From Missing Madeleine forum, posted by non-admin.
Tony Bennett wrote:I thought that it was about time this thread included some PRAISE for poor Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan.
You know, for balance, that sort of thing.
And the PRAISE listed on the back cover of their new book, 'Looking for Madeleine', is indeed extravagant, and comes from some VERY IMPORTANT people.
However, above these one-word adjectives praising their book is this heading: 'Praise for The Eleventh Day' - that's their previous book on the 9/11 Twin Towers attack.
I've taken these five one-word items of PRAISE, which are about Summers & Swan's previous book ('The Eleventh Day'), from the back cover of 'Looking for Madeleine'.
'COMPELLING' - Robert Harris, Sunday Times NOTE: He writes for the Sunday Times, a RUPERT MURDOCH title
'MAGNIFICENT' - Andrew Neil NOTE: Andrew Neil used to be the Editor of the Sunday Times, a RUPERT MURDOCH title, and now hosts a daily politics show on SKY News, which is owned by RUPERT MURDOCH
'ESSENTIAL' - Wall Street Journal NOTE: This leading U.S newspaper is owned by RUPERT MURDOCH.
I wonder if there could be a connection with Summers & Swan's book having been heavily trailed in advance and promoted by SKY News, owned by RUPERT MURDOCH, and then serialised in the Sun, owned by RUPERT MURDOCH?
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ETA: The other two 'great men' who praised 'The Eleventh Day' were Daily Mail journalist and TV pundit Peter Hitchens, who described Summers & Swan's book as 'superb', and fiction writer Paul Theroux, who described it as 'fascinating'.
