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How things do change...

6/19/2010 Posted by Winnower

I am still attempting to find anything credible that even remotely links Charles O'Neill to Madeleine McCann. It certainly appears as though every article written about the "potential" link stems from a few that came directly from the pen of Antonella Lazzeri.

( I'd like to give a "hats off" to the majority of journalists who reported the conviction of O'Neill in a straightforward and professional way. Reading through them, it is absolutely clear that O'Neill targeted BOYS. Very few reporters mentioned Madeleine or Portugal... perhaps 2 or 3 at the most...)

I found it interesting to compare the following two articles written by Antonella Lazzeri and published on June 11, 2010 in The Sun. I cannot find the article on the left online, however, the text was archived on the Factiva database. The article on the right is published on The Sun's website.

Labels: 2010, Antonella Lazzeri, Clarence Mitchell, Madeleine McCann

Journalism in the Age of McCann

6/17/2010 Posted by Winnower

Recently I've been looking into the background of reporters who have written extremely biased articles about the McCann case.

I started by refreshing my understanding about the role of journalism in society. EthicNet, provides a collection of codes of journalism ethics in Europe. The Code of Conduct for the United Kingdom was adopted by the National Union of Journalists in 2007. The NUJ's Code of Conduct has set out the main principles of British and Irish journalism since 1936, it was updated in 2007.

It states the following:

Labels: Antonella Lazzeri, Gonçalo Amaral, Madeleine McCann

ANTONELLA LAZZERI - ARTICLES RE: McCANNS

6/17/2010 Posted by Winnower

ANTONELLA LAZZERI - ARTICLES LISTED BY DATE

Labels: 2010, Antonella Lazzeri, Clarence Mitchell, Find Madeleine Fund, Gonçalo Amaral, Madeleine McCann, Robert Murat

Was Charles O'Neill in Portugal and have any of his victims been GIRLS?

6/17/2010 Posted by Winnower

"Charles O’Neill, 47, is believed to have been in Portugal in 2007 when Madeleine disappeared while on vacation with her family."

...believed by whom???

According to Antonella Lazzeri, Ithaisa Suarez was told by Spanish police investigating the disappearance of her son, Yeremi Vargas that "they believe Maddie and Yeremi may have been targets of the same gang."

Also, according to Lazzeri, Suarez said Charles O'Neill "was interviewed by police looking for Yeremi. They found no evidence."

Labels: 2010, Antonella Lazzeri, Madeleine McCann

...wavelengths...

6/17/2010 Posted by Winnower

Lamda/wavelength

The point about wavelengths being...

I find it interesting that there are a number of people who are apparently also displeased with the reporters covering the McCann case; specifically Antonella Lazzeri. Although I'm not in contact with others blogging about the case (other than the occasional "way to go!" or whatever...), I think many of us are on the same "wavelength" simply because the "wavelength" is the logical path to follow...

What I am saying is that although I don't communicate with other bloggers on a personal level, I think that the wavelength riders are (at least in part) reacting as I have to the most recent attempts by Lazzeri to link Charles O'Neill to the abduction of Madeleine McCann. (...continued...)

Labels: Antonella Lazzeri, Gonçalo Amaral, Madeleine McCann

Jailed killer holds key to Maddie hunt

6/14/2010 Posted by Winnower

14 June 2010
The Sun
ANTONELLA LAZZERI in Gran Canaria

THE mother of a missing boy yesterday urged police to quiz a jailed murderer she believes holds the key to finding her lad and Madeleine McCann. Scots paedophile Charles O'Neill is thought to have been in Portugal when Maddie, three, was snatched in 2007.

Two months earlier he was in Gran Canaria, in Spain's Canary Islands, when sevenyear-old Jeremy Vargus vanished.

Labels: 2010, Antonella Lazzeri, Madeleine McCann

'Jailed killer holds key to Maddie hunt'; Plea by lost lad's mum

6/14/2010 Posted by Winnower

14 June 2010
The Sun
ANTONELLA LAZZERI

A MUM yesterday urged cops to quiz a jailed killer she believes has the key to finding her son and Madeleine McCann.

Charles O'Neill is said to have been in Portugal when Maddie, three, was snatched in 2007.

Two months earlier he was in Gran Canaria when Jeremy Vargus, seven, vanished. Jeremy's mum Ithaisa Suarez, 27, said: "I believe he might know where they are, or what happened to them.

"They're identical cases.

Children who vanished in minutes, leaving no trace. He's a vile monster and should be questioned again."

Labels: 2010, Antonella Lazzeri, Madeleine McCann