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 10:42 pm
BATMAN
So good to see you back, thought you had abandoned us.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Jo,
One incident that I don’t think was mentioned was the recent raid on the McCann family pub in Ireland…or am I confused about that?
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
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SteveT Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
464
Châtelaine
Clarrie? Do you think he left his kids on their own? He could be sued by the PJ and done for neglect.
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May 3rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
tis very odd indeed.
clarrie is paid by a rich sponser…who ?
and why was he in pdl may 3rd ?
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
so Clarrie doesn’t deny that Brian Kennedy went to visit Murat! (BBC news)
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
steve t
no wonder the PJ are having such a hard time getting to the bottom of this lot.
the mind boggles !
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Dont forget!
“Pray like mad” says K
You too, mate,you too
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop … eine’.html
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
464
Châtelaine
Clarrie? Do you think he left his kids on their own? He could be sued by the PJ and done for neglect.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 pm
465
anyone for tennis Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Do i take it this is a bit of a closed shop? Are newcommers not welcome?
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Hello
And what would you like tot tell us?
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
456
sam Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
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jass Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Jo,
Have you seen something about a number of burglaries linked to the case?
that’s odd isn’t it.
******
What isnt in this case? there have been 4 “incidents” so far…
I suspect some external people are involved.Better NOt speculate
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
451
jo Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
447
anyone for tennis
I prefer jogging
Hi jo its nice that someone is polite enough to say hello. Do i take it this is a bit of a closed shop? Are newcommers not welcome?
Mods and Admin
Your posts weren’t visible
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
T10?
Always was a candidate …
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
WTF
I believe Clarrie did not want us to know that, or many, many other things.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 pm
“Kate and Gerry were married at the church in December 1998 and it is where Kate’s mum prayed before Madeleine, an IVF baby, was born.”
I KNEW miracles happen
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Jo,
Yes, still awake!
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:34 pm
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wtf Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
hi all, has clarrie ever said before that he was in pdl on the 3rd?
it’s new to me.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:34 pm
422
bounty hunter
I cant believe it! I didnt think he would get his hands dirty. He must be heavily involved IMO and not just bankrolling the McCanns.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
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bounty hunter Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
JASS
Metodo3 been busy ?
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First thing that comes to mind, doesn’t it?
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
hi all, has clarrie ever said before that he was in pdl on the 3rd?
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
JASS
Metodo3 been busy ?
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
454
jass Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Jo,
Have you seen something about a number of burglaries linked to the case?
that’s odd isn’t it.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Jo,
Have you seen something about a number of burglaries linked to the case?
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
451
pat
Very nice song
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
CHATELAINE
no i canot get youtube for some reason ? Taking PC in when i go in, look for Apple and get this one updated. i am too stupid.
How much further will the PJ let these people go before they snaffle them. As far as i am concerned they are making a mockery of their daughter and her memory. i think the artist with the doll was making a statement.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Where is Stevo?
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_lMNufI3hA&feature=related
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
447
anyone for tennis
I prefer jogging
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Jaquie Smith been interviewed re. election results, excuses, excuses, another case of the bell tolling ? sky poll 80% want GB out.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Evening everyone
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
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bounty hunter Says:
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
anything else going on.
asking people to give information to them ?
Saw some snippets of them on RTP1 this am, being interviewed by Sandra Fuelgeras ?
Sickening.
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Most sickening the video of BBC interview AFTER the interview was over. Have you seen that? Going from grieving parents to laughing, joking parents …
Haven’t seen Clarrie this evening on BBC. Cannot see BBC video [as I'm not in U.K.] until it gets to Youtube.