Madeleine McCann: Gerry McCann Protests, DNA And Slurs
MADDYWATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
THE SUN front page: “COPS’ SHOCK NEW CLAIMS – Gerry is NOT Maddie’s dad”
Page 7: “ANGRY GERRY SLAMS COP RUMOURS – I’m Maddie’s fathr..100%”
Kate and Gerry are “horrified and distressed” at the suggestion. The Sun says that both Kate and Gerry are “GPs”.
The allegations are “outrageous” and were made in Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas. The paper says: “The English found the biological father and concluded he had nothing to do with Madeleine’s disappearance.”
And this means: “There is absolutely no chance her paternal profile could be confused with her twin siblings”
Says Clarence Mitchell (not Madeleine’s father): “Due to further unwarranted, unsubstantiated and totally inaccurate speculation in the Portuguese press” Gerry and Kate have authorised me to make the following statement”
A confession? A denial?
“For the record Gerry McCann is the biological father of his daughter Madeleine, a reports suggesting otherwise is nothing short of lies. It is indeed an absolutely untrue fabrication”
Not a true fabrication, eh? And not one the British press would mention, unless it was to show readers how bad those Portuguese are
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – PARENTS ARE STILL THE MAIN SUSPECTS”
Says who? “Says Portugal’s top policeman”
Police chief Alipio Riberio (Zooks!) says: “The investigation will continue to proceed along the lines it has proceeded until now” – He is following procedure
Page 9: “’New DNA test result will show us the truth’” – Julie Evans, who works for “one of Britain’s leading hair analysis providers, says “It is very difficult to detect the presence of sedatives in recovered hair strands”. Like the hair strands found in the McCanns’ car? Yes. And no, Julie is not working on the McCann case
DAILY MIRROR page 7: “McCanns ‘still chief suspects”
Alipio Ribeiro says: “All lines of investigation are open and will continue to be open until we have more clarity on the case”
DAILY MAIL page 5: “I am Maddie’s dad!”
Says Clarence Mitchell: “We have up to a year to sue and we will do…But they plan to sue 24 horas and any other media outlets that prints these claims as soon as the official s8epcts status is lifted.”
Any other media out that prints the claims will be sued? For what? Presenting the claims as fact or presenting them as news as reported in the Portuguese press, and allowing Gerry McCann space to issue his denial? And first they have to sue Sandra Felgueiras
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE: WHO’S HER DADDY?”
Page 7: “GERRY: I AM MADDIE’S DADDY – Family fury over IVF ‘lies’”
Gerry is a “heart surgeon”
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 13: “Paternity ‘slur’ angers McCanns”
THE GUARDIAN, THE TIMES and THE INDEPENDENT – No Maddie news today
Posted: 12th, October 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,628) | TrackBack | Permalink
