Madeleine McCann: Bobby Hands, Cannes And A Hunger For Publicity
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
As Leslie Felperin, the excellent reviewer for Variety magazine remarked to me: the newspaper-reading public can’t be persuaded to react in the same way: they care about Madeleine McCann in a serious mood, or in a non-serious mood, they care about Sir Alan Sugar or Simon Cowell. The idea of actually caring about a violent arthouse film investigating the life of Bobby Sands is a very tall order indeed.
Fact and fiction - the story of Madeleine McCann
Posted: 27th, May 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Madeleine McCann Comments (562) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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May 28th, 2008 at 12:04 am
507 chenier Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Has he actually written it yet?
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Come to think about that, it was written in the papers, but we’ve seen plenty of examples that they’ve got it wrong. So we can’t be sure he’s written it I think.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:04 am
chenier
From the Daily Mail 29th Oct.
“Mr McCann is returning to work with the approval of the General Medical Council which regulates the medical profession.”
Same article has lots of comments. I’ll find one or two relevant ones.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:01 am
503 Fair
May 27th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
I think it’s because some post[ers] are in moderation. Better add the name and time to the post.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:00 am
522 Toje
I don’t really think it matters much who refused as it seems, to me, a set up since they knew that they all had to return for it to go ahead. Pick any….? Doesn’t matter as the goal has been achieved?
For now?
I think the PJ should call their bluff & request them to return anyway.
That would put the cat amongst the pigeons? True colours?
May 27th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
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M and A
We must have been very poorly that day….. mine holds 50, but am very impressed by 196, any pix?
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Ikea does it all. Gorm. Not really beautiful, but it’s in the cellar, so who cares?
Afraid though when unpacking the bottles from the boxes many won’t make it to the rack.
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff265/totje2004/flessenrekIkea.jpg
M and A
well they do need to stand before drinking, mine is quite smart, black wrought iron
May 27th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
522
Totje Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
[...] WHY and WHOm did refuse? That’s what I’d like to know.
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You’re not the only one…
And I’m sure it interests the PJ too [though, of course, they know] as it may give some indications as to … WHO [and maybe why, how and when?]
May 27th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
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wtf Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
462 whoops
‘they all look like bloody actors anyway imo. Not a genuine bone in any of their bodies’
gosh, i’m glad i’m not the only one who’s thought that.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
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val Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
428 sam
‘Gerry”s salary at Glenfields was £75,000 plus his private work, so he would hardly work for much less and the Research assistant would not have been a Junior for that
kind of Salary.’
i cant’ comment as i don’t know what band or qualifications the research assistant would have to have, perhaps a medical research assistant would come in a higher band than an ordinary research assistant/graduate, i don’t know.
‘ I definitely posted the application form on here because I pointed out
a clause saying the Applicant should not have been accused of any crime (not the exact words)!! If you can find Gerry”s blog or something, you might find it there.’
i haven’;t read it here, but i do take time out, do not follow it slavishly. re the crime thing that’s normal for people who may come in contact with vulnerable people.
‘I distinctly remember reading he had been working every evening and weekend and
he only knew he had won while they were on holiday.’
yes, i read that too on the mccann files which has a copy of the times article written by david smith. why would gerry advertise for his research assistant privately on his blog i don’t understand, you say i should look there ?
May 27th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Good night all, Rocinante however is staying for a hair of the Dog!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
491
Fair
I agree, there’s not much official information. And we can’t be sure if Clarrie’s telling the truth. I agree on first sight it doesn’t look wise to refuse to participate in the reconstruction. On the other hand… WHY and WHOm did refuse? That’s what I’d like to know.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Glad you managed to prise the Glenlivet from her hoof, she can be a verry stroppy mare in drink.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
There is no such thing as a100% DNA match, and the results are never described as percentages.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
513
Saul Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
The Return of the Reluctant Seven…. has a certain ring to it.
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Thank you; where Rocinante failed you succeeded.
There’s something extremely undignified about having to remove whisky from one’s keyboard…
May 27th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
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chenier
That’s funny. Yes you mentioned before [last week?] that in the UK the investigation is less secretive, and when charges are brought the prosecutor doesn’t inform the defence lawyer beforehand of the evidence but presents things at trial. I recall I asked you something about that.
In my country the police has to ask permission [of a judge] before requesting the provider to submit the records. That’s why the government is forcing them [the providers] to store a lot of information about their clients for a certain period.
In this case it’s not about presenting the cell phone records, it’s about wether the providers should give the police CD’s/DVD’s of the calls/sms/mms. AND it’s [I think] about whether if they’ve got it already it’s not obtained in an illegal way.
Portuguese law, the police/pj should have known how to obtain information in a legal way.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
515
We know!!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
513
Saul Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
The Return of the Reluctant Seven…. has a certain ring to it.
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Somehow sounds better than the Reluctant Nine or even Reluctant Ten
May 27th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Reluctant they certainly are - THEY ARE NOT GOING BACK - the Sky news report has confirmed that they have ALL refused to go back to Portugal including the Mcs.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
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Christine Says:
‘Remember Brunt saying on Sky that there was a 100% match DNA to Madeleine. That report got archived in favour of more favourable spin pro McCann.
What the hell is going on here?’
i’ve no idea but it’s very fishy imo.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
The Return of the Reluctant Seven…. has a certain ring to it.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
chenier
Also just seen your reply. I’ll try to find the quotes. Didn’t want to put in too much, that’s all.
The quote about going back to work came from a different report. Will look again now!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
“She of the silken sheets” says good night to all incl. Yampster.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Maria
My kids had the stupid new fangled system in the 80’s. The kids had to learn words every day, just looking & memorising them. No alphabet at all! How on earth were they supposed to read a book/phrase properly when they came across a word that they hadn’t learnt?
Stupid!
Now I think the schools have gone back to the tried & tested ways of centuries gone by. Thank God.
In my book if it aint bust don’t fix it!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Well, according to Amazon, Amarel has written:
The Hippocampus Book
I wonder if Smuddy knows…
May 27th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
whoops
Sorry. Missed post. Tip and Mitten…….????? Sorry. Don’t know them? Cats?
Better go now. Will be very busy next few days.
Sleep well.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
So the lot - all Tapas lot of them - have decided not to go back to Portugal . That says it all as far as I am concerned. I hope they throw the book at the lot of them for child neglect.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
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Totje Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
487
sam
yep you could be right [he wants to make a living] but he himself resigned [at least when we believe the papers]. I wonder when he wrote it and if he wrote it all by his memories of the investigation or if he had access to the files when he wrote it…….
hmmm
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Has he actually written it yet?
May 27th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
wtf
You’d probably have found any method of learning to read easy anyway!
Good night all.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
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wtf Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
455 maria
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Good! I’m sure it did help some but it had a lot of critics. I don’t think it lasted that long, did it?
Interesting to meet someone who liked it. I don’t know a lot about it, of course.
I think it was used in the 60’s????!!!!! No, you’re not old! Only joking. Not a youth, though?!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
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Maria
Thanks for explaining.
Sometimes educational experiments don’t work out as planned.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Sam & Totje
I assume (?) the numbers keep changing as we have probably been invaded again?
Do you think?