Gerry McCann calls for press control laws - 75% of the public agree

"Stories were published saying our daughter was dead - over and over again, with no evidence," he said.

And stories were published over and over again stating that the McCanns said she'd been kidnapped when there is absolutely not one piece of evidence that it was true.
Didnt mind that being published though did they.

Inspectorfrost wrote:Gery Mccanns assertion that 75% of the population support this is as credible as his assertion that cadaver dogs are wrong three quarters of the time, blatant lie

Leafylane wrote:I'm shocked at the level of opposition against the implementation of the Leveson Report on this forum.

Have you forgotten Chris Jefferies, in the Joanna Yeates case? The Press accused him of being a sexual pervert and of having a paedaphile as a friend amongst other vile and completely untrue accusations. CJ describes that time as 'The worst time of my life'.

I dread to think what that innocent man's life would be like now if the real culprit had not been caught. They would have continued to crucify him for profit, and so influence the public's opinion of him. His life would be in ruins.

It is this sort of press reporting that the Leveson Report is against and which recommends action designed to remedy it.

I can't see anything wrong in that at all.

Leafylane wrote:I'm shocked at the level of opposition against the implementation of the Leveson Report on this forum.

Have you forgotten Chris Jefferies, in the Joanna Yeates case? The Press accused him of being a sexual pervert and of having a paedaphile as a friend amongst other vile and completely untrue accusations. CJ describes that time as 'The worst time of my life'.

I dread to think what that innocent man's life would be like now if the real culprit had not been caught. They would have continued to crucify him for profit, and so influence the public's opinion of him. His life would be in ruins.

It is this sort of press reporting that the Leveson Report is against and which recommends action designed to remedy it.

I can't see anything wrong in that at all.

plebgate wrote:Marvellous post Mirage.

Leafylane wrote:I'm shocked at the level of opposition against the implementation of the Leveson Report on this forum.

Have you forgotten Chris Jefferies, in the Joanna Yeates case? The Press accused him of being a sexual pervert and of having a paedaphile as a friend amongst other vile and completely untrue accusations. CJ describes that time as 'The worst time of my life'.

I dread to think what that innocent man's life would be like now if the real culprit had not been caught. They would have continued to crucify him for profit, and so influence the public's opinion of him. His life would be in ruins.

It is this sort of press reporting that the Leveson Report is against and which recommends action designed to remedy it.

I can't see anything wrong in that at all.

Jean wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/feb/09/gerry-mccann-leveson-inquiry-press-control-laws

Maybe this one where he seems to be chewing a wasp?

Fancy that!

They would have more luck doing the DNA tests on a value burger.

'The fund's directors said: 'Income from the book has significantly improved the position' None of that money has improved Madeleine's position, has it? That poor child.

Please stop ! We have had stories about this missing girl for six years now. It is time that the "sad faced" parents just accept that and get on with their lives.

Latest reports are that the McCanns have spent over £4m in court cases. So that is where the "Fund" has gone.

Oh well there's a surprise, I suspect she's long gone.

There was never the faintest likelihood that it was MM. She disappeared on the day she went missing and was never going to reappear.It's illogical, erverse and sentimental to expect her to be found. - Kate Evans , Nottingham, United Kingdom, 13/2/2013 12:59 Probably right, but Jacey Lee Dugard and Natascha Kampusch both turned up years later?

Yes, I knew it was not her. Just a feeling that I had.

Obviously

Well of course it isn't her... I'm glad that this is making headline news because it puts it back into the spotlight. I really hope she's found, and found alive.

Really, what a shocker, not!!

What a surprise, not!! Honestly, we constantly get false leads with this tragic case. Madeleine is in UK, in Germany, in South America, on a plane, in a shopping centre. WHY print these ridiculous articles, why not wait until it is confirmed that Madeleine has been found. Constantly we read bizarre stories of strange looking men who happened to be at the holiday resort in Portugal four years ago, articles about possible paedophile rings, perhaps she in Morocco!! All pure speculation. Four years later we know NOTHING of the events of that night in May, no new evidence, nothing. It is as though this poor little mite disappeared into thin air. Amazingly, no other child has disappeared from the Warner holiday resort since Madeleine! I feel sorry for this poor New Zealand family who have had to go through such an awful experience of having to prove that their daughter was NOT Madeleine McCann.

The moderators on the super soaraway Sun must be having a break today - the truth is coming out!

"Arrest the parents and end this charade, they and their friends have all the evidence the police are looking for. It is nonsense that this has been allowed to carry on for this length of time."

"We've had six years of this charade now. Scotland Yard have poured millions of taxpayers money into it instead of interrogating the parents and friends. The McCanns have used donated money - four million pounds of it - on legal cases to silence the truth."

"Ask the mother if you wanted to know where Maddie is."

Apparently where all "amature Sherlocks, and don't know what we're talking about". You can't argue with the police files, witness statements and the dogs but you can manipulate the truth and Four Million pounds says, this is what's been happening. No evidence of an abduction, read the files yourselves.

if the McCanns were a council estate couple instead of doctors they would be in the middle of a 10 stretch now and their other kids would be living with their new adopted parents!

Without the backing of the UK press that McCanns received ,they would have been locked up years ago and the key thrown away

If Madeline was abducted, it must of been an immaculate abduction. I've read the police files umpteen times, and for the life of me, can't find any evidence of an abduction. What I have noticed though, is a lot of discrepancy with their stories. The whole thing needs reopening ASAP.

Its all very very odd, I have thought for a long time now that something doesn't add up about this case, they should of been ,if nothing else charged with Child Neglect any other couple would of been but not them strangely enough, well they say money talks & I believe it does. Sniffer dogs... More
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We had three children and we never left them alone for one 1 hour. We are now 80 and 77 and would still do the same.

what's mcgreedy bleating about??? HE called the press in the first place - even before he called the police.

no - they were not exonerated - the case was closed. big difference yahoo.

If these two people really killed their little girl, whether by accident or not, and deny it, they MUST be more evil than Hitler and Stalin, Hussain and Mugabe all together!

Gerry McCann has got a flaming cheek trying to tell anyone how to impose better standards on anything. If he and his wife had better looked after poor Madeline the world would never have heard of the neglectful pair of --------.

I think McCann should keep his bloody mouth shut, or better still take a lie detector test as to what happened to his daughter.

If only the press would dig into the McCann story properly. But he knows they can't.

What is he afraid off? A free press is fundimental to our Democracy its only them that have something to hide who are afraid of being being exposed. MPs and the Hugh Grants who love a bit of publicity when it suits them but scream for gagging orders when they exposed.Pity they hadnt clocked Saville... More

Just who cares what this self serving character thinks,he above all shouldn't complain about the press he got good coverage in the pursuit of what happened to his daughter, he after all was having a good time whilst she was being kidnapped

guilty concience isuppose, leaving your child alone whilst partying with friends IS against the law i think.you cant blame everyone else or the press for that.quite a lot of money changed hands as well .has it all got to be under the carpet?

When where the McCanns exonerated? lifting the suspect status does NOT clear them, and why have they still not been charged with child endangerment, they left three children on their own in an unlocked holiday home, by their own admission.

Who parties with friends while leaving their children unattended? Of course the press is going to be involved, as they should. Sorry, Kate and Gerry, but you brought this upon yourselves.

This soap opera is never ending! Let these two guilty parents and liars confess to what they have done!