Madeleine McCann: Daily Express Editor Stands Down And a Joke
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE GUARDIAN: “PEOPLE”
Meanwhile, a current editor, Peter Hill of the Daily Express, stood down yesterday from the Press Complaints Commission, not entirely coincidentally following the company’s recent £550,000 payout to the family of Madeleine McCann for publishing false stories about them.
The donation, right?
The PCC’s chairman, Christopher Meyer, had said Hill’s position was under review following the Express’s apology
THE IRISH TIMES: “Comedy controversies: all in the worst possible taste - Some of the gags that attracted most opprobrium.”
Sean Hughes on Madeleine McCann
At a show last year, Irish comic Sean Hughes noted how the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann had visited the Pope in the Vatican. “I know the Pope was in the Hitler Youth, but I don’t think he has anything to do with Madeleine’s disappearance,” he said.
A joke should be funny. Try this one, or this one. Or this one…
Subsequent newspaper reports struck the tone “comedian thinks Madeleine McCann is game for a laugh”, and RTÉ’s Liveline programme fielded phone calls saying the comic should have been banned from performing in Ireland.
Hughes should be ignored - becsue he’s not all that funny.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
1st?????????
May 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
get in there 2nd too?????
May 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
second
May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 am
come on 3rd???????????
May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 am
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 am
drat, third then
May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 am
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa First at last !
May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 am
oh, i give up. good morning
May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 am
ner ne ner ne ner nerrrr Chernier
pmsl
May 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Good morning Sam. What a great day.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Damn it!
Well done!
I mean that in all sincerity, people.
Actually, I though the Pope joke was funny…
May 16th, 2008 at 10:23 am
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lone pigeon Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Good morning Sam. What a great day.
well sofar anyway
May 16th, 2008 at 10:27 am
There’s a post about Pellicano on the old thread; just my luck to put it up whilst Lone Pigeon was dancing his Victory Dance here…
May 16th, 2008 at 10:28 am
not planning on hanging around, must get some garden done. been lurking for days but not much to say as not much has happened. do wonder if the mccanns will go to the reconstruction.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:29 am
It was a victory flutter! I was hopping and cooing like a good un!
May 16th, 2008 at 10:33 am
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chenier Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 10:27 am
There’s a post about Pellicano on the old thread; just my luck to put it up whilst Lone Pigeon was dancing his Victory Dance here…
just read it, that’s interesting. if i remeber correctly the mccans approached a couple of other detective agencies before engaging metodo3, and they were turned down as clients, possibly because of legal conflicts, who knows.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:36 am
and re jona morais blog http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/ of suing another paper well
it looks like they may be running out of money again perhaps.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:37 am
ah me links got spamtrapped., nevermind
May 16th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Peter Hill of the Daily Express stood down….he should not have. How do we know that the “untruths” printed about the McCanns were just that. What power some people have, and cheek too, to actually grab a lawyer and sue. They are suspects in this case! They do ask for all they get by their behavior IMHO.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:50 am
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lyn Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Peter Hill of the Daily Express stood down…
they seem to be having a lot of bad luck, first the payout where they also practically declared them mccans innocent — something i simply don’t understand, then the bashing of the owner, the poor sales circulation and then this..
May 16th, 2008 at 10:51 am
16 sam
13 chenier
just read it, that’s interesting. if i remeber correctly the mccans approached a couple of other detective agencies before engaging metodo3, and they were turned down as clients, possibly because of legal conflicts, who knows.”
Or possibly because having listened to what they had to say, and having reviewed even the sparse available evidence they made a professional decision that …..
May 16th, 2008 at 10:53 am
……it wasn’t worth the effort?
May 16th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Or because they didn’t want to end up in the slammer?
Control Risks Group wouldn’t touch them with a bargepole…
May 16th, 2008 at 10:59 am
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PeterMac Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 10:51 am
also a possibility.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am
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chenier Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 10:57 am
what is control risks group ?
May 16th, 2008 at 11:04 am
May 16th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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brandon flours Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 11:04 am
♫ ♥ CONGRATULATIONS LONE PIGEON !!!! ☆♫
Awwww thanks Brandon
Good weren’t I 
May 16th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Do you sit there with your cuppa refreshing till the new thead comes up now ??
May 16th, 2008 at 11:12 am
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brandon flours Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Do you sit there with your cuppa refreshing till the new thead comes up now ??
No I just happened to stumble across this one and while it was quiet I pounced like tiger and then pounced again and again and ripped the heart out of it and I won!
May 16th, 2008 at 11:13 am
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brandon flours Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 11:08 am
no, off to do some garden