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Madeleine Coverage

ONE YEAR ON (May 2007)

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BR
Brekkie
Can't (well, can actually) believe they were selfish enough to turn down helping stage a reconstruction because the Portugese authorities won't declare they're not suspects. Surely even their fear of arrest shouldn't stop them encouraging moves that could find help find Madeline or established what happened and bring crucial new evidence into the frame.


Talking of reconstructions (and tediously linking it back to TV pres), has this case ever been on Crimewatch?
ST
Stuart
Brekkie posted:
Surely even their fear of arrest shouldn't stop them encouraging moves that could find help find Madeline or established what happened and bring crucial new evidence into the frame.

I refer you to Nini's eloquent summary of the situation in the other place (top of page 2)
DA
Dave Founding member
Just read that Robert Murat is to sue 11 media outlets over their coverage involving him. If he were to win he could expect £200,000 per paper.

Sun
Daily Express
Sunday Express
Daily Star
Daily Mail
Evening Standard
Metro
Daily Mirror
Sunday Mirror
News of the World
The Scotsman
Sky

Do remember watching Sky News that evening and their coverage was shocking. I remember one of their reports saying that he was a dodgy person as he has a glass eye.

Edit: Updated the £20,000 to £200,000
BR
Brekkie
£20,000 seems very low for being branded a murdering paedophile.
FO
fodg09
Brekkie posted:
£20,000 seems very low for being branded a murdering paedophile.


I think its actually 200,000.
BA
bilky asko
fodg09 posted:
Brekkie posted:
£20,000 seems very low for being branded a murdering paedophile.


I think its actually 200,000.


£240,000
12×20,000 (there were 12 names listed).

EDIT: See below
FO
fodg09
bilky asko posted:
fodg09 posted:
Brekkie posted:
£20,000 seems very low for being branded a murdering paedophile.


I think its actually 200,000.


£240,000
12×20,000 (there were 12 names listed).


Not according to the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7344986.stm

They claim £200,000 per paper,per claim.
BA
bilky asko
Then it'll be £2.4 million. I thought the £200,000 previously mentioned referred to the total amount.
Well, £2.4 million is better, but would it be much of a blow to the outlets?
DU
Dunedin
From the Observer:

Quote:
Sunday Mirror reporter Lori Campbell wrote an article headlined 'Why I shopped Maddy suspect' in which she claimed: 'There was an evasiveness and unease about Murat that left me feeling extremely uncomfortable.'....Campbell told Sky News: 'It was just very reminiscent of the Soham murders, that was my first thought. He was hanging around, asking us questions and maybe trying to find out what we knew.'


Just what do you learn on these "media studies" degrees if not basic libel and slander law? They certainly aren't teaching much journalism.
DA
Dave Founding member
ahh bugger, yeah meant to add an extra zero to that number, have updated it now!

Here's a you Tube where she talked to Sky News about her concerns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jExBfGR7Fio
BR
Brekkie
ITV have got a bloody two hour prime-time documentary on the McCunts next week:

Quote:
DOCUMENTARY: Madeleine, One Year On: Campaign for Change
On: ITV1 Granada (3)
Date: Wednesday 30th April 2008 (starting in 10 days)
Time: 20:00 to 22:00 (2 hours long)

Almost a year to the day since their daughter went missing from their holiday apartment in Portugal, Kate and Gerry McCann talk exclusively to ITV about the events of that fateful night. Plus, cameras follow the couple from their Leicester home to Washington and Brussels as they campaign for the introduction of a Europe-wide alert system for abducted children.
(New, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=152398

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
PT
Put The Telly On
I bet this will be an ITV News Special preceded by Mark Austin live in Portugal on the Evening News.

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