Clarence Mitchell

The Rooster wrote:I've just looked at Mitchell's presentation and felt sick to the pit of my stomach. You weak misfit. What sort of person are you to found upon a missing child to promote your business skills. The fact you took the job tells me exactly the type of human being you are.
God help us!

Of all his career history, he used his employment with the Mccanns as benchmark of his success, and that could mean only thing ie that the mccanns' story is the only one he prides himself as being the most effective in his role. That their fictional story that became an international phenomenon is all credited to his clever spinning. Whereas before he may have been known nationally to some, working for the Mccanns propel him to international stardom where his name got mentioned in cross borders press and media.

Effectively, he was transmogrified from a media control person known regionally (if not nationally) to this pink creature adept at lying with as many teeth in his mouth, who was and still is (now and then) beamed into nearly every household worldwide. He's mccanns' prime source who has been quoted by cross borders press for quite a few years and that's a bloody feat even if one can't term that as achievement worthy of accolade.

In the process he's also mutated into a species with static grey-mousy hair and patsy dead-like complexion; and if outer appearance is a reflection of inner conscious, his mental state is anyone's guess. This sudden onset of rapid ageing genes that besets mccanns and their spoken creature cannot be because they share the same genes, so it must be something else that is dreadful.

Take a look at the banner of this forum and see the quotes from Clarence Mitchell. Then make up your mind if you'd buy a second hand car from a PR guru.

Re: Cowley & Edgar

'The McCanns have hired a team of crack detectives'

Re: Metodo 3

'These are the big boys of private investigation'

aquila wrote:Take a look at the banner of this forum and see the quotes from Clarence Mitchell. Then make up your mind if you'd buy a second hand car from a PR guru.

Re: Cowley & Edgar

'The McCanns have hired a team of crack detectives'

Re: Metodo 3

'These are the big boys of private investigation'

That's why he uses the mccanns case as measurement of his success because he thinks he's managed to deceive the public good and proper with fancy words creating the impression the Mccanns pte detectives are worldclass worthy of the Fund money.

The Rooster wrote:I've just looked at Mitchell's presentation and felt sick to the pit of my stomach. You weak misfit. What sort of person are you to found upon a missing child to promote your business skills. The fact you took the job tells me exactly the type of human being you are.

Only a master wordsmith like Wilde or Peake could describe a person like the Mccanns mouthpiece...

In Peake's words:
His body gave the appearance of being malformed but it would be difficult to say exactly what gave it this gibbous quality. Limb by limb, it appeared that he was sound enough, but the sum of these several members accrued to an unexpectedly twisted total. His face was pale like clay and save for his eyes, mask-like. These eyes were set very close together, and were small, dark red, and of startling concentration.

-- Titus Groan, "Means of Escape"

God help us!

I totally get how you feel Rooster and I'm sure you'll understand how I felt when just a month after the McCanns had been made arguidos- in October 2007- with Maddie obviously still missing, Clarence gave a talk at Coventry University and guess the title he chose? Madeleine McCann: The Perfect PR Campaign

Says it all really.

Thanks for the Titus Groan quote. Quite apt [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

He probably didn't have to lie as much in his previous jobs, and hadn't got away with as colossal a cover up he'd done for the mccanns.

I made a mistake with the banner heading quote from Clarence Mitchell. It was Oakley International and not Metodo 3.

Why hasn't Clarence Mitchell got a personal wiki page?

I ask because it's unusual. I know it's joked about that spin doctors don't have reflections - but they all seem to have their own wiki pages except for Clarence. How odd!

aquila wrote:Why hasn't Clarence Mitchell got a personal wiki page?

I ask because it's unusual. I know it's joked about that spin doctors don't have reflections -  but they all seem to have their own wiki pages except for Clarence. How odd!

As I've said before, he is probably sh*t scared that anyone will go in on a daily (or even worse, during the dark hours) basis and change all of the entries with 'honest-comment-graffiti' and 'horrendously unhelpful statements' of the 'real truth' about him.
Can a. n. other person go in and make a wiki page in someone else's honour, or does it have to be the genuine article that does his own pages. just curious.

ShuBob wrote:

The Rooster wrote:I've just looked at Mitchell's presentation and felt sick to the pit of my stomach. You weak misfit. What sort of person are you to found upon a missing child to promote your business skills. The fact you took the job tells me exactly the type of human being you are.  

Only a master wordsmith like Wilde or Peake could describe a person like the Mccanns mouthpiece...

In Peake's words:
His body gave the appearance of being malformed but it would be difficult to say exactly what gave it this gibbous quality. Limb by limb, it appeared that he was sound enough, but the sum of these several members accrued to an unexpectedly twisted total. His face was pale like clay and save for his eyes, mask-like. These eyes were set very close together, and were small, dark red, and of startling concentration.

-- Titus Groan, "Means of Escape"

God help us!

I totally get how you feel Rooster and I'm sure you'll understand how I felt when just a month after the McCanns had been made arguidos- in October 2007- with Maddie obviously still missing, Clarence gave a talk at Coventry University and guess the title he chose? Madeleine McCann: The Perfect PR Campaign


Says it all really.

Thanks for the Titus Groan quote. Quite apt  [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

- and you should see this presentation (powerpoint) not even A level, dreadful presentation, on the basis of that self-agrandising performance I'd not even hire him to sell ice cream on a beach at 30º C.

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Great campaign " is what maddy sadly turned into only, so far, not turned back up,which would be better for her and all

It needs to be said and by the man himself since clearly no-one else will: 'I am a decent human being....'

We have Clarence Mitchell seen walking by or into Scotland Yard at the end of March, we have Jim Gamble stating around that time that he's never insisted on 'abduction' (see Gamble topic and Spudgun's article) we have blanket coverage McCann for about five weeks from the end of April culminating in SY statement that investigation is opening in concert with the PJ. We then have the PJ saying that's not at all the case.

Having a quick look at twitter again today I came across an old article on Clarence Mitchell that also mentions Dando and 7/7. Riches indeed.

For full article go the the link, but this snippet I thought was very interesting:
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He needed that skill most when sent on a story in Fulham in 1999. "There was a rumour that Jill Dando had been in some sort of accident. The area was taped off. There were detectives walking up from the house who told us to ring the press bureau. I said, 'Look, I know Jill.' We were friends. She used to called me Clarenzio. They said, 'She's dead, I'm afraid.' It was dreadful." But he still filed reports from the scene. "You just have to get on with it."

He did breakfast TV and the odd Six O'Clock News – "which nobody remembers" – but by the time he left the BBC in 2005, his career had reached a plateau. "I felt I had more to offer." Recruited by the Cabinet Office to run the Media Monitoring Unit, he had a hard first week. "The Monday was the G8 at Gleneagles. I was just about getting my head round the job on Tuesday, then Wednesday we won the Olympics. Thursday was 7/7." When the Foreign Office sent him to assist the McCanns – as he insists it would have helped any family in that situation – he asked difficult questions. "I was assured that from the perspective of the British authorities, this was a rare case of stranger abduction."
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Very carefully worded at that stage, I must say. Also quite a big jump to heading the Media Monitoring Unit from doing breakfast TV and the odd Six O'Clock news.

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'' in October 2007- with Maddie obviously still missing, Clarence gave a talk at Coventry University and guess the title he chose? Madeleine McCann: The Perfect PR Campaign''


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Given that their child was still missing and was being described as , IMO, a marketable  commodity, I might have expected the parents to have been livid at the insensitivity of it all -and have sacked Mr Mitchell.

Weird how the word ' perfect' keeps cropping up inappropriately.

worriedmum wrote:
'' in October 2007- with Maddie obviously still missing, Clarence gave a talk at Coventry University and guess the title he chose? Madeleine McCann: The Perfect PR Campaign''
Given that their child was still missing and was being described as, IMO, a marketable commodity, I might have expected the parents to have been livid at the insensitivity of it all -and have sacked Mr Mitchell.

Well almost, but what he did was fit together the "Bigger Picture" for them.
What is strange is that they said nothing, not even a fake protest, allowing him a fake apology for fake insensitivity.
They are clearly too stupid to see the interpretation that thinking people will put on his actions and their inaction.

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'' in October 2007- with Maddie obviously still missing, Clarence gave a talk at Coventry University and guess the title he chose? Madeleine McCann: The Perfect PR Campaign''


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Given that their child was still missing and was being described as , IMO, a marketable  commodity, I might have expected the parents to have been livid at the insensitivity of it all -and have sacked Mr Mitchell.

Weird how the word ' perfect' keeps cropping up inappropriately.

So missing Maddie is reduced to a PR (not search) campaign and a PERFECT one at that!

The biggest mockery search campaign is termed PR - you cant beat that for world class con.

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A reminder of an early interview about the campaign which sounds more like the launch of a new commercial enterprise than anything else.

I couldn't agree more, NFWTD  

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A reminder of an early interview about the campaign which sounds more like the launch of a new commercial enterprise than anything else.

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On the 20th May, Gerry's first blog. This is 17 days after Madeleine went missing.

[color:3ff1=000000]Our day starts around 6.30am with us all waking up around the same time. We have breakfast with Sean and Amelie and our close family/friends who are here with us. Then its clean nappies and clothes for Sean and Amelie followed by showers etc for the rest of us.

Usually there’s some free time then for a few stories or games with the twins before heading out.

9.00-9.15 We take Sean and Amelie to Kids’ Club. They really enjoy it and run in. They know the staff well and the staff are all excellent. Both love the domestic corner and Amelie particularly likes to look after ‘babies’. We use the kids club a bit like nursery at home but we think Sean and Amelie still think they are on holiday!

9.30~12.15. We return to the apartments, usually for a series of meetings with our press officer, Mark Warner Reps, occasionally Consulate staff, lawyers and British Liaison officers. During this time we catch up with family and close friends, usually by telephone and discuss ideas how to keep Madeleine’s profile high especially throughout continental Europe.

12.30 Time to pick up Sean and Amelie from Kids’ club then head back to apartment for lunch, which has usually been prepared by one of our family/friends group who have been tremendously supportive.

13.30 –14.30 This is time to spend time playing with the twins either in the apartment or in the play area next to kids club.

14.30-15.00 Usually we take the twins back to Kids’ Club although Sean has had the odd afternoon in the apartment as it’s a bit cooler and he’s not much of a sun worshipper! They have been taking part in many different activities including painting, singing, stories, swimming, trips to the beach and they have lots of toys to play with.

15.00~17.00 We try to get some time together alone, going for a walk to talk things over or getting some exercise. This is often the time for quiet trips to the church for prayers.

17.00-17.30 Meet kids for high tea with other mums and dads. They love pasta and have been doing really well with their vegetables although a few chips have been squeezed in.

17.30-18.30. Games with kids at play area. Amelie loves trying to get in the baby pool!

18.30-19.30 Bath and story time with the twins.

20.00 We put the kids to bed.

20.30-23.00 We try to sit down for a family meal, again usually cooked by one of the small family group out here with us. Chat about the day’s events and plan the next day

23.30 bed and prayer for Madeleine that she will be returned to us safely ASAP.

In addition to above we try to attend various church services during the week, and make multiple phone calls to family and friends. We try to watch the main news early morning and late evening but have had almost no time to read the newspapers or even look at the pictures!

Kate is a keen runner and in the last few days has tried to include a run in the daily routine. Yesterday (Sat) at 7am we ran to the monument at the top of the steep cliff overlooking Praia de Luz. We reached it in 19 minutes.

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note to Gerry.  I do not care about your daily routine with your family friends liaison people legal people media people uncle tom cobley and all.
   You need to revise your use of the exclamation mark or point. It is used to indicate surprise or express light -heartedness or for emphasis. None of the points at which you use the mark are issues worth emphasising. Neither are they especially amusing and even if so, a full stop would be more appropriate given the circumstances in which you are writing.

The overall impression is that you are trivialising what is a significant period in your life. Incongruous in the extreme.

 
Overly frequent use of the exclamation mark is generally considered poor writing, for it distracts the reader and devalues the mark's significance.
Cut out all those exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes. —[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Some authors, however, most notably [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and Madison Acampora, are known for unashamedly liberal use of the exclamation mark. In [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], the very frequent use of exclamation mark is common.

Daily Mail 1/5/2009:

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He felt so strongly about their innocence that he quit his Government job to support them full-time, his salary paid for by one of their millionaire backers.
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The more he talks about his new role, the more it becomes clear that it gives him even more satisfaction than frontline reporting did. ‘Without being arrogant or boasting, I can turn things around fast, so I was the one who was always thrown on set whenever something was kicking off quickly. It is a very disruptive lifestyle, but I enjoyed the buzz as a reporter.
‘The difficulty was where to go from there.
I worked as a royal correspondent – I was deputy to Jennie Bond, which is a whole other story – and when she left they gave the job to Nicholas Witchell. Then I did a bit more presenting, but that didn’t go anywhere either.’
Not least because he once fell asleep mid-shift, I suggest. He groans. ‘Oh, not that one. I didn’t actually fall asleep on air. I was between my segments on News 24 and had just put my head down on the computer. I woke up with a start a few minutes
before I was due on, but, by the time I ran to the studio, they’d put someone else in the chair. I was standing there going, “Let me on, let me on”, but they said no. I’ve never been able to live it down.’
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In this interview some strange facts filter through:
Falling asleep on the job and missing his cue on News 24 probably not long before he became Head of the Media Monitoring Unit.
So why was Clarence Mitchell chosen for what he here describes as a 9-5 government job? He was in charge of some 20 people.
BBC news 24 must have ditched him, despite working with Jenny Bond as a royal correspondent, he didn't succeed her in her job.
Yet he must have been head-hunted by the Cabinet Office for the very responsible job at the MMU which he then ditched to be the knight in shining armour for the McCanns?

(@ Russian Doll. Gerry writes as a man who's heard about family life and playing with your children but has no actual experience of it. Two exclamation marks are with 'children' remarks. The use of the verb try - Amelie loves trying to get into the baby pool. Yes? Did she get in? We don't know. They have lots of toys - jolly good.
By this time Clarrie must have been in full spate, did he monitor the blog for family-oriented content? The twins' activities read like a straight copy from the MW brochure -just as is the case with Maddie we never know what they do, we get the holiday brochure copied out: 'They have been taking part in many different activities including painting, singing, stories, swimming, trips to the beach and they have lots of toys to play with.'

As Clarence was sitting next to Gerry during the Vanity Fair interview I'd expect him to have helped a bit with the blogs as well.

Going to bed at 11.30pm and waking at 6.30am - all awake at the same time.

So less than 3 weeks after Maddie disappeared they were sleeping for 7 hours a night. I know it has been said many times, but what parents could do that not knowing who had taken your little girl and what she might be going through.

plebgate wrote:Going to bed at 11.30pm and waking at 6.30am - all awake at the same time.  

So less than 3 weeks after Maddie disappeared they were sleeping  for 7 hours a night.  I know it has been said many times, but what parents could do that not knowing  who had taken your little girl and what she might be going through.

 

That's right.

Even after a month, a distraught parent wouldn't be able to laugh, run, or sit nicely at a TV interview answering all their questions!! Or  to pick up a pen and write so much rubbish.

 How comes in their interviews they and their friends don't remember what they did before and after.
Yet when they write they throw in a lot of detail!!!  Look at Kate's book, what a good memory.
But so many of them and not one could remember clearly!  Its just "Err Erm, you know, I think, err yes I don't know!

Thinking we'd fall for that ??

plebgate wrote:Going to bed at 11.30pm and waking at 6.30am - all awake at the same time.  

So less than 3 weeks after Maddie disappeared they were sleeping  for 7 hours a night.  I know it has been said many times, but what parents could do that not knowing  who had taken your little girl and what she might be going through.

   answer:  none, not unless on medication to help with sleep. Or absolutely exhausted with the stress that your body demanded and got rest, no matter what.

We discovered a tragedy on last Sunday morning and since then neither hubby nor I have slept properly and the tears still come from nowhere and cannot be stopped. Our tragedy was discovering one of our beloved dogs had died in his sleep.

Nina wrote:We discovered a tragedy on last Sunday morning and since then neither hubby nor I have slept properly and the tears still come from nowhere and cannot be stopped. Our tragedy was discovering one of our beloved dogs had  died in his sleep.

I am sorry to hear that, Nina.
I agree we, and most of our friends, hold our pets as dear as family. When you loose one, it is a terrible grief. The only comfort is that your grief is so deep, because your relationship was so great.

Nina wrote:We discovered a tragedy on last Sunday morning and since then neither hubby nor I have slept properly and the tears still come from nowhere and cannot be stopped. Our tragedy was discovering one of our beloved dogs had  died in his sleep.

 So sorry to hear about your loss Nina.

Nina, I am so sorry for your loss.    Yours is a normal, human reaction to a death in the family - and yes of course pets are family. Your family and pets are lucky to be in a family where they are loved, nurtured,  and then mourned. So many aren't

Praiaaa wrote:Nina, I am so sorry for your loss.    Yours is a normal, human reaction to a death in the family - and yes of course pets are family. Your family and pets are lucky to be in a family where they are loved, nurtured,  and then mourned. So many aren't

 I'm so sorry Nina, Praiaaa has written the words I want to say so beautifully.

Thank you for your kind words. My point is that with a sudden tragedy that affects us so deeply we cannot help the feelings that wash over us from nowhere. I burst into tears yesterday afternoon in the supermarket, just came whoosh. So how did the McCanns not have this emotion? It was said they grieved in private. Yes we have but even in public out of the blue the emotion comes and I struggled to stop the tears but couldn't. It was my time at that very public moment to be overcome with emotion. Hubby wasn't, he was calm, as I was for him when we went to pay the cremation bill.

Nina wrote:Thank you for your kind words. My point is that with a sudden tragedy that affects us so deeply we cannot help the feelings that wash over us from nowhere. I burst into tears yesterday afternoon in the supermarket, just came whoosh. So how did the McCanns not have this emotion? It was said they grieved in private. Yes we have but even in public out of the blue the emotion comes and I struggled to stop the tears but couldn't. It was my time at that very public moment to be overcome with emotion. Hubby wasn't, he was calm, as I was for him when we went to pay the cremation bill.

That is indeed the point, a grief so sudden and so deep does not allow the circus that's been presented to us as from the 3rd of May 2007.

Nina, I know exactly what you mean. You may try and control grief in public, keep it private, but somehow, sometime it will attack you from behind, when and where you don't expect it. It can be launched often by innocent and caring people, who sympathise ...

We've seen next to nothing of this "natural" behaviour.