Killer paedo is Maddie suspect

11 June 2010
The Sun
Antonella Lazzeri
Beast guilty of mum's slaughter
He's linked to missing children

AN EVIL paedophile jailed yesterday for killing a brave mum has been linked to Madeleine McCann.

Charles O'Neill, bottom right, was found guilty of killing Allison McGarrigle, bottom left, at the High Court in Glasgow.

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Snared by the Daily Record

11 June 2010
Scottish Daily Record
Paul O'Hare
JAILED AT LAST SCOTLAND'S MOST DANGEROUS JAILED AT LAST

A HORRIFIED mum read of Charles O'Neill and William Lauchlan's evil past in the Daily Record - and saved her young son from them. The single mum was chilled when she saw the smiling faces of the men who had befriended her and her six-year-old son under the heading "Beasts On The Loose".

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The Real IRA in Alvor, Portugal: Chronological list of news articles

Moved to stand-alone page HERE

(With apologies for any confusion.  The case is currently (May 2010) underway and the index is being buried as articles are added.)

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Apparently...the only "Missing Child" that *really* matters

This video is shown on the front page of the Virtual Global Task Force Website:

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Praia da Luz Revisited

Praia da Luz revisited
9 May 2010
Blogue do jornalista Frederico Duarte Carvalho
Frederico Duarte Carvalho

You can also follow him on Twitter: HERE

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Good Quality Wristbands: Our Day Will Come

Good Quality Wristbands: Our Day Will Come

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Techniques of Propaganda used in the Madeleine McCann case

Sources:
SourceWatch
Wikipedia-Propaganda

Examples from the Madeleine McCann case
More to follow - suggestions and insights are welcome.

(Please note: I am breaking these up into individual posts and it is taking some time. Thanks for your patience.)

A number of techniques are used to create messages which are persuasive, but false. Many of these same techniques are by definition logical fallacies since propagandists use arguments which, although sometimes convincing, are not necessarily valid.

It is essential to have some knowledge of the following techniques for generating propaganda. (In other words - this knowledge is very helpful when trying to sort the wheat from the chaff.):

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Propaganda - General Information

Types of Propaganda

Excerpts from SourceWatch

Propaganda shares many techniques with advertising or public relations; in fact, advertising and PR can be said to be propaganda promoting a commercial product. ...  In a narrower and more common use of the term, propaganda refers to deliberately false or misleading information that supports a political cause or the interests of those in power.

The propagandist seeks to change the way people understand an issue or situation, for the purpose of changing their actions and expectations in ways that are desirable to the interest group. In this sense, propaganda serves as a corollary to censorship, in which the same purpose is achieved, not by filling people's heads with false information, but by preventing people from knowing true information.

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