why they would wish to.
At the end of the day, the people who would investigate the Fund, should there be anything to investigate, would be highly skilled professionals who are, amongst other things, very good at tracking money.
Number-crunchers don’t need words…
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
look at 2min 40s on in this video where they didnt know the cameras were on.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MVUnMtW9ciI
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
“Gerry McCann’s brother, John, who is in Praia da Luz, said the parents would probably not make a public appearance during the day.”
Could they haul hmin for questionning about the fund I wonder?
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:18 pm
243 Firestar
GMc also said “they had a date”.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2proQlWBaTqVN8-Ckrw9YTMh89Q
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Gerry McCann said in an interview with Portuguese newspaper Publico, released Saturday, that they were ready to return for a reenactment.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
afp seem to be saying they’re going back to portugal.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:01 pm
240
Themissingcarmen Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:47 pm
That nice little man from Sky’s got the hump - will he do?
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Why has he got the hump?
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:47 pm
That nice little man from Sky’s got the hump - will he do?
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
M and A
Give you 3 guesses where she is.
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I don’t need 3; the church thing is a bit of a giveaway…
I wonder if she’ll keep her eyes open for a getaway camel…