Re: Has Gerry McCann 'Harmed' Search for Madeleine

by Liz Eagles 03.12.12 10:54

candyfloss wrote:You could also say that the 'bad' press helped the search for Madeleine. Although the McCanns say it harmed them, it kept Madeleine story and profile on the front pages. You could also say, that they have received lots of extra funds from the 'payouts' to themselves and the Tapas 7.........well over a million pounds. Without all these payouts, the fund would have been empty and they wouldn't have had the money left to employ the PI's etc. We kept hearing from spokespeople that it was almost empty. People had all but stopped donating, so surely all this money coming in from these actions has in fact helped the McCanns?

It's helped the McCann machine make a living that's for sure. It hasn't helped Madeleine and that is for certain.

by Miraflores 03.12.12 11:12

aiyoyo wrote:The equates fund with the search, now that the Fund is empty, does it mean they wont be searching any more?

It's pathetic their reason for the fund. They've had their priority wrong since day one.

If MONEY and not Madeleine is their priority, the significance of that speaks for itself.

The Fund shouldn't now be empty. Didn't Kate say that all royalties from her book were going to the Fund? The book did sell well initially, although I suspect many copies went to libraries so were purchased at discounted prices. We did have a long discussion last year, about just how much money the author got when a book was published and I recall it was something like one tenth of the cover price but even so, there should be some money now in the coffers. To spend on what, exactly? No search is happening; the good quality wristbands etc. can't be all that expensive to make and are then sold at a generous margin.

by Guest 03.12.12 11:21

aquila wrote:
candyfloss wrote:You could also say that the 'bad' press helped the search for Madeleine. Although the McCanns say it harmed them, it kept Madeleine story and profile on the front pages. You could also say, that they have received lots of extra funds from the 'payouts' to themselves and the Tapas 7.........well over a million pounds. Without all these payouts, the fund would have been empty and they wouldn't have had the money left to employ the PI's etc. We kept hearing from spokespeople that it was almost empty. People had all but stopped donating, so surely all this money coming in from these actions has in fact helped the McCanns?

It's helped the McCann machine make a living that's for sure. It hasn't helped Madeleine and that is for certain.

Here is what Clarence Mitchell says at 5.46 in this video......

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Interviewer: Last question, a lot of people would say that quite a lot of money has been made from Madeleine's disappearance, the various court case. How much has been made, and is this being used in ??? like we've seen in Portugal?

CM: Most of the monies that are still in the fund now are actually there from the settlements from the Express Group newspapers and other media outlets that have also defamed them, so that was money, if you like, that was brought in from court action not the public, and on top of that the money that has recently come in has been through supporters kindly donating a a fund raising event, and again, they would be more than happy as supporters to see the money spent in any way that assists Kate and Gerry and the wider family and their investigators in the search for Madeleine.

by Liz Eagles 03.12.12 11:34

candyfloss wrote:
aquila wrote:
candyfloss wrote:You could also say that the 'bad' press helped the search for Madeleine. Although the McCanns say it harmed them, it kept Madeleine story and profile on the front pages. You could also say, that they have received lots of extra funds from the 'payouts' to themselves and the Tapas 7.........well over a million pounds. Without all these payouts, the fund would have been empty and they wouldn't have had the money left to employ the PI's etc. We kept hearing from spokespeople that it was almost empty. People had all but stopped donating, so surely all this money coming in from these actions has in fact helped the McCanns?

It's helped the McCann machine make a living that's for sure. It hasn't helped Madeleine and that is for certain.

Here is what Clarence Mitchell says at 5.46 in this video......

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Interviewer: Last question, a lot of people would say that quite a lot of money has been made from Madeleine's disappearance, the various court case. How much has been made, and is this being used in ??? like we've seen in Portugal?

CM: Most of the monies that are still in the fund now are actually there from the settlements from the Express Group newspapers and other media outlets that have also defamed them, so that was money, if you like, that was brought in from court action not the public, and on top of that the money that has recently come in has been through supporters kindly donating a a fund raising event, and again, they would be more than happy as supporters to see the money spent in any way that assists Kate and Gerry and the wider family and their investigators in the search for Madeleine.

I'd rather call the devil himself and do a deal to get my daughter back than this chap.

by ShuBob 03.12.12 11:53

candyfloss wrote:SNIP

Here is what Clarence Mitchell says at 5.46 in this video.....]

Interviewer: Last question, a lot of people would say that quite a lot of money has been made from Madeleine's disappearance, the various court case. How much has been made, and is this being used in ??? like we've seen in Portugal?

CM: Most of the monies that are still in the fund now are actually there from the settlements from the Express Group newspapers and other media outlets that have also defamed them, so that was money, if you like, that was brought in from court action not the public, and on top of that the money that has recently come in has been through supporters kindly donating a a fund raising event, and again, they would be more than happy as supporters to see the money spent in any way that assists Kate and Gerry and the wider family and their investigators in the search for Madeleine.

First things first, eh, Clarence? Supporters would be happy to see the money spent assisting FIRST Kate and Gerry, THEN the wider family and LAST but not least, Maddie.

by **tigger** 03.12.12 12:45

Irrelevant but what's happened to the Pink One? First a Justin Bieber haircut, now a meagre fringe allowing glimpses of shiny skull where in most humans the brain is situated.

by jozi 03.12.12 13:21

ShuBob wrote:
candyfloss wrote:SNIP

Here is what Clarence Mitchell says at 5.46 in this video.....]

Interviewer: Last question, a lot of people would say that quite a lot of money has been made from Madeleine's disappearance, the various court case. How much has been made, and is this being used in ??? like we've seen in Portugal?

CM: Most of the monies that are still in the fund now are actually there from the settlements from the Express Group newspapers and other media outlets that have also defamed them, so that was money, if you like, that was brought in from court action not the public, and on top of that the money that has recently come in has been through supporters kindly donating a a fund raising event, and again, they would be more than happy as supporters to see the money spent in any way that assists Kate and Gerry and the wider family and their investigators in the search for Madeleine.

First things first, eh, Clarence? Supporters would be happy to see the money spent assisting FIRST Kate and Gerry, THEN the wider family and LAST but not least, Maddie.

Just noticed that little snippet thrown in there about the wider family, why would/should the wider family benefit from the fund ?

by russiandoll 03.12.12 13:50

I wonder if a flip- chart was used for the good cop/bad cop routine to try and manipulate Cameron. A classic. Wonder if they read what is below for guidance [ just in case any of the McCann supporters read here and thought my tongue in cheek remark about Kate suing Gerry was serious........clearly not. They are a team.]

"My wife
and I use this approach on contractors that we've hired for home
improvements or events management. She'll complain loudly about what
they're doing wrong, threaten to complain to their boss or a post
negative review online, and storm off. That sometimes scares them
straight, but if it seems to annoy them, I step in to prevent them from
retaliating by sabotaging, vandalizing, etc. I'll quietly offer to go
stop her if they promise to fix the problem, and maybe slip them a tip
on the way out if they do better from then on, and (this is where the
acting starts) plead if they could just make my wife happy because I
have to live with her after they leave. That usually produces an
affirmative smile, but then I warn them that if they don't improve,
she'll fire and not pay them, and file complaints with BBB or whomever
and get her lawyer cousin involved "like she did with those guys we
hired last year." So it's a sequential combination of #1 and #4: bad
cop with a small stick, good cop with a small carrot, threat of bad cop
returning with a big stick. "

by **tigger** 03.12.12 14:11

jozi wrote:
ShuBob wrote:
candyfloss wrote:SNIP

Here is what Clarence Mitchell says at 5.46 in this video.....]

Interviewer: Last question, a lot of people would say that quite a lot of money has been made from Madeleine's disappearance, the various court case. How much has been made, and is this being used in ??? like we've seen in Portugal?

CM: Most of the monies that are still in the fund now are actually there from the settlements from the Express Group newspapers and other media outlets that have also defamed them, so that was money, if you like, that was brought in from court action not the public, and on top of that the money that has recently come in has been through supporters kindly donating a a fund raising event, and again, they would be more than happy as supporters to see the money spent in any way that assists Kate and Gerry and the wider family and their investigators in the search for Madeleine.

First things first, eh, Clarence? Supporters would be happy to see the money spent assisting FIRST Kate and Gerry, THEN the wider family and LAST but not least, Maddie.

Just noticed that little snippet thrown in there about the wider family, why would/should the wider family benefit from the fund ?

Perhaps not all the mcCanns in the wide world know about this yet, but it seems they have a claim here. I understand it's a large family/clan so the individual portions will be small, any change left over will be spent on the search for Madeleine. Who comes a poor third here.

by **sharonl** 03.12.12 22:03

We should remember that it was the no. 1 suspect in the Leveson enquiry that demanded this review in the first place. Whatever reason Rebekah Brooks had to "persuade" or in our language, blackmail, the PM and the Home Secretary into setting up this review it would not have gone down very well with either of them from the start. Why would they wish to continue something that they started under duress and for fear of ending up in the headlines every day anyway? Sorry Kate, if Cameron is upset you can't blame Gerry for this, its down to Ms Brooks and if Cameron pulls out it may be because he never really supported this review in the first place.

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