I will just post it as a I found it, but this is but a tiny fraction of what is simply a most deplorable list of shame.
I've just popped back to say that if you have never visited Winnowing the News, you have quite a surprise coming your way.
Goncalo Amaral - Fired, Sacked, Kicked-off, Booted etc.
Posted by Winnower on 3/01/2010
In keeping with the excellent *balanced* reporting the media has given the McCann case...here is a list of examples of the headlines related to Goncalo Amaral - describing his transfer from the Madeleine case in one or more of the following terms: "FIRED, SACKED, BOOTED-OUT, KICKED-OFF, AXED" (etc.)
I have studied these as I've compiled the lists, and must admit that there has been absolutely NO evidence of unbiased reporting in the case of Madeleine McCann. It is, in my opinion, an insult to the British public that journalists do not have enough respect for their readers to stick to the facts and to avoid sensationalism or spin. Apparently ethics no longer exist in the news media. (Thank God for the Internet.)
Headlines follow:
MADELEINE : POLICE CHIEF QUIZZED OVER TORTURE OF MOTHER The Daily Express, 11 June 2007, 584 words, David Pilditch
MADELEINE CASE DETECTIVE ACCUSED OF BEATING SUSPECT The Daily Telegraph, 11 June 2007, 330 words, Richard Edwards and Fiona Govan
BLUNDERING POLICE CHIEF UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Mirror, 10 August 2007, 447 words, Martin Fricker
Sam Marsden and Tim Walsh, PA Press Association National Newswire, 11:51 AM, 14 September 2007, 1030 words
MIXED MESSAGES ON MISSING MADELEINE Press Association National Newswire, 06:17 PM, 14 September 2007, 1088 words Sam Marsden and Vicky Shaw, PA
PORTUGUESE POLICE TO EXTEND THEIR INQUIRY TO LEICESTER; MADELEINE The Times, 15 September 2007, 494 words, David Brown, Steve Bird, Portimao & Patrick Foster
NEWS - A WEEK ON THE ROLLER COASTER Sunday Tribune, 16 September 2007, 1458 words
DETECTIVE HAS ONLY BEEN ON TWO CHILD MURDER CASES The Evening Standard, 24 September 2007, 160 words,Kiran Randhawa
PORTUGUESE POLICE ACCUSE MADELEINE 'S PARENTS OF HINDERING INQUIRY Agence France Presse, 07:30 AM, 2 October 2007, 485 words
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR IN MISSING MADELEINE CASE DISMISSED: REPORTS Agence France Presse, 10:10 AM, 2 October 2007, 75 words
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR IN MISSING MADELEINE CASE DISMISSED Agence France Presse, 11:04 AM, 2 October 2007, 520 words
HEAD OF MADELEINE POLICE INVESTIGATION SACKED Agence France Presse, 01:32 PM, 2 October 2007, 469 words
MADELEINE DETECTIVE KICKED OFF CASE AFTER BLASTING BRITISH POLICE The Daily Express, 3 October 2007, 1012 words, David Pilditch and Martin Evans
OFF THE CASE; FROM Vanessa Allen IN PORTIMAO; MADELEINE POLICE CHIEF DEMOTED AFTER AMAZING RANT AGAINST MCCANNS AND BRITISH DETECTIVES Daily Mail, 3 October 2007, 624 words
DETECTIVE LEADING HUNT FOR MADELEINE SACKED AFTER BLAST AT UK POLICE: INSPECTOR SAYS MCCANNS SWAYED BRITISH OFFICERS FAMILY LAWYER ATTACKS 'ABSURD' COMMENTS The Guardian, 3 October 2007, 697 words, Paul Hamilos Madrid Brendan de Beer Portimao
OFF THE CASE Mirror, 3 October 2007, 599 words, Ryan Parry more
