Madeleine McCann: Kate And Gerry McCann May Sue Express Newspapers Over Coverage
AS Anorak readers told us days ago, the Daily Express may be preparing itself for legal hostilities with the McCanns.
READ: Is Madeleine McCann Disappearing From The UK Press?
For days on end the Daily Express led with news – and no news – of Madeleine McCann. And they stopped all mention of her. No longer story big enough for the nationals?
If the McCanns sue the Express, what could it mean for the paper that “strands for decency”, as the adverts say, and for the McCanns who maintain they are innocent in their daughter’s vanishing?
Lawyers for Kate and Gerry McCann are considering taking legal action against British newspapers whose coverage they feel to have been incorrect and unfair.
Principally they are looking at the publications in The Express Group: The Daily Express, The Sunday Express, The Daily Star and The Daily Star Sunday.
Clarence Mitchell, the spokesman for the McCann family, confirmed that their lawyers were in discussions, but denied that any writs had yet been issued.
“It’s wrong to say that we’re actually suing, but our lawyers have been assessing all articles, in all papers.
“We are extremely unhappy with The Express Group’s coverage. We always said it was the worst amongst all the tabloids.”
Anorak has been following the media’s treatment on the vanishing of a child. A feeding frenzy over a child missing. A child not here…
Posted: 7th, March 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (272) | TrackBack | Permalink
