One enduring myth.

[Alfie]

So it seems the Portuguese doubt the McCanns because they don't know the true facts

Thanks in part to Amaral's staunch campaign to point the finger of guilt at them for the last 10 years.

[ShiningInLuz]

And do most people you communicate with think the McCanns drugged their kids to go and get drunk?  Let's at least try and pretend to post on topic....

Benice posed a civil question and I had the decency to explain.

As I said, it's tough to get beyond rolled eyes and something that equates to the McCanns dunnit, and that is a conversation stopper. 

Quite whether they think what the McCanns dun was drugging their kids to go and get drunk - who knows - we almost never get beyond the McCanns dunnit part.

[ShiningInLuz]

So it seems the Portuguese doubt the McCanns because they don't know the true facts

That would depend, I think, on how the archiving report was handled in the media and whether people were interested in it enough to read it directly themselves and make up their own minds.

I find most news reports to be factual and unbiased.  The coverage of the Smithman e-fits seemed not perfect, but largely factual and a simple reporting of the OG development.

The issue is opinion pieces, and discussion shows where the interviewer is trying for something spicy by pushing the envelope.

And the majority of people I get to talk to here about the case are not Portuguese.  The person making the 'Kate went running the next day' error is English.

[ShiningInLuz]

Thanks in part to Amaral's staunch campaign to point the finger of guilt at them for the last 10 years.

Thanks in part to the McCanns not conducting the PR campaign they were so well placed to do.

[Mr Gray]

That would depend, I think, on how the archiving report was handled in the media and whether people were interested in it enough to read it directly themselves and make up their own minds.

I find most news reports to be factual and unbiased.  The coverage of the Smithman e-fits seemed not perfect, but largely factual and a simple reporting of the OG development.

The issue is opinion pieces, and discussion shows where the interviewer is trying for something spicy by pushing the envelope.

And the majority of people I get to talk to here about the case are not Portuguese.  The person making the 'Kate went running the next day' error is English.

The point is that she believes the McCanns are guilty based on at least one thing that is patently untrue
We have also seen how inaccurate the documentary was... claiming things that were totally untrue
I would say everyone I have heard who thinks the McCanns are involved believe s things that are untrue

[stephen25000]

The point is that she believes the McCanns are guilty based on at least one thing that is patently untrue
We have also seen how inaccurate the documentary was... claiming things that were totally untrue
I would say everyone I have heard who thinks the McCanns are involved believe s things that are untrue

Would you say anything else ?

NO.


I can say the same thing about abduction, and those who claim there is evidence of that.

[Alfie]

Thanks in part to the McCanns not conducting the PR campaign they were so well placed to do.

What do you mean by that?

[ferryman]

Good grief.

Having not posted at all today, and as far as I can tell, my (supported) posts of unassailable truth from yesterday remain largely on the board and yet I am up to 40% sin-bin points, just an hour or so ago.

What goes on?

[G-Unit]

So it seems the Portuguese doubt the McCanns because they don't know the true facts

Says the man living in the country where people have been told for years that the McCanns were cleared by the archiving dispatch.

[ferryman]

Says the man living in the country where people have been told for years that the McCanns were cleared by the archiving dispatch.

The McCanns were not "cleared", because they were never charged, and therefore never in need of being "cleared".

Stuff clarified since the archiving of the first enquiry makes plain that the McCanns should never have been declared arguido/a.

[stephen25000]

The McCanns were not "cleared", because they were never charged, and therefore never in need of being "cleared".

Stuff clarified since the archiving of the first enquiry makes plain that the McCanns should never have been declared arguido/a.

You do realize there is no chance of the Portuguese Supreme Court decision being overturned , don't you.

[Robittybob1]

You do realize there is no chance of the Portuguese Supreme Court decision being overturned , don't you.

Did the McCanns make a complaint about the decision?  When we hear back how that complaint is dealt with then we will know if you are right or not.

[slartibartfast]

Did the McCanns make a complaint about the decision?  When we hear back how that complaint is dealt with then we will know if you are right or not.

I am assured it is a request for clarification.

[stephen25000]

Did the McCanns make a complaint about the decision?  When we hear back how that complaint is dealt with then we will know if you are right or not.

Perhaps you should investigate further.

[G-Unit]

The McCanns were not "cleared", because they were never charged, and therefore never in need of being "cleared".

Stuff clarified since the archiving of the first enquiry makes plain that the McCanns should never have been declared arguido/a.

Silly UK newspapers!

Madeleine McCann's parents officially cleared as police shelve investigation
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/madeleine-mccanns-parents-officially-cleared-729039