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Wednesday 24 April 2013

Clarence, the McCanns and the thwarted VENTURE...






Clarence Mitchell, (not to mention his famous Clients), is surely fuming.


He has spent the past couple of weeks, regaling every Newspaper, journal, broadcaster and Media outlet with his PRESS releases, ensuring that they are all singing from the same song sheet regarding Kate McCanns’ “heroic feats” in running the London Marathon.


The pivotal angle of the whole story being that the Mother of missing Madeleine McCann COMPETED in this year’s London Marathon whilst running in the shadow of DEATH threats, issued on a Social Networking site and specifically centred on her Marathon appearance.


Ever since the parents of Madeleine, Kate and Gerry, received a HUGE payout and front page apology from Express Newspapers in 2008 for their coverage of the case of the missing girl, (despite their being NO Court case or litigation), the UK MEDIA has been united in its sycophantic, servile and slavish devotion to the McCann’s each and every whim, as dictated by their ubiquitous “Spokesperson” Clarence Mitchell.


As concocted by ‘Team McCann’ or their agents, (including highly paid ‘Private Detectives’, most of whom have subsequently been embroiled in serious, Criminal activities), over the past few years the UK Press have intermittently and variously informed us that..........

Madeleine was abducted by Middle Eastern perverts.... Moroccan Gangsters...Saudi Arabian paedophile rings....Bosnian mobsters......Robert Murat look-alikes......African ‘steal-to-order’ child-nappers......now-deceased Sex offenders and nefarious Gypsies.......not to mention the innumerable “absolute certain” sightings in Belgium, Malta, Spain, France, Britain, Brazil, the Netherlands, New Zealand and India.





All of these stories were linked by a single, inarguable factor:-

Not ONE of them had a single iota of credibility or evidence to substantiate them. 


As I have blogged previously, the infamous INDIA sighting, (at LEAST), was demonstrably FABRICATED.


2013, however, had hitherto seen something of a lean period for Mr. Mitchell regarding opportunities to get his clients involved in any extensive Media coverage.


Consequently, ‘Team McCann’, (the ‘affectionate’ term used for their vast entourage of wealthy backers, business moguls, Legal Eagles and ‘Z’ List celebrities), must have been utterly ECSTATIC at the rather crass post made by a lady on her Facebook account.


Commenting on a discussion about Mrs. McCann’s widely publicised intention to run in the London Marathon, she wrote:-


Well I am going. Anyone got a gun? BBBanggggg?


Quite.


Not that it is of any consequence, it should be noted the comment was intended to be a humorous play on the ‘starting pistol’ scenario, but its connotation and ambiguity is both OBVIOUS and was intended.


Inarguably, it was a childish, puerile and insensitive comment, worthy only of disdain


To properly afford it the contempt it deserved would be to have completely ignored it, along with the other, multitudinous, potentially offensive posts made on Social Networking sites about not just the McCann’s, but anyone and EVERYONE who has ever featured prominently in the public eye


To Clarence Mitchell and the McCann’s, however, (along with their ever expanding army of watchers, monitors, trolls and Internet spies), this lady's faux pas was pure Manna from Heaven!

The machine quickly went into overdrive......
Marathon gun nut’s threat to kill Kate!


Cops Probe Vile Web DEATH Threat to Mum of missing Madeleine


Sick Internet Troll threatens to GUN DOWN Kate McCann as she runs the London Marathon"


Chilling message by sick internet troll threatening to shoot Madeleine McCann's mother” 

 The Tabloids were banging out splashes as quick as Clarence could type them! Each and every report was accompanied with the assurance that the Police, New Scotland Yard or the MET were “actively investigating”....”looking into”.......”conducting inquiries”.....


The most solemn and powerful words, however, were reserved for Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. McCann themselves:

This material has been brought to the attention of the police. One of the posts is actually a death threat and is being dealt with appropriately”, declared Mitchell.

According to the Daily STAR, “THE mother of Madeleine McCann is terrified for her other two children after receiving sick online death threats”.



Of course, one cannot directly expect either the McCann’s OR Mitchell to account for the ramblings of the Media, (even if Clarence DOES dictate them).

However, they CAN be taken to task for their OWN musings and comments.

ESPECIALLY when they are not only wildly inaccurate, but are clearly contrived and fabricated in order to gain wider publicity and benefit from a situation they are arguing is INJURIOUS.

For the RECORD, (and for what you WON’T be reading in the Press, any day soon):-

The police “investigation” (described by Mitchell as being "dealt with appropriately"), was entirely limited to, and consisted OF, a single CORDIAL telephone call made to the lady in question at her home by a police officer.

Having quickly availed himself of the facts surrounding the posting, and having satisfied himself that she was clearly NOT a “gun nut” or anyone who posed ANY kind of threat to anyone, the matter was CLOSED.

ALSO, contrary to what is being widely reported in some tabloids, (and especially elaborated on in a number of blogs and websites created by and subscribed to by ardent supporters of the McCann’s), the lady concerned was NOT cautioned, nor was she “warned”, regarding her behaviour.

It was obviously put to her that her actions were tactless, childish and unacceptable, points which she fully agreed with, and she was happy  to reassure the officer that there wouldn’t be any repetition of the posting or any others made of a similar nature. 

Mitchell KNOWS that, not by any stretch of the imagination could the comments be construed as a threat to kill or even cause harm to Kate McCann. Not in any LEGAL context, as defined by any Statute, the Offences against the Person’s Act, 1861, and not by any real inference.

Furthermore he, (along with the McCann’s themselves), was most unequivocally and without prevarication informed by the police, subsequent to their conversation with the poster, that there was absolutely NO danger posed by her, or anyone else, to Kate McCann.




Which rather disparages Kate’s statement that she is “terrified for her other two children after receiving sick online death threats”.



I am NOT seeking to excuse, exonerate or trivialise this ladies behaviour in any way, but this whole affair DOES, succinctly, illustrate the degree to which Clarence Mitchell will conceive and propagate false information and fabricated stories for the McCann’s benefit.

Of course, that is both his vocation and his speciality, skills honed in his role as the Government’s Media Monitoring Unit, for both the Labour AND Conservative administrations, (ANYONE who bats so willingly for both sides of the political spectrum has to be viewed with some trepidation in my opinion, but I digress!).

AND, of course, were it the fact that his most famous clients were Celebrities or Socialites, one could forgive him his propensity for inventing and concocting, indeed, even EXPECT it of him. 

BUT.......despite their obvious fame and recognition, the McCann’s are NOT Celebrities. 

They are, ostensibly, the distraught parents of a little girl who was abducted in 2007 and for whom, (according to them), they are actively and incessantly searching.


And whilst Kate McCann’s proposal to run the London Marathon for the Charity for which she is an Ambassador was admirable enough, (as were the efforts of the 36,000 OTHER participants), her venture did not warrant the unprecedented and extensive level of Media coverage, attention and adulation that she was due to be afforded, courtesy of Mitchell’s PRESS releases, all based on a fable.





Coverage and adulation she WOULD, unquestionably, have received with photo spreads and tales of stoicism and heroic bravery galore in every newspaper, were it not for one, unforeseen factor:-


Almost 3,300 miles away, TRUE bravery was being exhibited by many at a Marathon where a TRUE threat to kill......... was only all too real.


Consequently, preoccupying the entire World’s Media with tales of barbaric atrocity and evil.


AND, consequently, relegating Mrs. McCanns’ heroics to a mere few column inches.





Proving that, whilst 'Team McCann' exert a huge influence and control over the Media and even on the INTERNET; they haven't yet managed to manipulate Global events.

 






Godbless Madeleine McCann, wherever you may be............

13 comments:

  1. The only threat to the twins is kate mccann herself with her made up storys

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  2. Excellent commentary bud.
    The McCanns and their entourage represent the largest danger to the twins, not only inventing death threats but getting newspapers to print them, making them feel vulnerable and very frightened. Their school friends will see these headlines...

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  3. 7 May 2011

    All the children at the school know what happened – which in some respects has made the job harder. According to the McCanns, one new boy once said to Sean: ‘Madeleine is dead, someone shot her.’

    Sean later told his parents about it – but handled the situation well, they said.

    Mr McCann said: ‘He was very matter-of-fact. He said no one knows where Madeleine is.’

    His wife added: ‘All the parents have been really supportive and I don’t blame the child at all, they are only young.

    ‘Children do say things. But I think Sean and Amelie have handled it brilliantly.’


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384421/Kate-McCann-Im-tortured-thought-Maddie-abused-paedophile.html

    You couldn't make it up.

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  4. Sorry to see the word 'abducted' used in this article.....It's not a term used in the newspapers any longer in relation to the demise of the poor little girl.

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  5. Is Clarence still onboard? Do you know he dealt with the press last week for them? I think he jumped ship ages ago and the McCanns are dealing with the press themselves.

    Come on Scotland Yard....

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    1. Rest assured Mitchell is categorically still spouting comments and Press Releases on a regular basis, for which he receives handsome payment.

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    2. Cheers for that..

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  6. Panda,

    The only way the McCanns can fall off their perches is if Amaral wins the case and he surely should if the McCanns try to claim that:-

    1. Amaral's claim that Madeleine died in 5a hindered the search for her......how many "sightings" have there been around the World ???

    2. His claim has affected their health. UUM, not enough to stop Kate writing two Books and both of them giving interviews on several European T.V. Stations to promote it.

    3. His book is upsetting for the twins who can
    read it....UUM, it's published in Portugese!!!!

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  7. The book?? Has she actually re read her book that she read for the twins?? I haven't wouldn't line their pockets but have seen extracts and I was disgusted.

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  8. I hope i'm wrong but i can't see the McCann s ever facing any justice where Madeleine is concerned,too many high profile people are behind them,from politicians to z list celebrities,and lastly editors,i'd love to see the smugness wiped off their and their fanatical supporters faces.R.I.P Madeleine.

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  9. The circus continues, reaching it's pinnacle next week, when all will remain quiet, until the run up to Christmas around November. Of course this years, there may well be tales of the unexpected with the court case in Portugal, but don't expect to hear anything in the UK one way or another, unless of course former police officer Amaral is marched off to prison or left penniless & destitute to pay off fines to the McCanns.
    So, what is left ... ah the £3.5+million review by the MET, after the Saint Vitus'Dance at Leveson thanks to May, Cameron and Brooks the only fly in the ointment of the MET'S review,as I see it, is the truth in the form of a memoir from Ms Brooks made to look a fool - and she thought she was acting no doubt for the better good of Team McCann.
    Nothing changes. Just the cycle of events.
    The McCanns can now after next week (first week of May) return to their private lives, and incognito travels.
    Emmmm such is the power of the press & media (read sarcasm)
    Don't hear much despondent coverage now the April Jones search as been scaled down, which proves just how difficult it is to find a missing child, even when the ACCUSED was arrested within 24 hours.

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  10. I find it odd that the forums aren't discussing this article in the Sunday Mirror with its mention of the four apartment blocks - the four numbers remind me of the Luz key (google is your friend as long as you don't expect it to pay tax)
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/kidnapper-spied-madeleine-mccann-police-1897649

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