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 11:47 am
candy, does look like they’ve been around the world doesn’t it. morning all
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
brandon flours:
Ministries
Christians pray for missing Madeleine EDIT “Wearne said as many as six million children went missing each year.”
Are these people sane ?
6 million a year, 60 million every 10 years, 600 million every century, the entire population of the world every millennium.
And no one has noticed ?
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 am
did you have a good weekend Brandon with your beloved son?
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 am
ade
How do you do the upside down v on tope of the letter a?
It bugs me that my keyboard doesn’t seem to have any clue on this…
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on apple osx it’s alt then i then a
or you can just copy and paste from here
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 am
So after smearing Portuguese, Russians (Malinka), Dutch, Germans (Murat’s girfriend) and Spanish, now we are moving to ‘Polish couple’.
Good Lord, there is no nationality left not offended in this case.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
ade
How do you do the upside down v on tope of the letter a?
It bugs me that my keyboard doesn’t seem to have any clue on this…
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:28 am
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/?videoSourceID=1265456
Heres nicky gill and margaret parsons, friends of kate on the 13 may.
Theres an interesting bit about about 30 secs
” how do they fill their day ? “
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:28 am
Maravilha
Obrigada!
Do you live in Portugal or in Brasil?
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 am
Yes, where is Clarence?
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
Which kind of parents would trademark their kids eye disorder?The PJ qadvised them NOT to do it but they did,they did…..they did because they KNEW nobody would never be able to find her.Nobody…..this is/was a perfect c….
They are real c…. masters
Fill the dots and follow the cash
Ok…looks like my appetite is going down so I am off for almuerzo.Must keep my stomach opened and filled it up with food as much as I can
Have a good day all xxxxx
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:18 am
Marie Nicholas, at 11.00 am,
very good!
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
âde Says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
did the odious ones ask for the case to be reopened?
deadline has now passed i think…
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Of course NOT, Âde and it shows how much they are involved in her “vanishing”
Anyone can ask for the case to be re opened and this could well happen earlier than we think and when we dont believe it will….
Marie N
I know what you are saying but it also gives them a power they do not have anymore since clarry is not clarrynetting any more for them….all the rats have jumped out of the stinky boat.They are alone with their fucking guilt
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
Thanks Ade
Something I find interesting is that the majorca2 were at the same gathering with the mc canns and others for a dinner.
Can anyone remember that ‘ Do ‘ ?
It was about a month 6 weeks before May a convention for doctors or something ?
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 am
Jo
I am not very hopeful though. See how they hold the media.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
I keep coming back to the beginning of the drama. There is something not right in the way the child was taken care of by her parents. There is something not right in them still claming they were doing the right thing.
The first fact obviously doesn’t show the parents as good.
The seconf fact obviously doesn’t show them as honest.
We also know that they were good at protecting themselves.
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
did the odious ones ask for the case to be reopened?
deadline has now passed i think…
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:57 am
Marie Nicholas Says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
The McCcase is now a dormant one.
For how long I wonder.
The Portuguese authorities must be fed up with it, as it only brought them worry, money expense and abuse.
It is one of the most sinister tales of our times. The child is lost, the people who really looked for her and tried to solve the case were belittled and hampered, and the perpatrator(s) are free.
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Yep! …but it wont totally go Marie N.Case goe into sleeping mode ….yes but just alittle jar and pop!!!
The recent extreme mccann”s silence speaks volume,doesnt it?
They dont give a shit about Madeleine and never did…if MY child had been taken I would harrassed the PJ AND the LP to find her ,to look for her and would never have a rest before I have an ANSWER
But the truth lies somewhere else and we ALL know it.
What has to be done now is to investigate the fund and close it…….I hope some people in the UK will have the guts to do it and confront the bastards
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:51 am
mornin’ all
stevo’s site is at
http://www.madeleinemccann.org/
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:50 am
my pleasure
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:49 am
Thanks Lone for the translation!
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
The McCcase is now a dormant one.
For how long I wonder.
The Portuguese authorities must be fed up with it, as it only brought them worry, money expense and abuse.
It is one of the most sinister tales of our times. The child is lost, the people who really looked for her and tried to solve the case were belittled and hampered, and the perpatrator(s) are free.
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:47 am
pmsl = piss myself laughing
I was responding to MN
come on ladies
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:40 am
Brandon
I think Lone is up to some mischieve here
I have no part in it at all
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 am
lone
when did you have the same anxious dream with hoggy ?
Is that why you wet the bed ? confusion and cowardness?
Did you sleep with hoggy ??????
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
Lone Pigeon Says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 am
piss myself laughing !
******
About…..the christians?
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 am
I had an other nightmare: the mccann man was chasing me with a syringe full of dog shit screaming at me :”find the body and prove we killed her”
May be the wigged hoggy and the LP also had the same anxious dream and in their ongoing confusion and cowardness, they must wonder if this is real
Marie N
You are far from being a fool
BF
I was wondering if the same christians are also praying for the children killed every day in OUR wars not only for Madeleine and/or those who are sold and abused by very good christians.Every single day
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 am
piss myself laughing !
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 am
Hi Jo!
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
Morning all
Has Madeleine been found yet? Any more furious fury?
Is the saintly wigged hoggy DOING something about the little girl”s best interests YET?or isnt she bothered after all as if she ever was anyhow
Is the LP going to help or are they all wiping their dirty hands off the case,burry it and make 103% it will never be heard of anymore?
Do we, from abroad have to stir the filth(+ our own for sure) in the uk or are YOU british citizens going to do something about it?
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Can anyone tell me what PMSL mean?
Rasputin was answering me, Coco, but as I said, I find it very funny when a fool takes me for a fool.