Posts Tagged ‘Madeleine McCann’
Madeleine McCann: She Speaks To Spaniard And BBC Scores Points
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE SUN: “Fury at Maddie ‘ghost chat’”
No, not a ghost chat show – it’s not a publicity stunt. It;s not even a follow up to the Daily Star’s front page screamer: “MADDIE GHOST VISITS MUM”. It’s:
A SICK comedy writer has sparked outrage by publishing a spoof interview with Madeleine McCann’s “ghost”. Jose Perez, 28, who writes for Spanish TV, reports in his online blog that Maddie — who vanished in May 2007 aged three — visited his house.
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Posted: 29th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (73)
Madeleine McCann: Nazis, Credit Crunch, Suicide Bombers And Zimbabwe
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE SUN: “Bishop raps ‘ruthless’ bankers”
THE Archbishop of York slammed bankers in his Christmas Day sermon for pursuing “ruthless gain”.
Dr John Sentamu warned banks against “exploitative lending” and urged them not to “enrich themselves at poor neighbours’ expense”.
The Church has no investments, no property portfolio and has not made one single penny in the financial boom years. Read about their poverty here.
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Posted: 26th, December 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (28)
Madeleine McCann: Sue Carroll Hymns Maddie Copperfield And Prayers For Hope
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
FERGUS Shanahan (The Sun): “McCanns must move on.”
So says the deputy editor of the Sun one day after the paper’s Morn Porn headline and story:
Maddie’s Xmas gifts are lying under the tree – THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann wrestled with their anguish to buy her gifts — on their second Christmas without her. Kate and Gerry McCann took the heart-wrenching decision as they released a fresh video appeal to find her.
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Posted: 23rd, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (47)
Madeleine McCann: Another Christmas Present For The Papers
MADDYWATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
THE MAIL: “Maddie, the last happy Christmas”
Indeed. Now instead of stories of Santa, readers get stories of missing children. It’s what they enjoy.
THE SUN: “Maddie’s Xmas gifts are lying under the tree”
THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann wrestled with their anguish to buy her gifts — on their second Christmas without her.
Kate and Gerry McCann took the heart-wrenching decision as they released a fresh video appeal to find her.
They have wrapped the presents and put them under their tree almost 19 months after Maddie, then three, vanished from their holiday apartment in Portugal.
Last night Clarence Mitchell, the couple’s official spokesman, said there had already been a “very good” response to the new appeal.
IRISH INDEPENDENT (front page): “Please bring Maddy home – Parent’s plea at Christmas”
Still the papers are undecided: Maddy or Maddie? Of course both versions are the tabloids’ pet names and command the sobriquet “our”. The missing child is called Madeleine.
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Posted: 22nd, December 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (4)
Madeleine McCann: The Video, The Song And The Prayer
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
Another day and another anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. No proof of what happened to her has come to light; no proof of any crime behind her vanishing. The parents keep their daughter’s name in the news. And the media…
GLASGOW SUNDAY MAIL: “Xmas Plea For Maddie”
MISSING Madeleine McCann’s voice has been heard in public for the first time in a Christmas home video…Maddie, then three, is heard telling her siblings, twins Sean and Amelie: “Clap your hands together and one, two, three.”
The words:
Madeleine McCann with
Twins Sean and Amelie
Clap your hands together
And one two three
Sing along…
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: “McCanns make Christmas video plea”
Madeleine then holds up her new pair of shoes and says: “These are my shoes.” Behind the camera Mr McCann asks her what colour they are, and she answers: “Pink.”
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Posted: 21st, December 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (44)
Madeleine McCann: Rachel Nickell, Adam Walsh And Tabloid Bingo
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann; introducing the murder of Rachel Nickell and Adam Walsh
THE GUARDIAN: Pressure on police to find Wimbledon killer put the wrong man in the frame
Robert Napper killed Rachel Nickell. Colin Stagg did not kill Rachel Nickell. Napper murdered Nickell, stabbing her to death in front of her son on Wimbledon Common in July 1992.
The story is now added to that game we all love so much: Tabloid Bingo:
“…it had all the ingredients of the classic media murder story: the beautiful blonde victim, the lyrical summer setting, the child witness, the murderous stranger at large – and all taking place in Greater London. Inevitably, the police were under enormous and immediate pressure to capture the killer of someone whose face smiled out of the front pages of every newspaper.
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Posted: 19th, December 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (38)
Madeleine McCann: Promoting Goncalo Amaral’s Stocking Filler
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
SKY NEWS: “Ex-Cop Plans ‘Maddie’ Translation”
You say suspect, they say arguido. You say sardine muncher. They say hard-working cop…
Even though he’s on trial in Portugal over another missing child case, former police chief Goncalo Amaral is finding time to promote his book Maddie – the Truth of the Lie.
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Posted: 17th, December 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (78)
Another Madeleine McCann Book Doesn’t Know Where She Is
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE PEOPLE: “Maddie not kidnapped, says lawyer”
Which lawyer, says that, then?
Madeleine McCann’s parents faced fresh heartache yesterday over a book claiming their daughter was NOT abducted.
Was there a crime?
The book, by retired lawyer Anthony Bennett, comes as Kate and Gerry prepare to launch a second Christmas appeal for help in finding Madeleine.
It’s Antony Bennett. More on him here.
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Posted: 15th, December 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (189)
Eoghan Quigg Has The Madeleine McCann X Factor
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
DAILY MIRROR: “NO CHEERS FOR TEARS”
It’s sardine munching Tony Parsons. He’s got mourning sickness.
If Eoghan Quigg wins The X Factor tonight, it will be because he tugged the nation’s heartstrings by sobbing like a big softy on last week’s show…Even boyband JLS would be preferable to cry-baby Quigg and his croaking, fist-punching High School Musical routines…
But cry-baby Quigg could nick it after blubbing his heart out when Diana got the boot. Personally, I thought I was going to vomit.
Sod Cowell and Tweedy’s Cry In – who’s for a game of Tabloid Bingo?
I remember when we said goodbye to another Diana, and William and Harry walked behind their mother’s coffin, their hearts breaking but their eyes dry.
Tick. Tick. Tick. (It’s a quick game.)
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Posted: 13th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (103)
Gordon Brown To Underwrite Madeleine McCann Entertainment Industry
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
WHAT’S ON STAGE: “New Spring Seasons Announced – Finborough Theatre and Southwark Playhouse”
South London venue the Sothwark Playhouse have announced their new spring season line-up which will follow on from a successful autumn season which saw the venue play host to a diverse range of shows including Moll Flanders, Unstated and Shakespeare’s R & J.
Bravo!
The new season will include the return of new writing theatre company Nabokov with further instalments of their Present Tense series in February and April. The series unites top talent from across the theatre industry to create a response to a particular topic in current affairs in just seven days. In previous years artists have tackled a wide range of news stories including the Brixton McDonalds shootings; the schism in the Anglican church over homosexuality, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and the Baby P case.
Now that’s entertainment.
GET SURREY: “Fresh appeal to find missing Ruth”
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Posted: 10th, December 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (76)
Shannon Matthews And The Taxis Of Evil
SHANNON WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Shannon Matthews and family…
THE SUN: “FREAK OUT – Shannon beast released from jail so docs can treat bust jaw”
It’s “kidnap fiend” Michael Donovan. He looks a bit like Vivienne Westwood, only in more wearable clothes. The “toothless weirdo” is out of jail and into hospital to have his jaw fixed. “Evil mum” Karen Matthews remains in choky.
Evil. Fiend. A devil man! Pure evil!
BUG-EYED beast Michael Donovan gets a taste of his own medicine yesterday as he is restrained by handcuffs and a chain.
The 40-year-old oddball, who tethered kidnap victim Shannon Matthews with a noose during her 24 days in captivity, was manacled to a guard for a hospital visit.
Smile!
The reviled abductor has been unable to put in his false teeth since the lag battered him three weeks ago, inflicting a double fracture.
Off to the doctors for realignment.
Donovan, flanked by two guards, was taken to Pinderfields from Armley jail in Leeds in a TAXI.
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Posted: 10th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (25)
Madeleine McCann: The X Factor, Mourning Sickness And Celebrity Tears
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE Dianification of Britain has passed what historians will come to call the X(Factor) Point, the day when the pro-John Sergeant focus group met the lachrymose X Factor warblers in an all-singing, all- dancing tribute to Baby P.
Hey. It’s what Madeleine McCann would have wanted, so too out Princess of Hearts, say the jobbing mourners as the DVD, CD and ribbon hit the shops and broadcasters feel impelled to play it lest they lag behind in the celebrity caring stakes.
There is no escape. There is escapism, because while you watch to see the rubbish singers and the rubbish dancers fail, you are not allowed to point and laugh. That could be you. There for the grace of God…
And having exhausted themselves cheerleading and ululating with mourning sickness, the hacks have noticed.
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Posted: 9th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (124)
Madeleine McCann: TV Survivors, Alan Carr And Karen Matthews Bingo
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “APOCALYPSE? WOW!”
EXCLUSIVE TV’s Survivors star Julie tells why she shuns Botox and surgery at the age of 43
Why?
But Julie said: “I’m happy the way I am. OK, there are days when I wake up and think, ‘Who’s that old bag looking back at me in the mirror?’ “And I see pictures of myself five years ago and think, ‘Why can’t I look like that any more?’ But I’m happy the way I am. What is wrong with a woman looking her actual age?”
What’s good for Julie is good for Kate McCann. Really:
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Posted: 8th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (98)
Britney Spears Naked Angelina Jolie 9/11 Joe Swash Charlie Brooker Knob Feast
BRITNEY Spears naked, Miley Cyrus naked, Angelina Jolie naked, Israel vs Palestine naked, Joe Swash, iPhone, 9/11 conspiracy, Facebook, MySpace, and Anthea Turner clothed.
There, that should guarantee this column gets oodles of traffic. Thanks to the Guardian’s Aida Edemariam for using that top search fodder in her piece, words also used in frowning Charlie Brooker’s Guardian feature.
Not that Anorak saw it, having spent the past week searching for “Joe Swash pots Nicola McLean” in Paddick’s pocket; McLean being the only women to be snookered by her chest.
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Posted: 6th, December 2008 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)
How The Media Turned Shannon Matthews Into A Madeleine McCann
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews.
Karen Matthews has been found guilty of kidnapping her child Shannon Matthews and perverting the course of justice. Karen Matthews is “PURE EVIL”. As Evil as Baby P’s killers?
Lest readers not understand that Karen Matthews is “PURE EVIL”, the papers remind them of the fact on their front pages:
THE SUN: “PURE EVIL – Family even tied to scam Maddie fund”
DAILY STAR: “PURE EVIL” – Shannon’s mum had sex and food orgies as kids starved”
DAILY MIRROR: “MOTHER OF PURE EVIL” – In the rush to damn, the Mirror seems to be calling Shannon Matthews “PURE EVIL”. And that’s harsh.
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Posted: 5th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (183)
Shannon Matthews: Madeleine McCann’s Shameless Legacy
KAREN Matthews has been found guilty of kidnapping her daughter Shannon Matthews and get her hands on the reward money.
Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan were both found guilty of the kidnap and false imprisonment.
The pair were also found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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Posted: 4th, December 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Reviews | Comments (11)
Madeleine McCann: Spotted In Monkey Land, Fled To Lapland And A Christmas Message
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE SUN: “Xmas TV appeal in hunt for Maddie”
Will Kate McCann be asked to deliver the alternative Queen’s Speech on Channel 4?
A WORLDWIDE television appeal will be launched at Christmas to appeal for help in finding missing toddler Madeleine McCann. The plea is set to be fronted by a celebrity and will feature previously unseen footage of Maddie.
Have you been good little boys and girls?
Clarence Mitchell, the couple’s spokesman, said: “It is likely there will be a Christmas message – with the focus on Madeleine.”
Silent night. Holy night…
BOURNEMOUTH DAILY ECHO: “Toddler escaped from Poole play centre”
Claire Mason thought her son Jack was safe at Monkey Bizness at Tower Park, Poole, but the toddler managed to leave the play area, pass reception, go down a flight of stairs and get out of the building.
The little Monkey. Maybe he’s in Lapland, also in Dorset?
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Posted: 4th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (22)
Madeleine McCann: Introducing Amelie, Celebrity Kate And Xmas Marks The Spot
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE PEOPLE: “KATE: I KNOW OUR MADDIE IS ALIVE -EXCLUSIVE New worldwide appeal as McCanns face second heartbreak Xmas Star gives TV backing
Little news of Our Maddie, the missing child who is still missing. But Christmas is approaching, another landmark.
Writes Tracey Kandohla:
Missing Madeleine McCann’s mum Kate remains certain she is still alive – and plans a worldwide appeal at Christmas for help in finding the tot.
Merry Christmas, everyone! It’s panto season:
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Posted: 1st, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (94)
Madeleine McCann: The Story So Far
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
Follow the link to Anorak’s look at Madeleine McCann in the news – HERE.
Posted: 29th, November 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (67)
Baby P: Too Late For Ed Balls But Gordon Brown Can Still Save Him
HAVING made a land grab for his ashes, can the Sun take credit for the imminent dismissal of those Haringey social workers who failed Baby P?
Of course it can. And it’s a safe bet that Gordon Brown will not miss the opportunity to thank the Sun for its vigilante campaign, and thank those voters, sorry readers who signed the petition online and in the paper.
As Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel puts it:
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste…”
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Posted: 27th, November 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Politicians | Comment
Madeleine McCann: Baby P And Me
MADELEINE MCCANN & Baby P: What Did You Do For Them, Daddy?
The mawkish reaction to Baby P’s horrific life and death has turned into an ‘I was there moment’.
Up and down the land young faces are turning to parents and guardians and asking: “What did you do for Baby, P?”
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Posted: 26th, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (79)
Madeleine McCann: Do Libel Laws Damage The Investigation?
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
IN The New Year, a House of Commons inquiry will investigate press standards, privacy and libel laws.
The cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee is now looking for views on a wide range of key topics affecting the press from newspaper publishers and any other interested parties.
The case of missing Madeleine McCann will be high on the agenda.
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Posted: 22nd, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (155)
Madeleine McCann: A New Book, Danger And A New Investigation
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Live dangerously: it’s so much safer”
We should stop fretting over potential disasters that are unlikely to happen, says a new book. Lisa Jewell reports
A new book:
Author Warwick Cairns enjoys an element of risk in his life and likes to skateboard and mountain bike. So you might expect that his book called How to Live Dangerously advocates taking up sky diving or swimming in shark cages.
Warwick Cairns dictates his book while parasailing outside his local hospital.
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Posted: 20th, November 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (420)
Madeleine McCann: Selling Amaral’s Opinion As Faction
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE INDEPENDENT: “Detective set to publish McCann book in Britain”
Portuguese officer who led the search for Madeleine says his account defends the honour of his team
It’s Goncalo Amaral…
Speaking exclusively to The Independent on Sunday, Goncalo Amaral denied cashing in on the tragic disappearance of the three-year-old but said he was determined to restore his reputation, which “had been torn to shreds” by unfair and inaccurate media reports.
Not cashing in by writing a book that is then placed on sale for a fee. Why not just publish his thought on a website, and distribute it for free?
The book, Maddie: The Truth about the Lie, has already sold an estimated 180,000 copies in Europe, and Mr Amaral’s representatives are trying find a British publisher.
Anyone brave enough to publish it?
Says Amaral:
Posted: 16th, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (395)
Madeleine McCann: Metodo 3, Using The Media And Allegations
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
A reader in Portugal writes to Anorak of the Madeleine McCann case. There are no suspects. We do not know what crime, if any, has been committed. The parents are innocent. Robert Murat is innocent.
Now read on…
“Maddie: private detectives received aid from a “mole” inside the PJ – SOS Maddie.”
Spanish private detective reveals how the McCanns gained access to confidential police information within the Maddie case
Can this be true? Duarte Levy writes:
According to one of the private detectives that were hired by Metodo 3 within their contract with Kate and Gerry McCann, an inspector from the Polícia Judiciária transmitted confidential information regarding the movements of the Portuguese investigators and of their British colleagues within the inquiry into Maddie’s disappearance to the Spanish agency.
So leaks from the Portuguese police might not have been all bad?
The information that was thus obtained has allowed for the private detectives to inform the McCann couple and their entourage about the diligences that were prepared by the Portuguese investigators:
“Several initiatives by Amaral’s men failed due to the information that was given away by their colleague… but there was also information coming from informants that were connected to the British embassy”, the detective states.
“That was information that allowed us to know in advance what inspector Amaral and his colleagues intended to do”, the private detective further states during an interview that was recently recorded in Spain, stressing that “the inquiry would probably have had a different outcome without the intervention of the private detectives, but equally without that of certain British professionals.”
Posted: 15th, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (490)
