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…
Posted: 22nd, September 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (353) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
September 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pm
maravilha, an old daily mail article i found on sos madeliene, mentions it, he retired.
‘The then-Prime Minister Tony Blair sent special envoy Sheree Dodd to act as a “media liaison officer” for the pair soon after Madeleine vanished.
Ms Dodd has since resigned from the Foreign Office, while the British consul in the Algarve, Bill Henderson, has retired.
John Buck, the British ambassador in Portugal, no longer works in the country.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-499340/British-diplomat-warned-Foreign-Office-concerns-McCanns.html
September 21st, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Matt.,
was it you that told here, some days ago, that the consul(Alagarve?)
also took part on that tisunami of ex-s?
when was that and where is he now?
September 21st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Jo,
if Coco is not here yet, you could tell us your dream.
I love analyze dreams.
Or do you prefer to keep it secret?
September 21st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Hi Clouseau
You intrigued me with Yvonne Martin.
I’ve found out she’s mentioned in the PJ report.
A real VIP
“On page 3418-a YVONE MARTIN was questioned, who offered some information, which, despite its pertinence, did not show any relevance, pages 3421-a and following.”
September 21st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
the story about the billbord,
http://madeleinemccann.org/tfm/?p=1554
September 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am
You have whetted my appetite.
Time for some eats.
Good sleuthing !!!!
September 21st, 2008 at 11:51 am
Lunch is calling me too. See you later!
September 21st, 2008 at 11:51 am
Marie Nicholas Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:49 am
That is indeed quite possible.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:49 am
Matt
The unreleasable part must be the most revealing one.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:48 am
Marie N
Being BIGGER has been/is my personal life drama
I burn everything immediately but it does not mean I am not strong.
All the contraire.I am very strong
Anyhow,bye for now.I am starving and it is not lunch time yet here…I will have tapas to fill in the growing hole in my stomack
XXXXXX
September 21st, 2008 at 11:48 am
Off to prepare French Sunday lunch
BBL
September 21st, 2008 at 11:46 am
Châtelaine Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:41 am
Only a small minority of the Files so far.
Lots more to come.
Apart from that which has been deemed unreleasable by the PP/AG.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:43 am
Châtelaine
I must take it that the PJ looked into it and that it will be reported in the files [from which we have been served so far just minor bits, it seems].
******
Des miettes,Chatelaine,des miettes
September 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
Grasputin
For whom do you work? c”mon! tell me… I wont say a word ok?
September 21st, 2008 at 11:41 am
Matt. Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:15 am
Châtelaine
Have never been able to suss that out.
Nor has anyone else from what I read.
Strange that.
***
Strange indeed. And seems rather important to me.
I must take it that the PJ looked into it and that it will be reported in the files [from which we have been served so far just minor bits, it seems].
September 21st, 2008 at 11:40 am
Hello Jo. You are lucky you are on a fattening diet… I wish I could say th same.
Matt, they had until the 20th to ask for the investigation to be continued. We haven’t heard that they did, so far.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:40 am
Matt
It will NEVER happen….otherwise all the many many questions will have to be answered and this would be the worst possible thing to happen to the mccannGits.
What YOU british people must do now is an inquest, ask for the re opening of the case IN the UK…..thats the only way to get around the bastards and pin them like the fucking cucarachas they are
What about the saint wicked wigged hoggy? is SHE doing something for Madeleine? na….just playing the saint isnt she? polishing her dirty halo everyday before she puts her ridiculous wig on to go and play the clown in court sick sick sick
September 21st, 2008 at 11:36 am
That’s because I stick to known official statements that are attributable.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:33 am
Sam
especially when the trolls decide to be a pain in the …stomach
Wont be here for long coz they are cooking me a lovely paella.I am on a Special Fattening Diet and also I am been totally controled : I cant be on Anorak BEFORE lunch because it cuts my appetite
So the “Froggies” are mccanns flowers now I read? they doing dirty things ” a la mccann”
Go out,LEAVE a child unattended and the child VANISHES and THATS IT….
Any fund being set up? paedo in the neighbouring or simply bored giant sardines on holidays in that part of france? Must be Sarko who is bpred out of hgis wits with bruna or may be Aznar taking a revenge for making illegal children to french ministers
PATHETIC GITS!!!!
September 21st, 2008 at 11:33 am
jo Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:26 am
Dr K should demand that the Police investigate and find out who it was who
mislead the NOTW in such a diabolical manner.
Has the time period for a parent to request that the Police Investigation be
re-continued passed yet ?
Has such a request by a parent been made ?
So many many questions.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:33 am
Châtelaine,
Bonjour!
The poor little boy is probably no longer alive. The mother’s companion is probably not an angel… Neither is the mother, most probably. But what puzzled me is that they said they were having dinner out nearby, that they left the child alone for an hour or so, that he had disappeared when they came back, and that there was no sign of anyone breaking into the appartment.
I don’t know what the parents did in the c’s case, since the céase hasn’t been solved, and I am aware that nothing has been found that could allow to bring charges against any of the arguidos. But, what I am afraid of, is that parents who harmed their child and got rid of him/her, will now pretend they went out and he disappeared meanwhile, as if it was something “that any reasonable parent” would do. It has now sort of become the normal behaviour, not to question in the least, and if the child disappears, the poor parents are to pity. Once again, knowing that I am repeating myself over and over, and that it is boring, I want to say that even if the parents didn’t harm the child themselves, the victim is the child, the one to pity is the child, and the parents should be reminded of their duties, as long as they go on saying they did what they had to do.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:26 am
Matt. Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:16 am
Maravilha Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am
Seems unlikely now.
*******
Especially if we all repeat the above “mantra”
Oh…dear! Matt,wotsholweedoweedomyroodoodoo? cant even have a bit of fun anymore???
Well….at least Arseputin is a joy to read
September 21st, 2008 at 11:26 am
morning jo
September 21st, 2008 at 11:25 am
NOTW…..
“”We published the extracts in the belief held in good faith that we had Kate’s permission to do so”"
Who was it then who kindly passed the dubious Journal to the NOTW and who
kindly led them to believe that Dr K specifically approved ?
Clarence or his replacement ? ?
Was Dr K being “kept in the dark ” ?
Again ???
September 21st, 2008 at 11:23 am
Good morning Marie N.,Chatelaine,Matt,Maravihla,Sam,BF,PeterMac,Chenier…
Lets repeat all together:
“I am so sowwy…I am so wery sowwy….Allah is grand and will protect me….I am so sowwy…I am so wewwy sowwy
Allahhhhhh…”
Its a mantra to help the NOTW and reach the mccaaaaanpeoples heart (if they have one)
Anyone seen Coco? Must tell her my last night dream
September 21st, 2008 at 11:21 am
yes marie n, that’s how they reported it.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:16 am
Maravilha Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am
Seems unlikely now.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:15 am
Châtelaine Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:02 am
Have never been able to suss that out.
Nor has anyone else from what I read.
Strange that.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am
Are the McCanns going to sue News of the World or not?
September 21st, 2008 at 11:05 am
Marie Nicholas Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 11:03 am
[...] Here, a little boy disappered last week ; his mother left him alone while dining ou nearby with her companion. He had disappeared when she came back. That is how she reported it.
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Bonjour, Marie.
I’ve read about that case. I think your last line is an appropriate addition …