Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

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Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

Post  Tony Bennett on Tue May 17, 2011 10:33 pm

Worth watching for the very revealing body language.

Watch both sequences:

Part 1 - 18 minutes

Part 2 (the bit where Kate cries) - 6 minutes.

Unusual questions, asked with typical Irish charm.

Unusual responses from the McCanns:

http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=35780&locID=1.65.74&date=2011-05-16&date_mode&page=2&show_cal&newspanel&showspanel&web_only&full_episodes


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Post  pauline on Tue May 17, 2011 11:48 pm

I found this very annoying as yet again, the interviewer did not appear to have researched the subject, and was so supportive that you felt he was going to end by giving a personal donation to the fund. The interviewer mentioned he had a daughter the same age, but he shouldn't let that cloud his judgement. He didn't even mention the babysitting issue which the first Irish TV interview did, albeit in an inadequate way. He also described the Portuguese police's work as a 'shambles' but did not say why. this was so unprofessional. Did he even know that the 'crime scene' had been contaminated by the tapas friends or that Kate had not collaborated with the police?

I noticed that Gerry did most of the talking with Kate looking sideways a lot of the time. She did seem stressed.

But overall, anyone watching this, who had not read widely about this, would feel terribly sorry for them.

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Re: Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

Post  Ian_Johnson on Tue May 17, 2011 11:59 pm

James 'you dirty rat' Gagney? Or Mark Cagney?

Whatever, I couldn't view the vids.

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Re: Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

Post  Tony Bennett on Wed May 18, 2011 12:02 am

pauline wrote:I found this very annoying as yet again, the interviewer did not appear to have researched the subject, and was so supportive that you felt he was going to end by giving a personal donation to the fund. The interviewer mentioned he had a daughter the same age, but he shouldn't let that cloud his judgement. He didn't even mention the babysitting issue which the first Irish TV interview did, albeit in an inadequate way. He also described the Portuguese police's work as a 'shambles' but did not say why. This was so unprofessional. Did he even know that the 'crime scene' had been contaminated by the Tapas friends or that Kate had not collaborated with the police?

I noticed that Gerry did most of the talking with Kate looking sideways a lot of the time. She did seem stressed.

But overall, anyone watching this, who had not read widely about this, would feel terribly sorry for them.

There was a lot of ear- and nose-scratching by Dr G McCann. I think some of the questions got under their skin. They were most uncomfortable with the questions about the Fund, Dr G McCann nearly lost the plot with those.

There is a certain type of interviewer who lulls the interviewees into a totally false sense of security, by pretending to be on their side e.g. 'You don't have to tell me what an utter shambles that police investigation was'. Then, innocently and sweetly, he asks really difficult questions at the end.

The question about whether Madeleine, if as Dr Kate McCann once said was now perhaps being brought up by a loving family, would perhaps now want to stay with that family, showed that the interviewer had done his research, perhaps better than we think. He got hold of a strange quote from Dr Kate McCann and pusued its inevitably logical conclusion: "If she's happy with a loving family now, wouldn't she want to stay with them?".

Finally, once again we had a most unusual statuesque like pose that the couple adopted - Dr G McCann's left arm and Dr K McCann's right arm both rigidly vertical. It was reminiscent of the Oprah interview where Dr K McCann's right hand was at a 45-degree angle stretched out like a rigid cylinder attached to Dr G McCann's thigh. All very very odd.

I wondered if this was such an interview?

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Re: Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

Post  Martin on Wed May 18, 2011 12:32 am

'Finally, once again we had a most unusual statuesque like pose that the couple adopted - Dr G McCann's left arm and Dr K McCann's right arm both rigidly vertical. It was reminiscent of the Oprah interview where Dr K McCann's right hand was at a 45-degree angle stretched out like a rigid cylinder attached to Dr G McCann's thigh. All very very odd. '


In all their interviews they are desperately trying to supress their body language, which is why they cling on to each other for dear life. Unfortunately they can't control the eye movement and breathing and constant heavy gulping. They never show any 'open' body language. Because they can't!

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Re: Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

Post  poppydog on Wed May 18, 2011 12:41 am

I agree Tony, the interviewer was lulling them into a false sense of security. I noticed Gerry's breathing becoming rapid and short when asked about how much they had spent. I think the McCanns sensed they were not believed totally and were in for a grilling. Wonder if thats when the tears were called for, close to the end of filming.

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Post  pauline on Wed May 18, 2011 9:10 am

Its really interesting to see other posters reactions to this interview. When I posted last last night immediately after watching it I was annoyed at another soft interview and I felt the interviewer grovelled to the McCanns.

After a nights sleep and after reading other opinions, I do wonder if the interviewer had a plan to get their confidence and maybe get some material no-one else had. More than once he mentioned his own small daughter which wasn't necessary - but it was if he was trying to lull them into a sense of false security.

Why did Kate cry when she was having the softest interview possible - had he hit a nerve/she was starting to suspect the interviewer?

But having said that, this interviewer would not have a reputation for investigative journalism!

it was interesting Gerry saying they had looked into charity status but that (paraphrasing what he said) they were probably not eligible as it was all about madeleine. Now charity status would be very helpful to any genuine good cause organisation - so why didn't all the lawyers they retain advise them as to how to amend the company's memorandum and articles of association to comply with charity law? I have some experience in Ireland of this - you may get turned down first time but you will be told in what way your application does not comply - so you redraft the paperwork, make some compromises and you will usually get charity status. As a charity though, I presume they would be subject to more disclosure requirements and this might not suit them! I understand their company is controlled by themselves/family members and paid retainers - not a good sign when so much money has been involved - though not illegal. For the optics they should have independent people running it and publish very detailed accounts, not the bare minimum required by law.

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Re: Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

Post  Guest on Wed May 18, 2011 9:17 am

Martin wrote:'Finally, once again we had a most unusual statuesque like pose that the couple adopted - Dr G McCann's left arm and Dr K McCann's right arm both rigidly vertical. It was reminiscent of the Oprah interview where Dr K McCann's right hand was at a 45-degree angle stretched out like a rigid cylinder attached to Dr G McCann's thigh. All very very odd. '


In all their interviews they are desperately trying to supress their body language, which is why they cling on to each other for dear life. Unfortunately they can't control the eye movement and breathing and constant heavy gulping. They never show any 'open' body language. Because they can't!


Good call Martin. I hope you will stick around on this forum, as I would love to hear your opinions on all of their little micro expressions.

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Re: Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

Post  littlepixie on Wed May 18, 2011 9:21 am

I thought the interviewer was brilliant and far more intelligent than Mr and Mrs McCann. I especially liked how he referred to their "business" when talking about the fund and the lie detector bit was very interesting.
I think he ran rings around them but did it in a very subtle way.

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Re: Irish TV 16.5.11 Mark Cagney asks tough questions. Kate cries

Post  candyfloss on Wed May 18, 2011 9:24 am

Yes, a good interview I thought, apart from when he called the PJ investigation shambolic. I thought the questions were good, not the same old stuff we usually hear. They didn't look at ease at all imo.

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