Gerry, who had encouraged media coverage, criticised De Telegraaf on 14 June for publishing a letter[REF] claiming to know the location of Madeleine's body, calling it "an irresponsible piece of journalism" and "insensitive and cruel" [REF].
A comparison was drawn, in early March 2008, between the publicity given to Madeleine with the much lower key publicity for the disappearance of Shannon Matthews.