Madeleine McCann: Allison Pearson Demands And Fact Checking Kate And Gerry McCann
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
Madeleine McCann is retuned to the front pages.
DAILY MAIL (front page): “ALLISON PEARSON ON THE McCANNS… If the Portuguese police had a shred of decency they would now make a public apology to Kate and Gerry”
Page 5: “Now clear out names”
Before the Mail’s columnist can voice an opinion – and what is the case of Madeleine McCann but one of opinion upon opinion – time to go over the fact that has been established in 14 months of reporting (a child is missing) and hear the McCann plead their innocence.
Oh, there is one other fact: the “McCanns are “both 40”. Remember that.
PEARSON: “The Maddie detectives must now apologise”
Now it seems the spectacularly incompetent Inspector Cluesnos are ready to admit they have no evidence against the McCanns
Yeah, those hapless amateurs. If only the Portuguese wooden tops were more like the British tabloid hacks who root their maybes in Portuguese press reports and hunches. What of Robert Murat?
Now, thank heavens, the ordeal of the inquiry is nearing an end. Nothing can make up for the loss of Madeleine, but at least the family can continue their lives without the poisonous cloud of suspicion hanging over them. It’s the least they deserve.
Yes, an apology will remove any doubt. Bring in the PIs. It’ll be over by Christmas. Case closed.
THE SUN (front page): “AS COPS GIVE UP MADDIE HUNT, WE SAY.. NOW CLEAR McCANNS”
Pearson of the Mail demands it. Now the Sun demands it. Can the call be resisted?
Page 7: “Little Madeleine McCann’s parents last night faced the nightmare possibility that they could remain suspects FOREVER”
Says the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell, who may have a job for life:
If the case closes, who will hunt for Madeleine? And if Kate and Gerry’s arguido suspect status isn’t removed they will live under a cloud of suspicion. That is both immoral and inhumane… There are people in Portugal who have been arguidos for decades
Page 8: “End the agony – The nightmare goes on for tormented Kate and Gerry McCann”
“But it is clear to the whole world that they are innocent of any sinister act against their precious little girl”
At least the Sun and its readers know the truth and will not point fingers.
DAILY MIRROR (page 7): “”Maddy case to close with out charges”
Case not closed yet.
The 426-day police investigation into the four-year-old’s case ended yesterday
Case Closed.
Says a source: “If the case is shut without charges being brought, they cannot be arguidos, suspects, any more”.
Tell that to Clarence Mitchell (see above).
What of the facts?
Gerry McCann, a heart specialist, is “39”. Gerry is also 39 in the Sun.
Such are the facts.
DAILY STAR (page 7): “CLEAR THEM”
So says Clarence Mitchell.
Readers learn that police want to “shelves the case”. It is not yet closed.
Kate and Gerry are “both 40”
DAILY EXPRESS: NO MADELEINE McCANN
Is she deemed no longer newsworthy by this esteemed organ? Or are there other reasons for her absence?
Madeleine McCann: Let’s have a heated debate
Posted: 2nd, July 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (2,625) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
July 4th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
nosey, i do hope you take rainchecks….
July 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Nosey, it is only the “a” thingy though?
July 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
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Melanie Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
by jove you’ve done it too
I had to work it out for myself though
well done. i kept checking source and couldnt spot it.
July 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
anaheim
definately orange raccoon fur (aka annaraccoon)
July 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Oh here
SORRY 
July 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Nosey charges £ 10,000 per day in consultancy fees.
July 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
WHERE AM I?
July 4th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Yippee Girls - you are all FAB!
now you know how to get html to sit up and take notice..
July 4th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Surprise - As in Rocky ? - most furs I see around these days are Beavers.
July 4th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
by jove you’ve done it too
I had to work it out for myself though
July 4th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
HELLO
July 4th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
thanks
July 4th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
surround the letter with the greater than and less than brackets,
The letters are i - itallics, b- bold, a - blue
hope this one works..
July 4th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Ok, messed that one up
July 4th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
like this or this or this ?
July 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
test
July 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Wot does this do? :-0
July 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Skunk on a bad day
July 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
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Noseycow Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
sam
start with and finish with (but no spaces) turn you blue, same but with b turns you bold and i gets you all wobbly.
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July 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Bye Jo, have fun and let your hair down
July 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
bold blue italics
July 4th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
anaheim
raccoon actually
July 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
sam
start with and finish with (but no spaces) turn you blue, same but with b turns you bold and i gets you all wobbly.
July 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
1608
Julie
Hi Julie
I am going out.
I can no more and need a break from…everything
Be good
Bbl may be
XxXxX
July 4th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I would hazard a guess the fur coat was made of Beaver ?
July 4th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Nosey, I think it was Julie that wanted to be 1666.
July 4th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Everybody knows …
“WE WILL BE GREETED AS LIBERATORS … ”
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Thats how it goes …
Everybody knows …
Read the rest on Esplandor de la Forma
Adios
July 4th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Up pops our good friend Jo and clinches Spot 1606 - not quite 1666 but ALMOST
Hey there Jo
July 4th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
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Noseycow Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
sam you’d better jump in if you want 1666
why would i want 1666 ?
July 4th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Faced with the news that PJ would close the investigation into the death of Madeleine, of Rothley residents, accused the police of hindering the investigation and requested that the suspect status of the couple be lifted immediately.
If McCann ‘ arguido status was lifted the lawyers could request access to the dossier, which would be reviewed by a new team of British researchers, who would replace Metodo3 and about which no details are known.
This team could be devoted to the search (Does the corpse?) Madeleine following the clues that the PJ had not investigated. The Telegraph revealed that a senior detective in September 2007 to newspaper 24 Horas that the only thing missing was to find out how the body had disappeared.
In this sense, the new investigators could meet the challenge that the PJ McCann launched the September 13, 2007: “Find the body and prove that we killed her.”
http://www.esplendordelaforma.blogspot.com/
Gone for a nice evening after a freaking week of very hard work about….”missing children”