20 October 2010
The Sun
The parents of Maddie McCann were furious yesterday after a Portuguese judge overturned a ban on a book claiming their daughter is dead. Kate and Gerry McCann last year blocked disgraced Maddie hunt cop Goncalo Amaral publishing The Truth of the Lie. But a Lisbon appeal court ruled the book can now be sold in Portugal. The McCanns' lawyer Isabel Duarte said Kate, 41, told her: "That's incredible. I can't believe it is possible." Amaral claimed the couple, of Rothley, Leics, faked the abduction of Maddie, three, in 2007.
Note: This is the only article printed by the Sun that refers to the lifting of the ban on Goncalo Amaral's "Maddie: The Truth of the Lie".
A grand total of 96 words, after the Sun had earlier published no less than 13,000 words related to the McCann's efforts to silence Amaral.
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McCanns slam Maddie cop
5 September 2008 (473 words)
McCanns spend £1m on Maddie search
6 September 2008, Kathryn Lister (460 words)
Maddie's leech cop
23 October 2008, Antonella Lazzeri (214 words)
Maddie hunt trip gives Gerry hope
15 January 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (318 words)
McCanns accept need for probe
18 May 2009 (702 words)
Maddie parents set to sue cop
18 May 2009 (161 words)
Unforgivable; Maddie dad's fury at Portugal cop's banned book
10 September 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (260 words)
Tearful Kate is back in her hell
24 September 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (437 words)
Kate: I cry every day for Maddie
24 September 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (664 words)
McCann slur No2
25 September 2009, (71 words)
'Maddie lie' cop to face McCanns in court fight
2 December 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (270 words)
McCanns' trial
2 December 2009 (115 words)
Maddie showdown; Parents in court to sue axed cop chief
11 December 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (241 words)
It's place Kate believes she'll feel closer to her Madeleine
12 December 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (545 words)
McCann prayers on Praia trip
12 December 2009 (755 words)
McCanns to take the twins back to Praia
14 December 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (379 words)
Maddie cop's shame
14 December 2009, Antonella Lazzeri (379 words)
Summit's 'taunt' at McCanns
11 January 2010, Neil Syson (147 words)
McCanns will face detective 'lie' claim
12 January 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (159 words)
Maddie died in holiday flat
12 January 2010 (337 words)
Kate dreamt Maddie's body was on a hillside
13 January 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (786 words)
His smiles, their pain
13 January 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (179 words)
Maddie is dead and you hid her
13 January 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (136 words)
Angry Gerry: There is no proof Maddie is dead
13 January 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (534 words)
Case is a mystery
14 January 2010, Bill Leckie (132 words)
Vile cop: F the McCanns
14 January 2010, Tom Wells & Antonella Lazzeri (471 words)
Maddie slur cop piles on the pain
15 January 2010, Tom Wells (150 words)
Kate McCann looked wretched
16 January 2010, Lorraine Kelly (102 words)
Maddie cop rap
16 January 2010 (74 words)
Maddie secrecy rule was 'broken'
16 January 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (159 words)
McCanns face 2nd book slur
27 January 2010, Antonella Lazzeri and Neil Syson (199 words)
British cops defend advice to make Maddie McCann's parents suspects in Portugal
11 February 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (305 words)
'Cracker' blamed McCanns; Maddie 'killed'
11 February 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (274 words)
‘Liar’ cop ignored hundreds of Maddie sightings
12 February 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (339 words)
They do best to block hunt for Maddie... it's inhumane;
McCanns blast Portuguese cops
20 February 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (548 words)
Lost chances
3 March 2010, (234 words)
Maddie: New file
3 March 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (1360 words)
McCanns: Time for new hunt
6 March 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (264 words)
Note that by this point the Sun had published over 13000 words regarding the McCanns "fight" to silence Goncalo Amaral. On the 20th of October they printed the article quoted above - all of 96 words about the lifting of the ban, spun to elicit sympathy toward the McCanns. They have, since the 96 word exposé, continued to publish other articles. It appears that 96 words was all they believed the British public needed to know about the Lisbon Appeals court ruling restoring the FREEDOM OF SPEECH to Goncalo Amaral.
Kate pain on book
20 October 2010 (96 words)
McCanns: We fear Maddie hunt is over; Exclusive: cash fund crisis
3 November 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (112 words) (No mention of the lifting of the book ban)
Sign search petition
3 November 2010, Caroline Grant (182 words) (No mention of the lifting of the book ban)
Twins are giving us the will to battle on
3 November 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (284 words)
(No mention of the lifting of the book ban)
McCann joy as 9,000 sign petition
4 November 2010, Antonella Lazzeri (207 words)
(No mention of the lifting of the book ban)
Brave McCanns need your help to find Maddie
6 November 2010, Lorraine Kelly (555 words)
(No mention of the lifting of the book ban)
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