Madeleine McCann: Compare And Contrast, An Easter Miracle And David Cameron
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
INDEPENDENT: “Shannon’s miracle: the backlash begins”
Cole Moreton writes:
Comparisons with Madeleine McCann who went missing in Portugal last year were inevitable. Shannon was not the daughter of a couple of good-looking, wealthy, middle-class doctors with friends who knew how to work the media, as Madeleine was…
There are already signs that the togetherness brought on by the search for Shannon could fall apart. But so much was achieved by the people of this much-maligned area. They lacked the glamour, the organisation or the wealth of the campaign to find Madeleine McCann (currently offering a reward of £2.6m sponsored by Sir Richard Branson, among others), and they faced the prejudice of people who looked down on a scruffy council estate on a hill in West Yorkshire, but they kept going anyway, even when it looked hopeless. “People are saying Julie Bushby deserves an honour, and she does,” said Mr Hyett, “but there should be something for the whole community. We didn’t give up.”
Poor but plucky. That’s the real story in the media…
IAIN DALE (Tory blogger): “The ‘People Like Us’ Phenomenon”
Last night on Sky News we briefly discussed why the media gave a much higher profile to the Madeleine McCann case than the Shannon Matthews disappearance. There are, I’m sure lots of factors, but one was the fact that for the media, the McCanns were very much “people like us”, or should I say, people like them. The Matthews family were nothing like the media classes in appearance, lifestyle and outlook. I really think there is something in this. Let’s take the analogy further.
Let’s…
My fellow panelist, Peter Whittle, asserted that the reason David Cameron was given more or less a free ride by the media in his first eighteen months was because he belonged to the “people like us” class. Was this part of the reason the media were so keen to promote him, and do down David Davis after his conference speech? Not consciously, but I do wonder if there was something subconcious about it.
Why was the coverage of the New Orleans floods slightly underdone by the US media? It might it have been different if it had happened in Manhatten, where “people like us” live?
Harriet Harman was given a comparatively easy ride by the media when she sent her kids to a selective school. Could it have been because many media people were facing the same dilemma?
Then: “I could go on, but you see my point.”
That Madeleine McCann can be placed in the cotext of the New Orleans flood, Harriet Harman’s children and a speech by David Cameron? MaddyWatch was made for such things…
SUNDAY HERALD: “How fortunate the police chose not to follow the media’s shoddy example”
Torcuil Crichton on class and crime
EVEN THOUGH it is close to Easter, describing the discovery of missing Shannon Matthews alive, just one mile from her home, as “back from the dead” may not have been media hyperbole…
Until the miracle of Dewsbury happened on live television, there had been too scant media attention paid to Shannon Matthews. Inevitably, we compare coverage to that afforded to Madeleine McCann, who, if column inches ever changed anything, would by now have been reunited with her parents too. Their grim limbo continues even though they went out of the way to maximise publicity, only to create an insatiable media monster that at one stage almost swallowed them up.
Conversely, in the case of Shannon Matthews the media, ourselves included, did not seem to care too much when she was missing.
The McCanns were, although it was almost taboo to point it out, protected by their middle-class status. Had they been part of the white underclass on holiday at a down-at-heel Spanish resort, their treatment by the media would have been far rougher and more intrusive had they been paid any attention at all.
As it was, they went through a pretty torrid time anyway when, in the absence of any real developments, they became the centre of the story.
And in the Sunday Herald, they still are.
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “FAMILY TANGLE WILL BE PROBED SCHOOLGIRL BACK HOME BUT MYSTERY OF HER DISAPPEARANCE DEEPENS THE EXPERT: John Stalker”
Says John Stalker: “Police must seriously examine whether family connivance may be a feature. Large cash rewards are often available for the return of a missing child, such as in the Madeleine McCann inquiry. In Shannon’s case, the money on offer will undoubtedly have tempted some to make fraudulent claims. A shrewd investigator will know that.”
BRADFORD TELEGRAPH AND ARGUS: “Now please go and find my missing Gavin’”
The mother of missing Basildon teenager Gavin Terry has urged West Yorkshire Police to channel their efforts into finding her son - more than two months after he disappeared without a trace.
Philomena Terry spoke out after police discovered nine-year-old schoolgirl Shannon Matthews following one of the biggest manhunts the force has carried out in recent years…
Now Mrs Terry, of Luis Court, Baildon, said she hoped that West Yorkshire Police would re-direct its focus back to the hunt for missing Gavin, 19.“We just want peace of mind to know what has happened to him,” she said.
The final-year student vanished after a night out with friends in Leeds city centre at 1am on Saturday, January 12…
Last week, Mrs Terry joined the heartbroken relatives of other missing children, including the family of Madeleine McCann, at a march in London. The mothers of two teenagers who also vanished organised the event to highlight the scale of the problem and its effect on families.
Spinning out the single-thread story
Posted: 16th, March 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (84) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
March 19th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Isnt it good to see how two newspapers have apologised to the Mccann about the lies written about them, and they have donated to the Find Madeleine Fund too!!!
March 16th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
ian;ive only ever covered the irish princibles, but i would be very intrested to know what the EU LAWS in regards to child endagerment are
March 16th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
ian;why do you feel its just under portugeese laws that they indangered maddie,do you not think the campagin indangered her also,if she was alive,which i dont believe she is imo
March 16th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
daisy;that does seem like a strong possibility,but ask yourself if the parents are truely innocent why would they be more concerned with that fact rather than finding the child
March 16th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Ah! Not just me then, looks like no one left here either!
March 16th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Sorry - Giving the McCanns advice (laptop keyes - dont ya just hate ‘em,!)
March 16th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Ah here is the right thread! I’ve been all at sea in the Shannon thread thinking it was the latest thread under the Madeleine link! Silly me!
Ah and here is Garth.
So garthy - still figting the McCann corner?
Twisting the facts and attacking those who disagree on a sound basis?
Tell me, have you given ther McCanns advise on unwanted item disposal in your professional role?
March 16th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
tea break over
back to slipjigs
March 16th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
75…Daisy
Well….if the PJ didn’t do it…..
March 16th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
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Matt. Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
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Matt, yes, it would place them in deep water, but IMO it would be difficult to prove who actually placed a tracking device. You can probably buy them online or anywhere now-a-days. Intercepting emails would, IMO leave a trail that could be followed perhaps with success.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
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Dee Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
thanks ade
i have some good ones too, i’m getting the best ones together
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Well if you read it ya daft batt you’ll realise that its not Tanners description.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
71…Daisy
If it proves to have been their little “escapade”…they would be in Heapum
Big Trouble….
March 16th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23429928-details/Madeleine:+Murat’s+alibi+in+doubt+after
+two+new+witnesses+claim+they+saw+him+on+the+night+she+disappeared/article.do
Is that any better?
March 16th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Many of you know that I have not made up my mind as to who the culprit(s) is in this case. Has anyone ever discussed the possibility that Metodo 3 was not hired to find the child but to help the parents find proof of their innocence, i.e. find info/evidence to help their case? This news about someone allegedly tracking Murat’s car and intercepting his emails … could M3 have done it? Just speculating!
March 16th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23429928-details/Madeleine:+Murat’s+alibi+in+doubt+after+two+new+witnesses+claim+they+saw+him+on+the+night+she+disappeared/article.do
March 16th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
67…lilith
Indeed….a man who has lost his soul.
Sad creature.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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Dee Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
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Back again.
Wasnt patronising you. I had to shoot off to scoff a Sunday roast. Now where we Dee?
You were going to provide a link?
March 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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matt
Gerry sends shivers down my spine.
I agree, him willing to take the risk of Madeleine being hurt or have her tiny eye poked out says it all imo.
His moneymakin’ marketing has to come first because he must have known she is already dead imo.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Minutes later Jane saw Kate. Close to tears, Jane admitted she could not bear to tell her about the man. She said: “At that time it seemed everyone thought Madeleine was hiding. Copied from the link on this thread.
What the F**k is this woman like? it really does begger belief. It is a fact that Kate came out shouting ’she’s been abducted’ not ‘Madeleine is hiding somewhere’
And the bit about not wanting to tell Kate about the man at that moment?????
March 16th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
bye ade
March 16th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
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Garth Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
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Dee Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I have links, i will try and find them.
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Well when you do we can talk them through.
Please don’t patronise me Garth, you don’t intimidate me one bit. I live by my own instincts, as do you, it’s how we all survive as a human race.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Ade, i have just been reading your link, It’s the first time i’ve read about Diane Websters reaction at the table when Kate announced Madeleine had been abducted, she remained seated?? she is also the only one to have kept quiet, it would seem that she wants no part of this, imo, ???
March 16th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
food break over
back to slipjigs and reels for the morrow
sa yas later
have fun for me
March 16th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
58…âde
Yes, ade….Dr Payne looks so much like Mr Murat.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
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Gandolf Says:
March 15th, 2008 at 10:23 am
The bones are kitten bones.
Anorak way ahead of the rest!!!!!!!!!
March 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
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Dee Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
she changed her story in interviews with television, and you do know that the more precise description came out months after the original one Garth, don’t act so obtuse.
I have links, i will try and find them.
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Well when you do we can talk them through.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
51 dee
i think it’s payne that looks like murat
scroll down on this slink
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id18.html
March 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
thanks ade
i have some good ones too, i’m getting the best ones together
March 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
âde, PJ are obviously denying any involvement, as it would be illegal without court order, if it is them bugging without a court order that raises the question, why would a judge refuse a tap for an alleged suspect.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
50 dee
more here
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id64.html
March 16th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Actualidade
2008-03-16 - 00:30:00
Vigilância: PJ recolheu aparelhos dos carros
Métodos suspeitos atingem Murat
José Carlos Campos
Robert Murat foi alvo de vigilância manipuladora nos últimos meses. O inglês, residente da Luz e arguido no inquérito ao desaparecimento de Madeleine McCann, encontrou dispositivos de localização GPS colados de forma dissimulada em duas das suas viaturas. E a página na internet onde está alojada a sua imobiliária on-line foi pirateada. A conta de e-mail foi desviada para outro endereço e foram enviadas mensagens comprometedoras em seu nome.
Present 2008-03-16 - 00:30:00
Vigilance: PJ gathered appliances of the cars suspect Methods reach Murat José Carlos Campos Robert Murat it was a target of manipulating vigilance in the last months. English, resident of Luz and tested in the inquiry to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, found devices of location glued GPS of form hidden in two of his vehicles. And the page in the Internet where is his realtor accommodated on-line was pirateada. The count of e-mail was diverted
The codes were not available, but the page of the Romigen was pirateada and yesterday it was not even on-line. The intrusion computer science was detected by Murat near to the Christmas. Sergey Malinka, friend and informático also resident in the Light, phoned finding the message strange received asking him to combine a confidential conversation. Murat had not sent the e-mail. In the initial phase of the investigation to the case Maddie, the PJ came cross-examining Malinka and apprehending material informático, but the Russian citizen
The Judicial Police officer was called and it gathered of the vehicles two appliances of location GPS. To what the CM perfected, the inspectors guaranteed nothing to have to do with the appliances. The devices register data on the movement of the cars and, in case of what they were found, are tied then by USB to a computer, which unloads the information. A simple search in the Internet allows to find similar appliances, ‘ Professional GPS Mini-Tracker - Vehicle Tracking or Land AirSea Tracking