Who pulls the strings. The McCanns or the Murdoch Empire

by Gillyspot 22.11.11 14:43

So Gerry is giving "evidence" tomorrow to Judge Leveson. Will he share this information?

"He telephoned The Sun's editor Rebecca Wade directly on Thursday to restate his innocence and keep the McCanns' side of the story alive. "There are large craters in every one of these theories, in these just ludicrous accusations," he said. He is known to have made similar calls to the editors of the News of the World and Sunday People, just hours before being declared a suspect (arguido) in the case."

Most "victims" of the UK media didn't have Rebekah Brookes on speed dial.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/compassion-fatigue-sets-in-at-the-resort-forever-scarred-by-the-fate-of-a-lost-child-402378.html

Gerry McCann

Mr McCann has assiduously nurtured contacts among national newspaper editors to counteract the stories emanating from Portugal. He is believed to have telephoned the News of the World's editor, Colin Myler, shortly before he was declared an arguido (suspect), to tell his side of the story, and it was a direct call by Mr McCann to Rebekah Wade last week that resulted in a Sun splash and inside headline: 'There's no proof.' By contrast, the day before the paper ran with the headline: 'Guilty or Innocent?'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mccanns-launch-fightback-over-nonsensical-murder-claims-402797.html

Who is the REAL victim?

Looking more like the UK general public rather than the McCanns or Mr Murdoch.

by jd 22.11.11 15:07

You can be sure that this will not be coming up tomorrow and will be well off the agenda. I'm trying to see the logic of biting the hands that fed them, can only be to create the opportunity of getting more public sympathy through the media thus conning the public more.....as well as the big payout at the end

by listener 23.11.11 0:26

I wonder who has been given the task of asking the sympathetic questions tomorrow - and who gave him/her the direction/order to do it!

by Gillyspot 23.11.11 6:27

According to Sky.

"The father of missing Madeleine McCann will reveal how incessant press attention affected his family's life when he appears before the inquiry into media ethics later.
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16115671ng the Leveson Inquiry will hear.

The abduction of Madeleine on a family holiday in Portugal and the suspicion surrounding Gerry and her mother Kate led to a barrage of highly personal media reports."

"moving"?

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16115671