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 4:59 pm
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just_me Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
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January 27th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
350
just_me Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
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Wonderful!
Only another 999,995 men to go…
January 27th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
348 Just_ Me
One in front, don”t know how to do it,
“For sale, Posters, Cuddlecats”
January 27th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
The finished picture…………
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/just_meme5/finalcopy.jpg
January 27th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
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Grande Finale Says:
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given you plenty of time to respond…you’re obviously talking bollocks then ????
January 27th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Matt, thanks
2 more bubbles to fill….anyone?
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January 27th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
342
Grande Finale Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
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are you gonna spill the beans or not????
January 27th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
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val Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
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I do wonder what they will do when they run out of money.
The tabloids might not be content for ever to carry on treating them as injured saints, and judging from the tone of the article in the People about Maxine Carr, none of the Tapas 9 could hope for an easy ride if the Courts ever concluded that no outside agency was involved in Madeleine’s disappearance….
January 27th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
344
RedRooster Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
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for those who cant figure it out last post should have read RealRedRooster
January 27th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
339
Grande Finale Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
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i thought i was gently probing you, now enough bloody cryptic nonsense if you have a link would you like to provide it. And for your info it is the ReaRedRooster
January 27th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
331 Steve T
What talent would you say she had? Maybe it would be more for starring in a Film by Jon Corner about Monsters, what do you think?
January 27th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
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RedRooster Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
have’nt got all bleedin day chop chop
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Just like K Mccano no Patience (patients)
January 27th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
i just can’t wait to read that their right royal holy fragrances become 40.
i’m sick of reading that they are both 39.
will they have a huge piss up with the other taparatti?
40 bottles of cheap plonk?
will auntie phil blot out the sun?
will barmy granny let something slip about sedatives?
we should be told
January 27th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Had contact from Portimao on my website!
Grand Finale, you’ve hit the nail on the head.
Just reading posts….can’t hang around, watching Sheff United v Man City…might be back later.
January 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
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RedRooster Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
and your source for this revelation…
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Various!………..including some not a million miles away from anorak, if you have any email addy’s I suggest you do a little gentle probing.
Now to the important stuff………… is this the Hen Rooster or the Cock Rooster
January 27th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
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Sledgehammer Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
chenier/321, I think I will be the judge of that.
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Excellent; I was merely directing your attention to where their response might be found.
As you may have noticed, there is a bond of camaraderie which unites we Anorakers.
Think of it as a substitute for a cuddlecat…
January 27th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
330
Grande Finale Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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have’nt got all bleedin day chop chop
January 27th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
306 Chenier
Hear, Hear to your last sentence, I second that Motion confirming the Company will make
public the Annual Accounts in view of the fact there are no Shareholders and the Assets are
from the Public Donations…………I DON”T THINK SO!!!!!!!!!
January 27th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
303
Grande Finale Says:
???????????????????????? im waiting
January 27th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
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Sledgehammer Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
chenier/321, I think I will be the judge of that.
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ffs give it a rest ya knob
January 27th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
chenier/321, I think I will be the judge of that.
January 27th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
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Grande Finale Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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and your source for this revelation…
January 27th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Could Kate also do American Idol?
January 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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val Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
“I waited a few minutes then posted to Ferdinand, “I presume you meant the missing word should have been ALIVE….. to which he replied Yes. Nothing more from you so I left.
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Not that sort of good news I’m afraid (Post 303….. “enough evidence” to indicate that madeleine has died and therefore to raise charges).
More a case of “Justice for Madeleine.”
(Post 303…….I have information to hand that a new innitiative is to proceed in the UKthis coming week that makes me feel extremely “bouyant”.)
I can’t say any more but you can expect all will become clear within the next few days!
January 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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Ade Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
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lets hope they are stupid enough to accept oprahs latest offer…as you say fun fun fun
January 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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Ade Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
i’m really hoping the McConns will do a spot on usa tv.
every time they have appeared on video so far they have shot themselves in the foot
and that’s with the pathetic, fawning uk media
oprah will rip them to shreds
such fun
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Such fun, indeed; it was good to see the speed with which she got into print the fact that she never pays for news interviews. Bit difficult to stoke up a bidding war in those circumstances.
But like you I would enjoy watching her shred them; I am majorly pissed off about the McCanns telling them a monster has got their sister.
Presumably they have revised the bit about her being treated like a princess somewhere …
January 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
325 RedRooster
didnt the mcs refuse an offer from oprah before ???
i think you are right i have some recollection of that one…
not sure what their”totally innocent explanation” was for that though
fun fun fun
January 27th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
314 Sledgehammer Says: January 27th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Mods and Admin/278, the question was about the ongoing circus and if the PJ had either the ability or the wherewithal to put a stop to it, Edit…. As for the time scale, how long is a piece of string or a rogatory letter. As I stated previously if you feel I am breaching AGW’s guidelines, be good enough to inform me.
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It’s not an activity that’s ever held any fascination for me, but I note that you have a penchant for “fishing”? This I understand is an activity that can require considerable patience?
Such is the way with the PJ and the Portuguese authorities. They’ll get around to concluding their investigation and taking whatever actions may be appropriate when it suits them. Meanwhile, the rest of us will sadly have to be patient.
January 27th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
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Ade Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
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didnt the mcs refuse an offer from oprah before ???
January 27th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
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Ade Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
i wonder if anyone has considered bringing a case against leicestershire social services for failing to protect the McConn twins
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I imagine quite a few people have considered it; todays revelations about how the twins are being talked to about their sister’s disappearance may prompt some action, even if it’s only the caseworkers attempting to hide all copies of the newspaper article from those higher up the chain…