Madeleine McCann Press coverage - Was it a Saviour or a Damnation?

[Brietta]

I'm not saying the papers simultaneously gave them great support for philanthropic reasons, of course the reasons were also financial. That's why they didn't just stop when asked.

But why didn't the McCanns use the PCC from August? Why was it 2008 before they used the courts?

The press were perhaps getting mixed messages for that reason. The position wasn't as black and white as you're claiming.

You just aren't going to accept that the press were way off line in the unprecedented systemic character assassination they undertook on the McCanns.

Nothing short of sadistic when taking their status into account.

Easy to remember headlines such as ~ PARENTS' CAR HID A CORPSE - Portuguese police ~ so easy to overlook the retraction made the following day.

Don't excuse the actions of the press ~ they were content with their sales ~ if they were destroying a family in the process ~ so what?
That it took legal action ~ not a polite request to desist ~ rather reveals all.

[mercury]

The 'silver lining' hardly compensates for the ruination of of one's character, the effects of which can be measured today by those who have never heard about the FSS report, but have heard all about body fluids slopping around the non existent wheel well of the Renault.

I doubt there is more than a handful of people who believe that, bit drama queenish of you if I may say so. Not good or clever to gild the lily.
Still, the Drs Mccanns must have been happy with the welcome injection of million plus funds to aid the search, 'even if'' they felt their characters were marred to a stranger population who read the papers

[misty]

I doubt there is more than a handful of people who believe that, bit drama queenish of you if I may say so. Not good or clever to gild the lily.
Still, the Drs Mccanns must have been happy with the welcome injection of million plus funds to aid the search, 'even if'''they felt their characters were marred to a stranger population who read the papers

25000 Facebook members & a daily perusal of the constant stream of tweeters on #mccann would disagree with you on that.

[Brietta]

I doubt there is more than a handful of people who believe that, bit drama queenish of you if I may say so. Not good or clever to gild the lily.
Still, the Drs Mccanns must have been happy with the welcome injection of million plus funds to aid the search, 'even if'' they felt their characters were marred to a stranger population who read the papers

Please take note of what Misty has said ... money does not compensate for that sort of lasting character assassination.

[mercury]

25000 Facebook members & a daily perusal of the constant stream of tweeters on #mccann would disagree with you on that.

25000 people think this? I don't believe you. And I am sure you have no proof.

But, what if they did?
What does it matter?
It matters not a jot. Many people think aliens control their minds. Enough said. My shift calls.

[misty]

25000 people think this? I don't believe you. And I am sure you have no proof.

But, what if they did?
What does it matter?
It matters not a jot. Many people think aliens control their minds. Enough said. My shift calls.

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[Lyall]

You just aren't going to accept that the press were way off line in the unprecedented systemic character assassination they undertook on the McCanns.

Nothing short of sadistic when taking their status into account.

Easy to remember headlines such as ~ PARENTS' CAR HID A CORPSE - Portuguese police ~ so easy to overlook the retraction made the following day.

Don't excuse the actions of the press ~ they were content with their sales ~ if they were destroying a family in the process ~ so what?
That it took legal action ~ not a polite request to desist ~ rather reveals all.

Of course I accept some papers were out of line , it was obvious at the time. Why didn't they use the PCC or the court earlier?

[faithlilly]

What supporters fail to acknowledge is that just because something is written in the newspapers doesn't necessarily mean that the majority of the readers believe it. They seem to have worked out that those scurrilous stories aren't true so are they really so arrogant to think that most newspaper readers aren't intelligent enough to work that out too ?

As to the compensation payments made to the McCanns Mercury makes a valid point. If it wasn't for those there would more than likely have been no private search for the child post 2008. 

[Montclair]

You just aren't going to accept that the press were way off line in the unprecedented systemic character assassination they undertook on the McCanns.

Nothing short of sadistic when taking their status into account.

Easy to remember headlines such as ~ PARENTS' CAR HID A CORPSE - Portuguese police ~ so easy to overlook the retraction made the following day.

Don't excuse the actions of the press ~ they were content with their sales ~ if they were destroying a family in the process ~ so what?
That it took legal action ~ not a polite request to desist ~ rather reveals all.

The police investigation led them to believe that Madeleine's corpse was hidden in the car. Therefore, the headline was legitimate. No lie there. And please don't come back with the argument of leaks. That is not the point, the point is that the headline was NOT a lie.

Of course, the McCanns did not want to use the services of PCC because they would not have gotten any monetary compensation. As Gerry said: "Someone has to pay".

You can hardly say that the press destroyed the family. The parents did that all by themselves by not looking after their children.

Perhaps you should analyse the nasty lies the UK press printed about the Portuguese authorities while you are at it. But then your only concern is the McCanns.

[G-Unit]

Hence The Leveson Inquiry.  Trial by Media has to stop.  Too many innocent people are tainted by this.  Who is innocent or guilty is the remit of The Courts.

They're not infallible either unfortunately.

[Mr Gray]

They're not infallible either unfortunately.

those of us who understand the justice system understand it is designed to be deliberately infallible because it realises that infallibility is impossible

[G-Unit]

those of us who understand the justice system understand it is designed to be deliberately infallible because it realises that infallibility is impossible

It must feel wonderful to be you and know everything. 

[Mr Gray]

It must feel wonderful to be you and know everything. 

so you don't understand the basic premise of UK justice..uk justice is balanced slightly in favour of the defendant as the law would prefer to see a guilty man walk free than an innocent man jailed... I thought everyone knew that

[G-Unit]

so you don't understand the basic premise of UK justice

Is that a question or a statement i wonder? Statement, so no reply required.

[Mr Gray]

Is that a question or a statement i wonder? Statement, so no reply required.

it's a statement...the principle I am referring to is Blackstone's Formulation