Madeleine McCann: The Tabloid Dog Pack, Kate McCann’s Diary And Shannon Matthews
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann, Gerry McCann and Robert Murat
PRESS GAZETTE: “Furious lawyer attacks tabloids’ ‘pack-dog’ mentality over stories”
Read all about it in the Star, Sun, Mirror etc.
Louis Charalambous represented Robert Murat in his libel action against eleven tabloid newspapers. Two other claimants in the same case, Sergey Malinka and Michaela Walczuch, were awarded apologies and a “substantial six-figure settlement”.
Charalambous tells the Press Gazette:
“Having to capitulate, apologise and pay up is not the end of it. The trust in those titles ebbs away among their combined readership of 15 million. In particular, readers of The Sun, Mirror, Express and Star were told lie after lie about my clients. It brings into question how much more of their paper’s news coverage they can rely on…
“There was a pack-dog mentality here and my clients and their families were the prey. The children of Robert and Michaela, little girls, one not much older than Madeleine, were hounded and had to go in and out of their homes with coats over their heads.
“I’d like to invite the editors of the worst of these titles to have tea and cake with them and explain why they let their journalists and photographers harass them. They are now recovering but the effects are long-lasting.”
Tea with lawyers? Take care. Bring a tape recorder and a copy of the invitation. Leave wallet at home. But what about the story, the single-thread story? What about our Maddy?
“Journalistically this was a story without legs: child goes missing, no idea of her fate and foreign coppers not leaking to their trusted hacks in the time-honoured way. Reporters then developed lines of the story and ‘creatively’ adopted the rubbish coming out of the Portuguese tabloid press.”
Case closed. What what about Murat?
Max Clifford, no longer representing Murat, says:
“If you think that the McCanns got £500,000 from one newspaper group, he went after 11 newspapers – and they were far more vicious to him than they were to the McCanns.”
Maybe Murat wasn’t after the money, just closure? Maybe the papers got of lightly?
“If you want people to believe you are innocent you can forget about it. He and his family are going to have to live with this for the rest of their lives.”
So says a professional PR not in the least bit bitter about being dropped by Murat.
THE SUN: “Kate’s Maddie diaries leaked”
EXCERPTS from Kate McCann’s diary covering the first agonising weeks after daughter Maddie vanished have emerged.
Did you see them? In case you didn’t, here they are:
They show that the desperate mum left messages asking PM Gordon Brown to “increase political pressure” to aid the search. After he phoned 40-year-old Kate and husband Gerry, she noted that Mr Brown was “nice and supportive” — but that she “felt a bit emotional after”.
DAILY MIRROR: “Kate and Gerry McCann: Portuguese cops’ hunt for Maddie ‘pathetic’”
Portuguese police knocked on just 443 doors in the failed hunt for missing Madeleine McCann.
That a lot?
There are 7,000 homes in Praia da Luz…
No door unknocked…
In stark contrast, British police probing the disappearance of Shannon Matthews earlier this year knocked on 5,000 doors and searched 2,000 houses. Nine-year-old Shannon was found in 24 days, whereas Portuguese police have stopped looking for Madeleine after 14 months.
But the police door knocking wasn’t what found Shannon Matthews. The rozzers responded to a tip off from a neighbour of one Paul Donovan.
Also, Shannon Matthews’ mother, Karen Matthews, is under arrest for her alleged part in her daughters’ disappearance. Kate McCann is innocent. So what do the two matters have in common? Or is this Tabloid Bingo?
A friend of the McCanns said: “The 443 doors would barely cover 500 yards from the apartment where Madeleine was taken. That is shocking and unacceptable.”
Is it?
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July 29th, 2008 at 6:34 am
VQ! VQ! VQ! I know what you mean! I got the willies when I read that! Straight out of a Hollywood movie!
I know which Dolly’s gonna use that line!
DuncanR ——- Gonna have to discuss that one with JO! The thing is - if the real thing are good enough for the Oprah show - and I can make the dolls life-like with soundy-likey voices - the US will love them!
They like my kinda humour over there. I think it’s just that Cheryl doesn’t like me because I’m not well!
July 29th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Hey VQ!!! Don’t worry about mis-spelt stuff on Anorak! I make my own words up!
Cheryl! lol. I think that you are genuinely lovely!
Please don’t say that it’s just the mentality over here! I have got bulk orders off Oprah and McCain in the US!
Obama was in the middle of placing an order the other day and then he met Gordon Brown and I haven’t heard from him since.
Oprah has asked us to go on the show with the dollies because there’s a spare slot - but Jo can’t get the time off yet - so we are just biding our time.
Oprah said she has been ringing the Clan but they have changed their number???
I take heed from what you say about pay-back!!! You’ve got my imagination doing cart-wheels! Do you mean I may get sued or - are the FBI and CIA comin’to get me?
If so - I would like a Matt Damon look-alike with a large penis please! X
July 29th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Yeah, that payback last sentence is one to work into the doll repertoire.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Coco
I think Cheryl’s got a point there. Different nationalities/cultures think about things differently and do not always share the same sense of humour (or humor, even). You may have to ‘internationalise’ your dollies bringing out a different, suitably adapted range if you want to penetrate the USA
July 29th, 2008 at 6:19 am
I am a veritable quandary!
July 29th, 2008 at 6:09 am
I know what you mean, Coco.
In all innocence, I end up in deep doo-doo.
You bring out the worst/best in me!
See, I am really conflicted . . . . .
July 29th, 2008 at 6:07 am
coco Says:
July 29th, 2008 at 5:37 am
AGW! Stop it! Stop making me giggle! I am not a well person! I have had a lot of coffee last night and you make me feel like I need a Tena-lady!
Veritablequandary lol! Maria may be a latter-day Saint though for all we know! I think Cheryl definitely is!
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Good morning, Coco. Latter-day Saint? You mean Mormons? Good grief, not me. Used to be Catholic but only go to Church now for family funerals out of respect for their beliefs. By the way, your ‘dolls’ sound fascinating. Hate to encourage you, Coco, but I bet you’d make a bundle on them over in Europe, they’d fit right in with the mentality over there re this case. Yet you have be careful I would think. But always remember, Coco, payback can be a real bitch!
July 29th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Cheryl is full of love for humanity for sure!
When I contacted the FBI and CIA regarding Cheryl they said that they could not comment on individuals but that she was almost ‘family’!
So beware what we say!
Maria is just full of sh*t, hot air, piss and wind with sardine sorbet - and I don’t know how to solve a problem like Maria! I am waiting for Andrew Lloyd Webber to ring me back lol
July 29th, 2008 at 5:59 am
Is Stig really fluent in Portuguese?
Does C and C really not have time to read the Amaral book?
July 29th, 2008 at 5:58 am
Coco Says
‘I bet Joan of Arc was well-pissed off’
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With her weak bladder it’s a pity she didn’t drink more water before they lit that pyre - she might have had a fighting chance against those flames !!!
July 29th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Yeah, I mispelled Mormon, never heard of T lady, but could probably use it!
Sometimes I think Cheryl and Maria were separated at birth.
Is Maria really a nun or is she a Mormon? Is Cheryl really in with both the CIA and FBI (and dog handlers)?
July 29th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Every fucking time I come on here to be reallly sensible I end up acting like one of the Half-Wits I am always having a moan at!
What is it about Anorak????????
I’ve even been fucking wearing one today! A big white one! With my gloves still inside on a string! (In case I lost a glove at the Bonfire last year!) lol
July 29th, 2008 at 5:53 am
veritablequandary!!! lol
A Tena-Lady is a slim piece of sanitary-ware for women whose bladders let them down when they laugh or cough! lol I haven’t really used one - I just pretend that I wear them.
I think that the aforementioned women could be Mormons but I think they really are Saints themselves to be able to think so objectively all the time.
I bet Joan of Arc was well-pissed off when she realised that there isn’t good in everybody - But - Too late! lol
July 29th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Coco, are you saying Maria is a Morman?
what is a Tena-lady?
July 29th, 2008 at 5:47 am
AGW! LOL! Only kidding!
Actually, I would kill to be in a position to wear a Tena-Lady but sadly I had to have my bladder removed earlier this year - because I couldn’t control it coz of Anorak!
July 29th, 2008 at 5:44 am
AGW, it was actually quite short.
I have a copy of it.
I can count the words.
I fully understand why it was deleted, but it was an honest summation of my opinion that I submitted upon request.
The crap is all this stuff about the innocent parents and an abduction that didn’t happen.
(”allegedly didn’t happen” … I also have a copy. I didn’t count the words, I read them -agw)
July 29th, 2008 at 5:42 am
I have just bought a Domestic-Dolly Set!
They all come with a cloth and a sponge and Garth-flavoured cadaverine.
They are all in a suitable kneeling/praying position - which is cute and funny when you line them all up next to one another!
In fact my Hubby made it look like they were all having sex-in-a-ring last night which I found rather vulgar to be honest! lol
July 29th, 2008 at 5:37 am
AGW! Stop it! Stop making me giggle! I am not a well person! I have had a lot of coffee last night and you make me feel like I need a Tena-lady!
Veritablequandary lol! Maria may be a latter-day Saint though for all we know! I think Cheryl definitely is!
Administrator: Too much intimate information. -agw
July 29th, 2008 at 5:33 am
Kittens! I thought I was all alone with my dollies then!
Meercat Honey! I wish I had been around to write it all up for him!
Amaral would have made millions more if he had called me up. Bless him - he doesn’t know me like you lot do! I could have given the whole thing a bit of oomph, whoosh and clunk!
Veritablequandary! I’m not joking! lol - I think that we are safe about the Clan Dollies!
HOWEVER - If the Mattel or Palitoy people are reading, I am sure that we can come to some agreement so that Jo and I can retire early and Anorak can have pots of money too!
I have a new set of Clan Dollies!!!
They are called Clandestine Dollies! - They all wear black hoodies!
They say things like - ‘Alright theeer geeerl!’and ‘Alright theeer Whackqq!’ (ie. ‘Alright there, girl!’ and ‘Alright there Whack!’)
But for all those people out there like me -who think the Clan aren’t guilty of fuck all - ever - the hoods are reversible - and are bright virginally pure white on the other side. But they still look a bit sinister! Ha!n With their little pinched faces pointing out.
I have also made some Clan-Conscience Dollies! Of course you have to buy the consciences separately! lol - And what a fucking price they are!!! In fact - fucking priceless!
July 29th, 2008 at 5:13 am
‘We Know Damn Fucking Well Whose Fault It Is - But We Can’t Discuss it in Public!”
no kidding, Maria actually asked me what I thought happened, and my carefully crafted answer got zapped!
But all sorts of crap is bandied about all the time.
Administrator: I eventually had the task of deleting your wordy, over-long, bandwidth-grabbing and potentially dangerous “carefully crafted answer.” I will allow it did cover 14 months of activity.
Now, what sort of “crap” would you like to discuss?-agw
July 29th, 2008 at 5:12 am
CARMEN! Sorry to read about your arm. I hope you are well on the mend.
I daren’t even recommend a doctor these days lol - so sending you lots of healing vibes.
Thank you for trying to put us all in line the other day - for our own good!
Some people on here make all kinds of daft stuff up all the time and I hope it makes people think before they tap away with their gnarled little fingers! I’ve never seen such outlandish imaginations in my life.
Even my Tourrettes is a wee bit cured-ish! lol However I don’t think I will ever be truly well! lol
July 29th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Coco, did you see this?
http://www.cafepress.com/numptees050505/5488262
You need to get those dolls on the market, pronto!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Guten Morgan to you too Coco
Literary aspirations regarding the Mccann case - will you first see how Mr Amaral fares ?
Coco - we could be debating YOU on Anorak!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Guten Morgen!
I am having a catch-up! Haven’t dared to come on Anorak until today because my life just disappears when I do.
Mainly on account of debating the Gruesome Twosome and the Assorted Chums!
If it wasn’t for all the smart people that I have found to debate with on Anorak, I would be sueing this set of Tapastwats for wasting my life,
I am ready to write a book called - ‘So Whose Fucking Fault Is It Then?’
If anybody would like to contribute, I am happy to pay you - in kind! lol
There are to be several sequels - one of which is to be called :
‘We Know Damn Fucking Well Whose Fault It Is - But We Can’t Discuss it in Public!
There will be several companion-guides to simplify things for Half-Wits.
One of the companion-guides is called - ‘Get Me a Fucking Priest - And Give Me That Cloth!’
Another companion-guide is called -’Fool, If You Think It’s Over!’ - With accompanying sound-track.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Maria,
are you really a nun?
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m&a
you can kiss her but you must not get in the habit
-meercat
July 29th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Yep, Kate is looking more evil all the time.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Oh bliss the heavens have openned , i am going to dance and be at one with earth
July 29th, 2008 at 2:14 am
nite x
July 29th, 2008 at 2:14 am
will murat sue mitchell for his huntley comment ?
I hope he does!
July 29th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Kate tried everything to accuse Murat Kate McCann bet everything to blame Robert Murat for the disappearance of the son and with this objectivo in mind and the aid of friends was pledged in collecting tests and convincing the Judiciary Policy the envolvement of the luso-British. It knows all the details in exclusive in the edition of tuesday of the Periodical ‘ Post office of the Manhã’.
babel fish translation
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m&a
edited
foreign language links not allowed
will allow the babel fish translation for it’s comic value.
It’s nonsensical and therefore free of libel
-meercat