Clarence Mitchell at CommsCon, Australia: The Full Interview: "THERE ARE STILL 2 OR 3 ANTI-MCCANN FORUMS - AND THEY'RE WRONG

[Tony Bennett]

The full talk by Clarence Mitchell to the CommsCon media conference in Australia is now up, here (the sound quality is poor, you'll need to turn up the volume):

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In a passage starting at about 15 mins 10 secs, he refers to bloggers discussing the McCann case who have 'preconcieved notions' and are 'prejudiced'.

In a further swipe at McCann-doubters on the internet, and in a clear reference to CMOMMm he can be heard to say:

"There are still two or three anti-McCann forums on the net - and they're wrong".

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CommsCon 2016: Clarence Mitchell – The Hunt for Madeleine McCann (keynote)

In a series of highlights from this year’s CommsCon event, we look at how public relations professional Clarence Mitchell kept the Madeleine McCann story in the news for 8 years in this keynote presentation.

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Clarence Mitchell, the man who kept the story of the disappearance of three-year-old British child Madeleine McCann in the media for eight years, opened CommsCon 2016. The former BBC reporter discusses how he worked with the McCann family, international police forces, British government and international media to keep the story of Madeleine’s disappearance in the news – and what he did to fight defamation, handle daily requests from upward of 300 journalists and manage overwhelming expectation from all angles.

Moderator: Miranda Ward, public relations and publishing editor, Mumbrella.

Timeline:

0:00 Introduction by Miranda Ward
4:00 Clarence Mitchell takes the stage
5:15 The case of Madeleine McCann: An exceptional story in a multi-platform environment
10:30 Public perception
11:44 The big picture: international police, international media, official leaks, the parents, friends, the governments
14:00 Information leaks: the deal, the damage
15:00 Blogging – in the wrong hands and with an agenda can do enormous damage
16:00 Question everything, no matter what, as a journalist would
17:00 A ‘pool’ is not just something you swim in: sharing information
19:26 The newsroom and the tidal wave of content
20:55 Lack of relationships between competing media: 200 to 300 media on-site and more in the UK
22:30 Going legal: defeating misinformation, lies and gross defamation
23:20 Keeping the focus on the search not the parents
26:40 Keeping the British press in line
28:00 The media pool: A daily soap opera with few checks or balances
29:00 Journalists pressured to produce stories resulted in false sighting reports
31:00 Calling on the government for help: Operation Grange, the Scotland Yard inquiry
33:00 More than 100 articles deemed “grossly defamatory”; the front page apologies, payouts and trust fund
35:00 Be straight with the media
39:00 Meeting the Pope
40:00 Kate McCann’s role for missing children organisations in Britain
42:00 Media calls for 2017’s 10 year anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance
44:00 The battle for hope: cases of women being held against their will
45:00 Miranda Ward takes stage with Clarence for one-on-one Q&A
49:00 Audience questions
1:02:15 Presentation concludes

Sponsored by media intelligence company iSentia, CommsCon helps PR and communications professionals better understand their discipline and the issues the ever-changing industry is facing.

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[MRNOODLES]

Ha ha Clarrie should let his face know how to react when he says...

"There are still two or three anti-McCann forums on the net - and they're wrong".

When he's in full flow about the nasty bloggers he's doing fine with his brand of propaganda. As soon as he says the forums are wrong, he turns his head and can't face the audience 


I hope Hobs comments, however imo CM you're full of s***.

[sar]

Ha ha Clarrie should let his face know how to react when he says...

"There are still two or three anti-McCann forums on the net - and they're wrong".

When he's in full flow about the nasty bloggers he's doing fine with his brand of propaganda. As soon as he says the forums are wrong, he turns his head and can't face the audience 


I hope Hobs comments, however imo CM you're full of s***.

Why are there "....still two or three anti-McCann forums on the net..."

[whatsupdoc]

The reason there are doubters on forums is that we don't believe what the MSM are pumping out. Some lies are so simple to disprove i.e. shutters.

As an ex-BBC journalist, Clarence, what do you make of this?  .....  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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The BBC reported that Building 7, a Command & Control Centre, containing crucial Enron data etc etc had come down 20 minutes before it was brought down in a controlled demolition. It was clearly visible behind Jane Standley in the video.

Just because a lie is big, doesn't mean we have to believe it.

[plebgate]

From Clarrie's list:

"
16:00 Question everything, no matter what, as a journalist would"
:



That's just what posters are doing, questioning everything as journalists USED TO DO, but sadly no evidence AFAIAC that they are questioning everything.

BORING .

[Guest]

Mitchell could have saved himself a lot of time and effort if he had confined his speech to these few words..

"... on holiday, we have the core abduction, the mystery of how come could she have been taken from her bedroom on that night of May 3rd.  That mystery remains unsolved today, we -people close to her genuinely don't know what happened, there's no evidence to suggest she's come to physical harm;  as for the mental capacity - mental situation that's a different matter but essentially Kate and Gerry the family and those around them, myself included will continue to help them until will have the result one way or the other and the media have a narrative that's constantly running for them ..."

[Not word perfect but as Tony said, the sound is not good.  Matters not for the purpose of the exercise]

Now where have I heard those words before - let me think..  Was in the first anniversary - the second - the third fourth sixth seventh eighth or will it be the ninth?

It's a mystery to me why he is preaching the gospel according to Saints Gerald and Katherine to an Australian audience.  Is the story running negative down-under or is the McCann collective contemplating their next move in the winder agenda - emigration?

[Liz Eagles]

It's a mystery to me why he is preaching the gospel according to Saints Gerald and Katherine to an Australian audience.  Is the story running negative down-under or is the McCann collective contemplating their next move in the winder agenda - emigration?

I wouldn't have thought so Verdi. I believe there are no clear cut privacy laws in Australia.

[Tony Bennett]

How true - or untrue - is this verbatim statement made by Clarence Mitchell at 13 mins 50 secs?:

"...they'd actually tried to eat off the site at the - where it happened - the Holiday Inn, the, um, they, they, um, for some evenings, earlier on in the holiday, it hadn't worked, the children were fractious, so they decided to eat 'on campus' and close to their apartments, that was one of the reasons as why they were eating in the Tapas bar on the night - and then they were mounting this checking system as I say..."

[pendragon2007]

Verdi quoted from CM down under -     "... on holiday, we have the core abduction, the mystery of how come could she (I presume he means Madeleine) have been taken from her bedroom on that night of May 3rd.  That mystery remains unsolved today, we-people close to her ("we-people close to her"??? - how come CM was "close to her"?  He did did not arrive in PdLuz until after Madeleine was "Kidnapped" so CM has never met her - has he - anyone?)  genuinely don't know what happened, there's no evidence to suggest she's come to physical harm;  as for the mental capacity - mental situation that's a different matter (Is this Madeleine's mental capacity he is refering to - if it is, how the hell does he know?)  but essentially Kate and Gerry the family and those around them, myself included will continue to help them until will have the result one way or the other and the media have a narrative that's constantly running for them ..."
I have put my comments/questions in the brackets within the quote. If I have got anything wrong or mis-understood something I'm sure someone will let me know.

                                                                          Dont forget :-     THE TRUTH IS STILL OUT THERE   (The X Files).

[Guest]

How true - or untrue - is this verbatim statement made by Clarence Mitchell at 13 mins 50 secs?:

"...they'd actually tried to eat off the site at the - where it happened - the Holiday Inn, the, um, they, they, um, for some evenings, earlier on in the holiday, it hadn't worked, the children were fractious, so they decided to eat 'on campus' and close to their apartments, that was one of the reasons as why they were eating in the Tapas bar on the night - and then they were mounting this checking system as I say..."

  did he really say that?

It remains a mystery why Mitchell took this masquerade to Australia in the first place - I guess Rupert Murdoch still has strong ties with his native country - is Mitchell taking this show on the road?  I can just hear Bob and Bing chanting in the background.

Earlier I didn't get beyond nine minutes - there's a limit to the length of time I'm prepared to mute Chopin for the sake of the melodious media monitoring mogul.  Still, having looked again at the timeline for the show, I'm intrigued to hear what he's got to say about aspects of the protectorate as time progressed - the proverbial innocent explanation for anything or everything the police might find.

A tribute to the Metodo/Mitchell alliance..

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[Guest]

Verdi quoted from CM down under -     "... on holiday, we have the core abduction, the mystery of how come could she (I presume he means Madeleine) have been taken from her bedroom on that night of May 3rd.  That mystery remains unsolved today, we-people close to her ("we-people close to her"??? - how come CM was "close to her"?  He did did not arrive in PdLuz until after Madeleine was "Kidnapped" so CM has never met her - has he? - anyone???)  genuinely don't know what happened, there's no evidence to suggest she's come to physical harm;  as for the mental capacity - mental situation that's a different matter (Is this Madeleine's mental capacity he is refering to - if it is, how the hell does he know?)  but essentially Kate and Gerry the family and those around them, myself included will continue to help them until will have the result one way or the other and the media have a narrative that's constantly running for them ..."
I have put my comments/questions in the brackets within the quote. If I have got anything wrong or mis-understood something I'm sure someone will let me know.

                                                                          Dont forget :-     THE TRUTH IS STILL OUT THERE   (The X Files).

Good innit?  Wonder what size shoe he wears - every time he opens his mouth he sticks both feet in so it must get a bit overcrowded in that there mouth of his.  Hardly enough room for all the teeth he lies through.

[Tony Bennett]

How true - or untrue - is this verbatim statement made by Clarence Mitchell at 13 mins 50 secs?:

"...they'd actually tried to eat off the site at the - where it happened - the Holiday Inn, the, um, they, they, um, for some evenings, earlier on in the holiday, it hadn't worked, the children were fractious, so they decided to eat 'on campus' and close to their apartments, that was one of the reasons as why they were eating in the Tapas bar on the night - and then they were mounting this checking system as I say..."

  did he really say that?

@ Verdi   - there are many more coming along...

...like this:

[6 mins 27 secs] "We have to be creative and intelligent about what we put out there..."

and this:

[13 mins 20 secs] "There were cultural differences...'why do these crazy Brits want to put their children to bed at 7.30, they should be out, with us, at the table, having wine, out until midnight'...that's how it is there..."

...and one more for the road, to raise your blood pressure...

[14 mins 25  secs] "They were given this 'arguido status', as it's called in Portugal, it technically doesn't mean 'suspect', it doesn't mean 'suspect' in the sense of a serious crime, you can be given a parking ticket and you'd be an 'arguido', it means you're a person of interest to a police enquiry..."

More coming along tomorrow - if you want more...

[pendragon2007]

Verdi quoted from CM down under -     "... on holiday, we have the core abduction, the mystery of how come could she (I presume he means Madeleine) have been taken from her bedroom on that night of May 3rd.  That mystery remains unsolved today, we-people close to her ("we-people close to her"??? - how come CM was "close to her"?  He did did not arrive in PdLuz until after Madeleine was "Kidnapped" so CM has never met her - has he? - anyone???)  genuinely don't know what happened, there's no evidence to suggest she's come to physical harm;  as for the mental capacity - mental situation that's a different matter (Is this Madeleine's mental capacity he is refering to - if it is, how the hell does he know?)  but essentially Kate and Gerry the family and those around them, myself included will continue to help them until will have the result one way or the other and the media have a narrative that's constantly running for them ..."
I have put my comments/questions in the brackets within the quote. If I have got anything wrong or mis-understood something I'm sure someone will let me know.

                                                                          Dont forget :-     THE TRUTH IS STILL OUT THERE   (The X Files).

Good innit?  Wonder what size shoe he wears - every time he opens his mouth he sticks both feet in so it must get a bit overcrowded in that there mouth of his.  Hardly enough room for all the teeth he lies through.

Gonçalo Amaral mentioned in one of his quotes that the case would be solved when MI5 release the files. (In my words - can't find actual quote). In the Richard D Hall film When Madeleine Died it is mentioned that CM may be an MI5 operative. CM down under seems be "close to" and know a lot about Madeleine's "mental situation". Could this indicate she is still alive?  Now is all that just coincidence or what? No doubt the next time his foot jumps into his mouth another piece of the puzzle will be revealed.

[sallypelt]

Is anyone aware that Clarence Eden Mitchell is a director of two companies?

He's a director of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and he's a director of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Swanswell Charitable Trust is a multi million pounds charity, with close links to the NHS.

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[Liz Eagles]

Clarence Mitchell is attending a symposium in Australia lecturing media students presumably for a fee. I couldn't watch the entire video - it took me three goes to get through The Shining - it's going to take many more goes to get through this heap.

Meanwhile back in UK, Jim Gamble, Chair of the City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Board is flogging courses re child online protection to UK state run schools from his associate based company.

[Guest]

How true - or untrue - is this verbatim statement made by Clarence Mitchell at 13 mins 50 secs?:

"...they'd actually tried to eat off the site at the - where it happened - the Holiday Inn, the, um, they, they, um, for some evenings, earlier on in the holiday, it hadn't worked, the children were fractious, so they decided to eat 'on campus' and close to their apartments, that was one of the reasons as why they were eating in the Tapas bar on the night - and then they were mounting this checking system as I say..."

  did he really say that?

@ Verdi   - there are many more coming along...

...like this:

[6 mins 27 secs] "We have to be creative and intelligent about what we put out there..."

and this:

[13 mins 20 secs] "There were cultural differences...'why do these crazy Brits want to put their children to bed at 7.30, they should be out, with us, at the table, having wine, out until midnight'...that's how it is there..."

...and one more for the road, to raise your blood pressure...

[14 mins 25  secs] "They were given this 'arguido status', as it's called in Portugal, it technically doesn't mean 'suspect', it doesn't mean 'suspect' in the sense of a serious crime, you can be given a parking ticket and you'd be an 'arguido', it means you're a person of interest to a police enquiry..."

More coming along tomorrow - if you want more...

Oh please - bring it on!  I'm a sucker for the burlesque, only not too early in the morning or before dinner.

[Guest]

Verdi quoted from CM down under -     "... on holiday, we have the core abduction, the mystery of how come could she (I presume he means Madeleine) have been taken from her bedroom on that night of May 3rd.  That mystery remains unsolved today, we-people close to her ("we-people close to her"??? - how come CM was "close to her"?  He did did not arrive in PdLuz until after Madeleine was "Kidnapped" so CM has never met her - has he? - anyone???)  genuinely don't know what happened, there's no evidence to suggest she's come to physical harm;  as for the mental capacity - mental situation that's a different matter (Is this Madeleine's mental capacity he is refering to - if it is, how the hell does he know?)  but essentially Kate and Gerry the family and those around them, myself included will continue to help them until will have the result one way or the other and the media have a narrative that's constantly running for them ..."
I have put my comments/questions in the brackets within the quote. If I have got anything wrong or mis-understood something I'm sure someone will let me know.

                                                                          Dont forget :-     THE TRUTH IS STILL OUT THERE   (The X Files).

Good innit?  Wonder what size shoe he wears - every time he opens his mouth he sticks both feet in so it must get a bit overcrowded in that there mouth of his.  Hardly enough room for all the teeth he lies through.

Gonçalo Amaral mentioned in one of his quotes that the case would be solved when MI5 release the files. (In my words - can't find actual quote). In the Richard D Hall film When Madeleine Died it is mentioned that CM may be an MI5 operative. CM down under seems be "close to" and know a lot about Madeleine's "mental situation". Could this indicate she is still alive?  Now is all that just coincidence or what? No doubt the next time his foot jumps into his mouth another piece of the puzzle will be revealed.

I recall the mention of MI5 files being reported in the press but off the top of my head I don't know if this was verified by a an authoritative source.

I'm reticent to try and decipher the meaning behind Clarence Mitchell's words at the risk of launching a full blown forum myth - heaven knows there's been enough of them over the years.  Without some substantive knowledge I'd prefer for the moment to stick to the assumption that he is but a would be if I could be PR magnate - a man with a mission if you like - expanding his chest before a bunch of students.

MI5 agent?  I've absolutely no idea but nothing would surprise me with this case.  I can only say if he is, he must be a bit of an embarrassment.

ETA:  I've just remembered, Mr. Amaral's quote re. MI5 was during a television interview.  It's probably on YouTube.

[Guest]

Clarence Mitchell is attending a symposium in Australia lecturing media students presumably for a fee. I couldn't watch the entire video - it took me three goes to get through The Shining - it's going to take many more goes to get through this heap.

Meanwhile back in UK, Jim Gamble, Chair of the City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Board is flogging courses re child online protection to UK state run schools from his associate based company.

When [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] posted the link the other day I intended to watch in the evening but one look at him strutting his stuff on the stage (should that be taking the stage?), before dinner, was more than I could stomach.

Suffice to say it's on hold.  I will watch here and there, if only to hear what he has to say about the various stages of the saga, particularly latter day events.

[Guest]

Is anyone aware that Clarence Eden Mitchell is a director of two companies?

He's a director of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and he's a director of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Swanswell Charitable Trust is a multi million pounds charity, with close links to the NHS.

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I've heard of the Clarence Mitchell Communications Ltd directorship but I thought that died a natural - along with his short lived career move with Freud Communications.  Is he over-reaching his talents?

Swanswell Charitable Trust is however another matter altogether - never heard of that before.    That's worth further scrutiny.  I don't trust multi-million charities any more than I trust the Find Madeleine Co. Ltd.  Such an easy way to defraud - when you consider the many ways in which donations are harvested, I doubt if income can ever be accurately tracked. 

Oh me of little faith!

[pendragon2007]

Verdi wrote in reply to my last post:-  I'm reticent to try and decipher the meaning behind Clarence Mitchell's words at the risk of launching a full blown forum myth - heaven knows there's been enough of them over the years.  Without some substantive knowledge I'd prefer for the moment to stick to the assumption that he is but a would be if I could be PR magnate - a man with a mission if you like - expanding his chest before a bunch of students.

I have to say I entirely agree with you. I allowed my utter contempt for CM's arrogance to cloud my judgement and would certainly not wish to contrive another un-proven myth. It just shows how easy it is to allow emotion to get in the way and thereby create yet another conspiracy theory. I guess the reality is that unless one or more of the people surrounding this sad saga develops a conscience, or makes a mistake, we aint gonna learn too much. The silence from that group is deafening.

[Guest]

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:  I guess the reality is that unless one or more of the people surrounding this sad saga develops a conscience, or makes a mistake, we aint gonna learn too much..


One good thing to come out of all of this is that there is so much in the press, nobody knows what is true, and what isn't. - Gerry McCann

Covered!

Reverting to Mitchell's crass words about Madeleine's possible/probable mental state, I should imagine this is an indirect response to public outcry when clan McCann insist there is no evidence that Madeleine has come to any harm - in the hands of a paedophile.  You know, that .....



..... wholly innocent explanation for any material the police may or may not have found.  Clarence Mitchell

[Richard D. Hall]

I have highlighted some of the lies in the video.  Please post far and wide.  

[Liz Eagles]

What an absolutely fantastic production Richard. Well done.

[Richard IV]

Did I hear correctly at abt 5.37 Clarence saying he told Kate `you don`t need to answer any more questions in case you incriminate yourself` ?

[sallypelt]

WHAT A BORING MAN!!!!!!!

[whatsupdoc]

I have highlighted some of the lies in the video.  Please post far and wide.  

Thanks Richard. I've never heard so many lies in such a short period of time.

[Tony Bennett]

Did I hear correctly at abt 5.37 Clarence saying he told Kate 'you don`t need to answer any more questions in case you incriminate yourself` ?

I listened to this bit a few times when it first came out.

I think he stumbled, at first I think he started saying 're-'

and then in a split second switched to 'incriminate'

so it seemed to emerge as 're-incriminate'.

Basically he muffed up at this point and fluffed his lines

[petunia]

Is the cheeky bugger calling Kate and Gerry crazy Brits? who should have taken their children with them while they drank wine til midnight? how very dare him.

[Richard IV]

Did I hear correctly at abt 5.37 Clarence saying he told Kate 'you don`t need to answer any more questions in case you incriminate yourself` ?

I listened to this bit a few times when it first came out.

I think he stumbled, at first I think he started saying 're-'

and then in a split second switched to 'incriminate'

so it seemed to emerge as 're-incriminate'.

Basically he muffed up at this point and fluffed his lines

Thanks Tony.  What I was getting at was how can you incriminate yourself if you are totally innocent.  To me it was as if CM knew she was guilty and was saying `don`t let the cat out of the bag`.

[Tony Bennett]

QUOTE MITCHELL:


[25 mins 35 secs] “There were over 3,000 sightings from psychics, some of which are completely ridiculous, but some of them are possibly credible, you have to put all that through to the police…”

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There were ridiculous 'sightings' all round the world, forcing the police in places from Dubai to New Zealand, from Morocco to Paraguay, and from Venezuela to Australia to waste valuable police time. 

But in addition to that, the McCann Team were receiving thousands of calls from impressionable so-called 'psychics' with vivid imaginations and passing any of their ramblings that were considered "possibly credible" on to the police. 

A further gross waste of police time