Madeleine McCann: Holidays, Médecins Sans Frontières And Media Wars
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MAIL (front page): “McCanns first holiday since Maddie vanished”
This is the first time the story has featured on a tabloid front page since May 11.
The parents of Madeleine McCann are to take their first holiday since her disappearance 13 months ago. Gerry and Kate McCann, both 40, refused to say where they were going. But they confirmed it would not be Portugal.
Any more facts in this story, now 14-months old?
The McCanns are “both doctors”. Indeed.
Says McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell: ‘It will be incredibly painful to contemplate going away without Madeleine, but this is the reality they are faced with. Nothing has been booked yet. But one thing’s certain - they won’t be going to Portugal.”
Although it might be ruse, and tabloid editors looking to detail staff to cover the McCanns’ trip should not discount any resort just yet.
DAILY TELEGRAPH (Aus): “Parents of missing Madeleine McCann to go on first holiday.”
Mr Mitchell said: “Kate and Gerry have always felt that they did not want to have a holiday under the circumstances, but clearly at some point, as much for the twins as for themselves, they may choose to have a break.”
And – with no hint of irony: “That decision, however, will remain entirely private.”
THE GUARDIAN: “Facebook information should be regulated, survey says”
Currently each of the major social networking sites operates under its own set of terms and conditions. However, 89% of those surveyed by the Press Complaints Commission said there should be a set of widely accepted rules to help prevent personal information - such as private photographs - being abused.
And who would police social networks. Any guesses? Any how can it all be linked to Madeleine McCann. Read on…
Suggestions that the PCC would be the best body to oversee a social networking code of conduct are likely to cause controversy, particularly since it has been accused of caving in to the interests of the newspaper industry. It recently came in for criticism for retaining Daily Express editor Peter Hill as a board member, despite his newspaper being forced to pay £560,000 to the family of Madeleine McCann over a series of false allegations. Hill finally left the commission in May.
So reports the unpartisan Guardian, er, newspaper…
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June 12th, 2008 at 3:24 am
Well good evening. I haven’t been around in months, really … I see there is not any new news in the Madeleine case. What is keeping you guys still interested?
So there’s still the same old theories and still no facts?
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June 6th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
McCann report coming up soon on BBC newsnight - it was mentioned at the start so could be anytime in the next half hour - they didnt say exactly what the news was -just a McCann mention at the start of the programme
June 6th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
503 braham Zapruder 503:
“Or maybe there could be someone else who scares both of them to death or has some other kind of sway over them.”
Maybe indeed……………
June 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
456 Abraham Zapruder Says:
” But going off on that tangent, do you think then Ferdinand that the PJ are only still investigating the case because the campaign has kept it in the public eye? ”
Difficult question. We don’t know if and what they are still investigating. But we were lead to believe that the British sniffer dogs were important. Would foreign dogs have been brought in in an “ordinary” case? Probably not. And why was it not an “ordinary” case? Because of the campaign, or because of governmental interference? And if governmental interference, was it induced by the campaign? I cannot sort out cause and effect.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
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Lone Pigeon Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 10:29 am
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Leeza Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 9:46 am
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Clive Says:
June 5th, 2008 at 10:22 am
I normally just read and not comment on these threads but the amount of non-related crap is getting beyond it.
Hope you all have a nice day
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Totally agree Clive. The inane chat is a dead bore and there is so much of it that it detracts from the informative posts.
If you don’t like it don’t read it.
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There is nothing in the chit-chat to “read” but the scrolling past becomes so tedious that it is difficult to focus on the informative posts. This is not a chat room and that style of posting has all but choked the discussion IMO. As for its being “interacting and being friends” ……………………fecking sad.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
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brandon flours Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
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That is old news!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
NEW THREAD or lets have a laugh
June 6th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Chenier …. Well said. Also …. doctors are forensically trained from day one.
June 6th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Jo, nothing yet - I’ll watch for it.
Just got to go feed some hungry mouths here - I think they’re hinting when they stand next to me with stomachs going GRRGRRGRR
June 6th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
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Abraham Zapruder Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Coco, how could Astra-Zeneca acheive all that without a front man?
Brandon, I’m not sure I agree.
Chenier, I imagine very few doctors have been jailed for manslaughter.
If drugs/failed rescussitation are the answer then I do wonder why the PJ haven’t arrested anyone.
An interesting afternoon’s sleuthing, everyone, but I have to go now.
I’m not an agent for Astra-Zeneca, by the way, even though we share the same initials.
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Actually, the article I referred you to, and my own post, noted that very few doctors here are jailed for manslaughter; the numbers investigated for manslaughter is a great deal higher.
Which makes them a great deal more familiar with the criminal investigative procedure than you have suggested…
June 6th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
AZ ….. You must have read my mind about your initials! lol
A guy who does damage limitations was at the resort within hours - to reassure us! Now why would he have been so quick to get there when M could have turned up the day after????????????????????????
June 6th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
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Julie
You are soooo naughty you are
I am going to send you an email right now from my new flamboyant account
Please,tell me if you”ve got it
June 6th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Chenier ….. You are so right!!!
This is why the NHS is about to be absolutely fucked! Since no-win no-fee and conditional fee agreements have been brought into the realms of the unwashed, there has been an utter fear by doctors and nurses. Because now we don’t have to pay £200 per solicitor’s letter anymore.
Not to mention the Patients Charter!
The only reason why doctors aren’t being sued every day is because of the 3-7 year time scale it takes to get the fuckers to Court.
Only for the butchering bastards to be told that they should settle out of Court by the day of the trial.
Oh dear! It’s not the job it was. However anybody with a few years in will already have heard enough stories to learn that when the sh*t hits the fan they have to pull rank because one day they might be in the frame!
June 6th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Coco, how could Astra-Zeneca acheive all that without a front man?
Brandon, I’m not sure I agree.
Chenier, I imagine very few doctors have been jailed for manslaughter.
If drugs/failed rescussitation are the answer then I do wonder why the PJ haven’t arrested anyone.
An interesting afternoon’s sleuthing, everyone, but I have to go now.
I’m not an agent for Astra-Zeneca, by the way, even though we share the same initials.
June 6th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
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brandon flours Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Sorry for a moment I thought the barmaid was going to dish some gossip!
Some barmaid !!!!!
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June 6th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Surely you are a realist also?
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According to the BBC Human Body & Mind quiz, I am a “Provider” - very interesting quiz actually!
June 6th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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coco Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Chenier ….. That’s a miniscule amount of doctors when we know how many enormous and minor bollocks a doctor can drop within just one year of his career.
If only drug companies and machinery and contract cleaning and jobs for the boys weren’t so intrinsic to the economy and our health! lol
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On the other hand, plot that information on a graph and the trend would be for every doctor here to be investigated for manslaughter by 2020.
I think you will find that most medics either know, or know of, a medic investigated for manslaughter.
Just making the point that medics do not lead the happy criminal-law-free lives envisaged by AZ…
June 6th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
night lonex
June 6th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
nite all.x
June 6th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Sorry for a moment I thought the barmaid was going to dish some gossip!
Some barmaid !!!!!
June 6th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Julie ….. Snap, crackle and pop! lol
I reckon that a CLIVE type is routinely sent to an internet cafe to monitor The Commentariat and try to pacify the crowd with a ‘Don’t cast the first stone …. Presumed innocent ’til found guilty’ line every now and then so that K and G can allude to the ‘thousands of messages of support’ theory that they are wont to use here and there.
Like we believe them! Thousands of supporters - my arse!
June 6th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,506356,00.html
Rothley, in County Leicestershire, is the perfect place for the god-fearing McCanns. Its roughly 3,000, mostly affluent residents have settled here to gain a little distance from the stresses of modern life. It is an idyllic country town, with its war memorial, carefully trimmed, green hedges, golf course and cricket club.
Julie Martin stands at the bar in a local pub, the Old Crown, and orders a glass of rosé. She is one of the local residents who placed flowers and letters in front of the war memorial as an expression of sympathy for little Madeleine McCann, who disappeared from her family’s vacation apartment in the Portuguese seaside resort of Praia da Luz on May 3. Despite an unprecedented search effort and an outpouring of sympathy from across the world, the girl still remains missing today.
“I’m still hoping for a happy end,” says Martin. But she is also beginning to lose hope, now that the McCanns have returned to Rothley and the Portuguese police are apparently trying to prove that not only is the little girl dead, but that her parents — possibly with the help of accomplices — are responsible for disposing of the body.
Portuguese investigators have summarized their conclusions in a report several thousand pages long, which has now been submitted to Public Prosecutor José Cunha de Magalhães e Meneses and Judge Pedro dos Anjos Frias, who have until the end of this week to wade through the massive document. They will present their assessment of the case to another public prosecutor, Luís Bilro Verão, in Évora, about 170 kilometers (106 miles) away. Verão will then decide whether there is enough evidence to file charges against the McCanns or whether the police will have to begin a new investigation.
Until then, new rumors will continue to surface, rumors the police have apparently been leaking to the tabloids: traces of blood supposedly found on the windowsill and floor in the apartment where the McCanns stayed at the Ocean Club Resort; blood and large amounts of Maddie’s blonde hair that supposedly showed up in the gray Renault Scenic that the McCanns only rented 25 days after their daughter’s disappearance, when they decided to move from the resort to a villa on the outskirts of Praia da Luz.
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This is quite interesting
June 6th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Julie 515. Writing books and features is my profession so I’m actually a down to earth realist and information gatherer from many many sources and contacts.
Not that it is relevant of course but I do like to keep abreast of everything…..
Surely you are a realist also?
June 6th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Chenier ….. That’s a miniscule amount of doctors when we know how many enormous and minor bollocks a doctor can drop within just one year of his career.
If only drug companies and machinery and contract cleaning and jobs for the boys weren’t so intrinsic to the economy and our health! lol
June 6th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
BF - Mars?
June 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
SNAP Coco (he hates that too - doesn’t contribute to the discussion
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June 6th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
They only had been in Rothley a few months
Where were they before?
In UK I mean?
June 6th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
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Lone Pigeon Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
awwwww don’t wind him up
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But he is a bit like a little toy soldier, you gotta wind them up to get them going
June 6th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Clive needs winding up to get him not to bother making a contribution ever again.
Without us, The Commentariat, this case would have been dealt with behind closed doors …. make no mistake about that.
Why are we not having interviews with neighbours and colleagues over the past year?
Fucking hell! We saw every one of Shannon’s neighbours, family, extended family, shop-keepers etc. Fuck all about the Clan members - ever!
June 6th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Julie
Chilling thought!
June 6th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
June 6th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I’m a gatherer not a sharer or a fantasist and I enjoy sitting back and watching. Oh and I also have an excellent memory…….
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Darnnit, I thought we were going to get some juicy gossip out of you. And you’re such a fibber dibber - you’re not a fantasist? I thought you wrote books?