Madeleine McCann: The News Of The World’s Sorry Apology For Tabloid Reporting
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
HAVING read “the heartbreaking TRUTH that destroys the lies of Portuguese police”, the oh-so-caring News of The World tells its readers:
“We today offer Kate our immediate and sincere apologies.”
No need, surely..?
The News of the World only published extracts from Kate McCann’s private diary because it cares. It wants to help. It has investigated the case of her daughter’s vanishing and found that the Portuguese police are bungling and to blame.
Yeah, those sicko coppers like Goncalo Amaral who seek to profit from the McCanns agony by publishing books. Not sure how much Amaral’s book costs, but the NOTW is under a pound.
Says the paper:
“We published the extracts in the belief held in good faith that we had Kate’s permission to do so.”
Did the caring NOTW ask Kate McCann to publish extracts from her diary, or just think she would agree to it?
The extracts also appeared in The Sun, the NOTW’s sister paper. How did the paper come by them? A police leak? How the papers hate those:
THE SUN: “McCann cops deny ‘smears’”
The Sun: “Leaks, smears … now plane lies”
How the caring tabloids hate those leaks from the Portuguese police:
Madeleine McCann: Liz Hunt Wonders, The Leaked File And The End
As the NOTW explains:
“It is now clear that our belief was misplaced, and that, in fact, Kate neither approved of nor knew the extracts were to be published.”
“Belief”. Yeah, not fact, just an educated hunch…
That apology in full:
Last week we published extracts from Kate McCann’s diaries and explained in the article that we were doing so to “nail the lies” about Kate created by selective leaking from the diaries by Portuguese police.
No, not to make easy headlines, to keep the story alive and sell more newspapers (surely to keep Our Maddie in the public eye? - Ed).
We published the extracts in the belief held in good faith that we had Kate’s permission to do so. It is now clear that our belief was misplaced, and that in fact Kate neither approved of nor knew that the extracts were to be published.
Misplaced. Not wrong…
Upon learning of our error we immediately removed the extracts from our website and we today offer Kate our immediate and sincere apologies. We have agreed to make a donation to be used in the search for Madeleine. The News of the World remains wholly supportive of the McCanns and their continuing campaign to find their daughter.
Make a donation, or be sued, perhaps…
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September 22nd, 2008 at 10:07 am
Ministries
Christians pray for missing Madeleine
by Anne Thomas
Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2008, 9:27 (BST)
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Christians around the world joined in prayer on Friday for the safe return of missing Madeleine McCann and the release of all children held by criminal networks.
Madeleine was three when she was abducted from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia de Lux in Portugal on 3 May 2007. Her parents, practising Catholics Gerry and Kate McCann, have since kept up a worldwide search for their daughter.
The worldwide day of prayer was organised by the Madeleine Prayer Circle.
The group’s John Wearne said that the group formed when he met Nina Jones and discovered they and many other Christians share a concern for the missing girl.
He said that the group were focusing their prayers on Belgium and surrounding countries out of a belief that she may be hidden in this region, according to Assist News.
Wearne told the agency, “The McCanns are Christians and pray as we do for her safe return.”
The worldwide day of prayer on Friday focused on Madeleine and many other children being held prisoner by child trafficking networks.
“We feel that the battle is spiritual and by going through prayer that God will listen to the cries of His people and that this will sway the spiritual balance in Madeleine’s favour,” said Wearne.
“Everything is done through God and there is total belief that one day Madeleine will one day come home. God may have a greater plan for others and may well be using Madeleine in that plan. We petition God always for His will to be done and ask that Madeleine be brought home,” he said.
Wearne said as many as six million children went missing each year.
“The problem is worldwide. The problem is that due to the power involved in child trafficking the numbers are hard to ascertain, but the figure would probably be around 6 million children that go missing every year. In Spain and Portugal there are also serious concerns. The prayers are needed not just for Madeleine, but for these other innocent children,” Wearne told Assist.
He added, “Prayer is the way forward for us now, rather than active involvement.”
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:54 am
Firestar,
I think he went pay for view with TB after he ‘left’ 3As. You know, a bit like the Lubbock Trust website that TB ran. Whatever happened to that by the way?
Malware, Surely not
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
firestar
I googled that but nothing came up. thanks
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:46 am
i think it may be truthformadeleine, but it also may not be.
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 am
I’ve googled it but theres no link
PeterMac if you are a member on the 3As could you pm me the link
pretty please
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 am
no idea, never been there.
i’m pretty sure the site’s running some sort of malware, why, i’ve no idea.
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
whats it called again ?
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:35 am
stevo’s site is based in the us, he can say what he likes.
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:34 am
as i remember, Rasputin wormed his way into the king’s affections after talking bollocks about a treatment that was supposed to cure the kings’ son, and it was fear of the king that gave him his power.
rasputin was a rapist and pervert.
very difficult to remove, rasputins, they’re a bit like trojans on your pc.
looking on the bright side however, he eventually got removed by being stabbed, beaten, poisoned, chained up and thrown into an icy river.
that seems to be the best way of dealing with one.
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
bf
And on the other site run by Stevo there are full details of the allegations against DP and GM, about which they and their solicitors seem to be doing nothing.
Strange. Perhaps it is true.
I obviously have no idea and no evidence, and make no allegations of any sort
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
Mercedes2 has got the tennis coach statements, times, creche bookings, and tappas booking stuff now on the you know where
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:05 am
The screeching and wailing of the banshee again, in Irish legend the portent of death, is the wailing screeching banshee foretelling the death of this subject on Anorak.
Early shift, must keep law and order.
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 am
Arseputin says: ‘PMSL, much as I abhor profanity in your case I will make an exception, you are correct you are not as stupid as I think, you are ten times more stupid, as thick as the shit the banshee screeches, ugh what a horrible thought!’
Just to clarify - because I sent thgis post before I wanted to - ARSEPUTIN wrote the above post and I can’t remember who he thought he was replying to!
All I can tell from his wit=less words is that he knows the game is up. Finito.
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 am
ARSEPUTIN FUCK-WIT!!! It wasn’t me who gave a fuck or said anything like this - so get your fucking facts right for a change!
You are an idiot!
Your writings and posts are absolute sh*te - and apart from the Hags and the other Weirdy Men that chat back to you - nobody likes you! - Because you are so stupid and obsessive. You ate a proper Knob-Head od the Highest Order - Trust me!
And believe me I am not syupid - Find me one worthwhile poster that agrees with you and I will buy you your own personal grotto with an amethyst throne! Arse-Wipe!
Rasputin Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Well Coco, in Russian, “Rasputin” means what we call “débauché” (or crossroads too, to be honest). Why would someone chose the name of a dirty, gross, preacher monk, and see himself as bringing light to the world is difficult to make out…. Maybe because Rasputin, the real one, though he was so ugly, stinking and dirty, hypnotised his listeners, at least the stupid ones. Unfortunately for you, Rasputin number 2, we aren’t as stupid as you think. You should know, underestimating you ar adversary is a mistake, which only the not very bright ones make.
I like the anagram you found for him, Grand Finale!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PMSL, much as I abhor profanity in your case I will make an exception, you are correct you are not as stupid as I think, you are ten times more stupid, as thick as the shit the banshee screeches, ugh what a horrible thought!
September 21st, 2008 at 10:46 pm
What about creating a new site
SOS Anorak,
with better issues to discuss about?
Who has gotten an idea?
Paedos in Belgium?
September 21st, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Rasputin,
you have no idea how amusing it is to be taken for a fool by a fool.
September 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Yampster, thanks!
September 21st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
FFS turn yer back fer a minute and the fukwits turn the place into a ravin fukwittery…………woof! woof! my arse
September 21st, 2008 at 6:45 pm
i can’t garantee much work either.
September 21st, 2008 at 6:37 pm
bf, who does ?
September 21st, 2008 at 6:30 pm
He just loves Boney M lol
September 21st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
or meetings.
September 21st, 2008 at 6:22 pm
i don’t really do phones.
September 21st, 2008 at 6:17 pm
not email ?
September 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Well Coco, in Russian, “Rasputin” means what we call “débauché” (or crossroads too, to be honest). Why would someone chose the name of a dirty, gross, preacher monk, and see himself as bringing light to the world is difficult to make out…. Maybe because Rasputin, the real one, though he was so ugly, stinking and dirty, hypnotised his listeners, at least the stupid ones. Unfortunately for you, Rasputin number 2, we aren’t as stupid as you think. You should know, underestimating you ar adversary is a mistake, which only the not very bright ones make.
I like the anagram you found for him, Grand Finale!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PMSL, much as I abhor profanity in your case I will make an exception, you are correct you are not as stupid as I think, you are ten times more stupid, as thick as the shit the banshee screeches, ugh what a horrible thought!
September 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Coco: “Sam! I am one of those people who will always have to work - but apparently they need people like me!!! Unbelievable - but true! lol”
Is there anyone alive who believes the USA needs more crackpots? I mean, I love my country, but we’ve got crazy covered.
(But, given Coco’s professed profession, I am enjoying the idea that one just pops over, drops his application down to “Judiciary-R-Us,” orders a drink, and waits for the phone call!)
September 21st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
well i think you’re brave coco
September 21st, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Of course Coco could work here; we have all sorts of laws protecting those with disabilities, and a whole other pile for those with various gender confusions. He would be a HIGHLY desirable candidate, as he would be what is known as a “two-fer.”
September 21st, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Marie Nicholas
Chimaera Lions
September 21st, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Pam
This is from 12th May with blondes aplenty:
http://tinyurl.com/3kzm8a