'Looking for Madeleine' by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan - My response to their enquiries

ChippyM wrote:
So they approach Tony who has obviously done a lot of good research and digging on the case then Pat Brown and Joana Morais who are bloggers who are pretty high profile amongst the people that follow this case....but none of them have access to anything more than the published files.

It's strange they don't seem to have approached someone like Amaral who actually worked the case and has seen much more information than anyone else isn't it?   

 I have to agree that these authors probably approached sceptics in the hope they would slip up by saying something defamatory or taking their words out of context.

Parents Gerry and Kate McCann, however, have never given up the search for Madeleine. They blitzed the media, hired private detectives, kept the case in the public eye.

Damn right there - spin and manipulation. People need to be reminded of the mcs tactics.


Speculation that the McCanns played a role in their daughter's fate, the authors demonstrate, is unfounded.

So it is just the authors subjective view, nothing else.

Scotland Yard's 'investigative review', ordered by the Prime Minister and begun in 2011, identified some 200 potential leads.

He took newspapers story at face value and this is a guy that says his book is an objective account ...hmm?

The Yard's suspects have included a mystery paedophile who preyed on other British children. The Detective Chief Inspector heading the probe has said the little girl may still be alive.

He must think Redwood's digging expedition was a fanfare, and not that he was looking for a body.

aiyoyo wrote:

Thanks Angelique for the link. It's a short piece so I thought I will post it up

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014
Why I knew Anthony Summers' Book on the Madeleine McCann Case would be Pro-McCann

I tossed out a short bit recently on Facebook and Twitter about how I was pretty sure Anthony Summers' upcoming book Looking for Madeleine due out in September would be a very pro-McCann book and I heard back from some that they held out hope that the book would bring out the facts and not be another whitewash of the evidence. I didn't explain in depth exactly why I thought this book was going to be one more nail in the coffin in the fight for truth and justice - for Madeleine McCann, Gonçalo Amaral, and everyone who has stuck their neck out - why I thought that this was yet another sign of the end days for this sad case which I predict will have Scotland Yard not far behind with their own final whitewash.

Here is why I profiled Mr. Summers and his book (co-authored with his wife, Robbyn Swan) as a pro-McCann piece of propaganda and not at all a well-researched and even-handed book on the case.

1) Mr. Summers emailed me for permission to use some quotes from my blogs in his book. The quotes were the kind that could easily be used out of context to show me as a conspiracy nut.

2) If Mr. Summers was truly doing in-depth research on the case and "in-depth interviews" as is claimed in this Amazon blurb, why did he never do an in-depth interview with me? I am not trying to say I am vastly important and how dare he ignore me, but I would think any author worth their salt would interview a well-known profiler who has written numerous blogs on the case, who has written a book that was Carter-rucked by the McCanns, and who has actually gone to Portugal to "look for Madeleine." But, no, he only emailed me just before the final copy went to print to ask me about a few quotes.

3) He interviewed some McCanns (not sure which ones).

4) He didn't interview Gonçalo Amaral.

5) He got a big publisher and his book is being published in the UK. If that isn't enough of a red flag, you are bloody well blind! Read: No fear of being Carter-Rucked!

6) What interesting timing......

Anyway, I asked Mr. Summers a few questions and he refused to give me a straight answer. I had the sickening feeling my suspicions were going to be well-founded.

And today I read the description of the book at Amazon.co. uk. There was the proof I profiled him and his book correctly.

Speculation that the McCanns played a role in their daughter's fate, the authors demonstrate, is unfounded.

Sadly, I think this book is going to get a lot of positive media attention. The man and his wife can write and their skill is going to convince people who read the book that the McCanns are innocent and an abduction actually  happened. He is touting the party line and the McCanns will surely back the book as, finally, they have "award-winning authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan" producing "the first independent, objective account of the case."

My foot.

Criminal Profiler Pat Brown

July 26, 2014

Says there he has interviewed some Mccanns; that tells you it can only be a pro-mcs and probably endorsed by the Mccanns.  It would be interesting to see whether he dedicates front page to Mccanns to have their foreword.

Won't surprise me if he rides on the back of Mccanns name to attract readers.
Maddie's case has been done to death in the media, with also quite a few books by varies authors already in the market.  What makes him believed his book is going to attract the numbers, unless he's the full endorsement of Mccanns, making his book the only one writte with mccanns endorsement in the market.  
In a nutshell, he's only the extended mouth of Kate telling Kate's story.  

Terming it as objective account isn't accurate when only one side (the mccanns side) is interviewed.
How can a one-sided thing be called objective?

He should, at the very least interview, Amaral and even PeterMac to get an insight into the working of investigations then only he can quantify his objectiveness.

tasprin wrote:. Imo the publication is timed to coincide with the end of the investigation and the libel trial.

jeanmonroe wrote:Speculation that the McCanns played a role in their daughter's fate, the authors demonstrate, is unfounded.
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So, presumeably, the authors HAVE 'demonstrated' to the 38 strong, solely dedicated, elite, experienced, dectectives at Operation Strange that the McCanns did NOT 'play a role' in their daughter's 'fate' and that 'speculation' that they did, is totally 'unfounded'.

And also, presumeably, DCI Redwood would also like to know, how the 'author' can 'demostrate' to him and the 'team' the unfounded speculation that the McCanns were not 'involved' in their daughter's 'disappearance' despite there being absolutely no 'evidence' to eliminate them from 'involvement'

Unless, of course, the McCanns have only TOLD the 'author' they weren't 'involved'!

Now, THAT'S a whole, different 'story'!

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PeterMac wrote:I am waiting to see if they spell out the scenario

Each book has a special holder in the spine, in which is a pencil.
"St Katherine went into the children's bedroom.
There she saw at once that the curtains were wide open / tight closed (Please now take the pencil provided, and delete whichever you do not agree with)
As she stood still in absolute horror / charged round the apartment  (delete whichever you do not agree with)
the door slammed / did not slam  (delete whichever you do not agree with)
The curtains then whooshed up in a second sudden Force 5 breeze / remained firmly tucked behind the bed and wicker chair - see photo (delete whichever you do not agree with)

You may end up with a "Version of the Truth" but it may be totally different from St Katherine's version.

The above gives 16 possible scenarios already

aiyoyo wrote:

PeterMac wrote:I am waiting to see if they spell out the scenario

Each book has a special holder in the spine, in which is a pencil.
"St Katherine went into the children's bedroom.
There she saw at once that the curtains were wide open / tight closed (Please now take the pencil provided, and delete whichever you do not agree with)
As she stood still in absolute horror / charged round the apartment  (delete whichever you do not agree with)
the door slammed / did not slam  (delete whichever you do not agree with)
The curtains then whooshed up in a second sudden Force 5 breeze / remained firmly tucked behind the bed and wicker chair - see photo (delete whichever you do not agree with)

You may end up with a "Version of the Truth" but it may be totally different from St Katherine's version.

The above gives 16 possible scenarios already

Of course they won't have a clue  on the truth of the matter because their book is based on hear say.
They heard mcs version of the truth (likely directly from the horses' mouth), and that is good enough for them.
Mr & Mrs Summers write book to make money.
Had they written it any other way, critical or skeptical of the mcs, no publisher will touch it.
Plus they know they risk being sued.

PeterMac wrote:I am waiting to see if they spell out the scenario

Each book has a special holder in the spine, in which is a pencil.
"St Katherine went into the children's bedroom.
There she saw at once that the curtains were wide open / tight closed (Please now take the pencil provided, and delete whichever you do not agree with)
As she stood still in absolute horror / charged round the apartment  (delete whichever you do not agree with)
the door slammed / did not slam  (delete whichever you do not agree with)
The curtains then whooshed up in a second sudden Force 5 breeze / remained firmly tucked behind the bed and wicker chair - see photo (delete whichever you do not agree with)

You may end up with a "Version of the Truth" but it may be totally different from St Katherine's version.

The above gives 16 possible scenarios already

ultimaThule wrote:
If Swan & Summers are intent on exonerating the McCanns, their tome may prove to be as useful to the prosecution as Exhibit KH1, PeterM

Diplock J in Silkin v. Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd. and Another [1958] 1 WLR 743, Tab 5, at 749:
“Would a fair-minded man holding strong views, obstinate views, prejudiced views, have been capable of making this comment? If the answer to that is yes, then your verdict in this case should be a verdict for the defendants. …

MRNOODLES wrote:http://www.fishpond.co.uk/Books/Looking-for-Madeleine-Anthony-Summers-Robbyn-Swan/9781472211606


Speculation that the McCanns played a role in their daughter's fate, the authors demonstrate, is unfounded.

Speculation that the McCanns played a role in their daughter's fate, the authors demonstrate, is unfounded.

canada12 wrote:
In other words, the act of speculating is unfounded. The authors may very well have come to a solid conclusion, as opposed to a speculation, and the solid conclusion may be just the opposite of what they're stating the speculation might be.

PeterMac wrote:

canada12 wrote:
In other words, the act of speculating is unfounded. The authors may very well have come to a solid conclusion, as opposed to a speculation, and the solid conclusion may be just the opposite of what they're stating the speculation might be.

I think you may be committing the offence of attributing more intelligence and intellectual acumen and wit to the authors then they may deserve !