Madeleine McCann: Duarte Levy, Clarence Mitchell And The Daily Mirror
DUARTE Levy writes on the case of Madeleine McCann. He alleges that that Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns’ PR adviser, is “using the Government’s services to keep watch on journalists and forum participants.” Says Mr Levy:
Clarence Mitchell, the McCann’s PR adviser and spokesman, continues to make use of the British government’s services despite having officially resigned from his position as director of the Media Monitoring Unit*. The accusation comes from a Home Office source who has stated that the outgoing director had called upon his former service to keep a watch not only on several journalists but also on the behaviour of participants in a list of forums and blogs considered to be “highly detrimental to the image of the McCanns and that of the British government”.
Can what Mr Levy alleges be true? And if it is, why would it be a big deal for the McCanns’ spokesman to keep an eye on the web, and get what help he can? Mr Levy continues:
Clarence Mitchell, a former journalist for the Daily Express and the BBC, was seconded by the Foreign Office to act as a liaison officer between the media and Madeleine’s parents. Through the intermediary of the respective British embassies, it was he who organised the McCann’s visits to the Vatican, Madrid, Berlin, Amsterdam and Rabat.
Since the very early days, media monitoring has been an important part of Clarence Mitchell’s work. While the McCann’s were in Praia da Luz, it was he who decided to separate journalists according to nationality: the British first, and the Portuguese last.
Today, the McCann’s PR campaign relies more than ever on monitoring public opinion: over the past few days several UK forums and blogs have been shut down due to “anti-McCann” comments. Amongst them is the Mirror newspaper’s forum, which erased all comments about the case without warning when the participants started to debate Home Office interference.
No response from Mr Mitchell is quoted in Mr Levy’s email to us. But why did the Daily Mirror close its forum? Anyone from those forums care to tell us what they know?
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January 27th, 2008 at 9:04 am
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noseycow Says:
Too right - scare tactics.
Confuse the nation by turning attention to something/someone else, then when the pj arrive another ’sensational’ news event to support the Mccscammers - or not if you have some intelligence or are an annorak
This next week expect:
1) new maddie sightings
2) another innocent photo lookie likey have finger pointed at him
3) Murrat back in the frame
4) more tear jerking from km
5) More me, me, me from gm
6) best of all - more hilarity for annoraks to digest, annalyse and puke over
oh and a few glasses of your favourite plonk to wash it all down with
such fun
January 27th, 2008 at 9:03 am
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bountyhunter Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 8:48 am
MRS BOUNTYHUNTER SAYS
Morning all.
Nosey, is this the same Lori Cambell who fingered Robert Murat in early May ?
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Tut, tut, Mrs BountyHunter.
That sentence might be thought to enquire whether Lori may be a serial male fingerer.
We’d have to conduct an intensive search of every man on the planet to establish the facts.
Perhaps we should just line them all up and ask the ones never fingered by Lori to step forward?
January 27th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Mrs Bounty says
Nosey . I do believe REbello is on his way, as we approach the 1st Feb, by the 14th Their Fragracenses could well be spending Valentines in PDL, in a lovely cell.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Morning Carmen, yes I am a member of several organisations, but of the McCann variety sorry to disappoint you no. It appears that you have an axe to grind with people, who would like to see evidence before they convict anyone. I find it amusing the number of times that you come to the rescue of the barmy brigade, at least AGW is quite clear on his and Anorak’s stance, no charges, no evidence be careful, have a delightful Sunday and an enjoyable Sunday dinner.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:59 am
i’m ever hopeful - however must dash - taking my boys to too different away footy matches - wish us luck (eldest ones team always looses, youngest one always wins ugh!)
see you all later happy sleuthing - hope you get home this afternoon chenier
January 27th, 2008 at 8:56 am
I’m not sure what the mirror is on publishing this which goes against every thing else that we’ve read - however this is slipped in the middle of the article:
quote ‘Detectives have launched a fresh review of the case and are now re-interviewing the key witnesses’ unquote
so is it just team mcc spin to defuse the news that the pj are coming?
January 27th, 2008 at 8:56 am
MRS BOUNTYHUNTER SAYS
Thank you Nosey, will kiss the frog, maybe it will turn into a six foot handsome chocolate prince and we can all partake and gorge ourselves on lovely dark chocolate. So what credibility has this Stupid , discredited hack have ?Disgusting!
January 27th, 2008 at 8:51 am
well spotted mrs bounty hunter
a chocolate frog for you being on form this early 
- and as we all know she was spot on with her murat assessment now wasn’t she? 
January 27th, 2008 at 8:48 am
MRS BOUNTYHUNTER SAYS
Morning all.
Nosey, is this the same Lori Cambell who fingered Robert Murat in early May ?
January 27th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Sabrina - I’m not sure myself that the all powerful CM had much to do (directly) with the MF closure
January 27th, 2008 at 8:45 am
morning sledgy - do i detect a soft spot for our lovely little danny
January 27th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Looks like that there could allegedly be a lot of egg on the faces of the pseudo nonsense barmy brigade, you know the sort of imbeciles, who claim that supporters of justice are supporting child neglect. You know who you are we know who you are, it just goes to prove you should never listen to a Danny Devitto correspondence school lawyer, or people who mix their Law Lords and their Time Lords up.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:38 am
That CM lets forums close down is a proof people don’t belive his lies.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Looks like that there could allegedly be a lot of egg on the faces of the pseudo nonsense barmy brigade, you know the sort of imbeciles, who claim that supporters of justice are supporting child neglect. You know who you are we know who you are, it just goes to prove you should never listen to a Danny Devitto correspondence school lawyer, or people who mix their Law Lords and their Time Lords up.
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Mods and Admin
Granted there are extremes on both sides of the fence on this matter, but actions have spoken far louder than words ever can, and the McCann children were left alone, repeatedly. This is seen as child neglect and Justice does need to be seen to address this. If it fails to, then yes supporters of Justice are supporting child neglect.
Perhaps if that happens then you may find out exactly who knows who knows who.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Or even the utter innocence in all respects of the saintly duo…
January 27th, 2008 at 8:27 am
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noseycow Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 8:19 am
morning chenier - new venflon in yet????
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No.
Usually an experience bearing an unfortunate resemblance to a scene from Trainspotting without the fun…
Good to see, however, that the Mirror is on form; someday, when this is all finally over, we can count the number of times the Mirror has claimed that the PJ has realised that the utter innocence in all respects of the saitly duo…
January 27th, 2008 at 8:21 am
chenier - but would you mind if our government spent our taxes on anorak - ot would make a pleasant change methinks
January 27th, 2008 at 8:19 am
morning chenier - new venflon in yet????
mirror quote:
‘Just three weeks ago investigators claimed they had enough evidence to charge the couple.
But yesterday police sources said they now believe the McCanns may be innocent.
The new focus began after DNA tests carried out in a UK lab on blood samples proved inconclusive. And the abduction theory gained strength last week with the release of a sketch of a possible suspect.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Anorak’s monitoring team rocks.
Though not, I hope, in a northerly direction…
January 27th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Morning all -what do you think of this:
Portuguese police have finally admitted that madeleine probably was taken……..
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2008/01/27/boost-for-mccanns-as-cops-say-she-was-taken-98487-20299574/