McCanns: It is the MSM and not the internet which is guilty
It wasn't that long ago that Tony Blair gave a speech in which he blamed the feral media for his downfall. As I recall, he chose to ride the media tiger and his PR machine delivered the spin. But, there comes a time when both the public and the media get fed up of the bullshit and start voicing their opinions which do not coincide with the official line.
I don't accept this criticism from India Knight in the Sunday Times. "Madeleine McCann: You are all guilty
The public is to blame for the heartless abuse being heaped on Kate McCann. The internet has blurred the lines of news and hearsay and the result is trial by global gossip".
The McCanns decided to ride the media tiger. I think it is a bit rich for India Knight of the MSM to blame the internet for blurring the lines between news and hearsay. I seem to recall that it was Kate McCann who first contacted the media and furnished them with the hearsay of a break-in and abduction which the media then broadcast as news. Neither the Portuguese police nor the Mark Warner staff accepted the McCanns version of events as facts, and the internet was also dubious once the version had been subjected to scrutiny.
If anything, the media is guilty for accepting the McCann spin doctoring as fact and swallowing it hook, line, and sinker.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
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