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Madeleine McCann: Tapas Tales In Praia da Rocha
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
A CHILD is missing, still missing. And through the mainstream media we have watched the expats, watched the parents, watched the Portuguese police and watched the celebs.
This week, we are watching the media. The Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star have been brought to book for shoddy reporting, libelling the so-called Tapas 7.
GLASGOW DAILY RECORD: “£375k Win For Maddie Case Pals”
Kate and Gerry McCann’s holiday friends - known as the Tapas Seven - have accepted £375,000 libel damages from a newspaper group.
They were all known as the Tapas Nine, but then became the 7 when we began to gawp at the McCanns. But let’s stick to the facts:
The friends were having dinner in a tapas restaurant in Praia da Rocha in the Algarve with Madeleine’s parents on the night she went missing.
So not in Praia da Luz. Is this a scoop? Is this Mirror’s investigation making progress?
Posted: 17th, October 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Media | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Madeleine McCann: An Apology For Journalism, Desmond’s Reputation And Greenslade Scores
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
DAILY STAR: “’THE TAPAS SEVEN‘” - AN APOLOGY
The Sangria Seven, surely. Or the Tapas 9 (what happened to them?). But what of this latest apology? Ahem..:
In articles published in September and November last year we suggested that the holiday companions of Kate and Gerry McCann might have covered up the true facts concerning Madeleine McCann’s disappearance and/or misled the authorities investigating her disappearance.
Yes…
Posted: 16th, October 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Madeleine McCann, Media, Tabloids | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Madeleine McCann Opens For Australia
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE AGE (Aus): “If the cap fits, journeyman Rogers will wear it”
An interview with cricketer Chris Rogers.
Away from cricket, Rogers likes sudoku, music, writing and reading. Currently, it is Vanished, exploring the Madeleine McCann case, which was topical in England when he was there mid-year.
More on how that affects his cricket next season…
Posted: 15th, October 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Media | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
The BNP Guardian Wants British Coffee For British Coffee Drinkers
EXCUSE me. Yes, you with the “our” watery Starbucks coffee, the fair trade sugar and look of understanding.
The Guardian would like to garner your thoughts on the BNP.
“Does the BNP speak for you?”
You put down your white (guilt) coffee and look at the canvasser’s laptop. You click through to politic-poll.com. and see a picture of BNP leader Nick Griffin.
Posted: 14th, October 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Madeleine McCann, Media | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Madeleine McCann Gives Lives Meaning And Worth
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
INTERNATIONAL HERLAD TRIUBIUNE (France): “Billionaire retailer Green shops for a bargain”
Mark Pootter says Philip Green is on the hunt for a knock-down-once-in-a-lifetime- I’m-cuttin’-me-own-throat-guv’nor-honest-to-goodness bargain.
And who is Philip Green? Why…:
Posted: 13th, October 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Madeleine McCann, Media | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Madeleine McCann: Investigators Wanted, Benchmarks Of Pain And McFly
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
DAILY MAIL: “£50,000 monthly expenses bill for McCann’s private eyes”
A scoop. It’s months old. But it’s still a scoop, right? Metodo 3 are on the job…
The private investigators hired to find Madeleine McCann were embroiled in fresh controversy last night as it was revealed they claimed nearly £50,000 in expenses for one month’s work.
… expensive
Posted: 12th, October 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Media, Tabloids | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Madeleine McCann And The Dawn Of Creationism
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
In the beginning was the word. And the word was “Maddie”…
THE INDEPENDENT: “Religion vs science: can the divide between God and rationality be reconciled?”
And on the eighth day the media was created and Our Maddie did come to the fore…
‘A clergyman in charge of education for the country’s leading scientific organisation – it’s a Monty Python sketch,” pronounced Britain’s top atheist, Richard Dawkins, recently. The problem was that Reiss, as well as being an evolutionary biologist and population geneticist, is a non-stipendiary priest in the Church of England.
Still dunno.
Posted: 11th, October 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Madeleine McCann, Media | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Madeleine McCann For Hire: Games, Books And Art
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
PR with Madeleine McCann. Recently Madeleine has been selling video games…
EUROGAMER: “Bungie has said a character called Maddie could “potentially” feature in the new Halo 3 expansion pack - but confirmed there’s no connection with missing five year-old Madeleine McCann.”
Controversy kicked off last month after a trailer for what’s now known to be Halo 3 Recon featured the message, “Maddie, where are you?”
Complete coincidence. A new series of Car 54 Where Are You? is to be called Maddie’s Car 54 Where Are You? Really…
Speaking to Eurogamer at the Tokyo Game Show, Bungie writer Luke Smith described the incident as an “unfortunate coincidence”, adding, “Because of that coincidence, we’ve pulled that slide.”
PRESS RELEASE: “Writer raises concern about motherhood of modern women”
Recently Madeleine has been selling books…
Posted: 10th, October 2008 | In: Chanelle Hayes, Madeleine McCann, Tabloids | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
