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An Interview with Leah Remini

August 29, 2020 By Mike Rinder 27 Comments

If you didnt see this on my social media yesterday, I recommend you read this piece in AwardsCircuit.com about The Aftermath. It is pegged to the Emmy nomination for the finale that aired last year (the result will be announced on Monday 14 Sept). Leah talks about the Danny Masterson case and why we didn't air the initial episode we shot. She also discusses the Me Too movement and scientology, the STAND League, scientology tax exempt status and much more. Give it a read.         … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews Tagged With: Danny Masterson, Emmy, Leah Remini, STAND League, Taryn Teutsch, Tax Exemption, The Aftermath

Episode 3: Scientology’s War on the Media with Richard Behar

August 11, 2020 By Mike Rinder 40 Comments

  We were very fortunate to speak with Richard Behar on this week's episode of the Fair Game podcast. Rich, along with Pauletter Cooper (who will feature in an upcoming episode) is a poster child for scientology Fair Game against journalists. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who first wrote about scientology in 1986 for Forbes magazine in an article entitled The Prophet and Profits of Scientology. His most famous scientology piece was the 1991 Time magazine cover story, The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power. The subhead on his article pretty much sums up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews, Podcast Tagged With: Alex Gibney, fair game, Fair Game Podcast, Forbes magazine, Going Clear, HBO, Karen Bass, Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Paulette Cooper, Richard Behar, Time magazine

Koncrete Podcast: Mike Rinder Episode

August 7, 2020 By Mike Rinder 29 Comments

I recently sat down with Daniel Jones for an episode of his Koncrete Podcast series. It was just uploaded so I am sharing it here. We cover a WIDE range of topics. It's a lengthy chat - over 2 hours. I hope you enjoy it, and find it informative. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews Tagged With: Daniel Jones, David Miscavige, fair game, Fair Game Podcast, irs, Koncrete Podcast, L. Ron Hubbard, Mike Rinder, Scientology

My Recent Chat With Dr. Susie Meister

June 17, 2020 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

I recently spoke with my old friend Dr. Susie Meister on her Brain Candy podcast. Susie has interviewed me before and it's always enjoyable and she asks the best questions. She may not look like the stereotypical Religious Studies PhD, but she is one smart cookie. She is perhaps more well-known for her MTV reality show appearances back before she became a religious scholar, and in this case we talked a lot about "reality" TV and making The Aftermath. Interestingly, and entirely coincidentally, Susie's husband, Adam, was a Sound Engineer on The Aftermath. He is as nice and as smart as she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews Tagged With: Brain Candy podcast, podcast, Scientology The Aftermath, Susie Meister

Scientology Inciting Murder? STAAD League Suddenly Silent

March 9, 2019 By Mike Rinder 50 Comments

The hypocrisy of the OSA Front group STAAD is astonishing. Remember when Fast Eddie Parkin and the STAAD League made an enormous deal out of the false story that someone who committed a murder at their Advanced Org in Sydney was "incited" to do so because he had read a website that had a link to an Aftermath show. He claimed repeatedly that Leah Remini and Mike Rinder had "incited a murder" along with "hundreds of other incidents and threats." This of course was a completely manufactured accusation. The alleged murdered has NOT claimed ANY motivation for committing the crime, let alone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews, Scientology Tagged With: bryan seymour, Ed Parkin, Karin Pouw, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, murder, STAAD, STAND League

“Freedom” Rag “Responds” to 60 Minutes

February 13, 2019 By Mike Rinder 64 Comments

In its inimitable and oh so predictable style, Freedom has responded to the 60 Minutes Australia piece.   In a surprise to absolutely nobody, they lashed out at their dirty laundry being exposed once again not by responding to the facts, but attempting to smear the reporter, complete with the most unflattering photo they could find/doctor. Their entire "defense" is to rehash a story from 2016 concerning correspondent Tara Brown and her film crew. They were arrested in Lebanon on charges of "attempted kidnapping" for their coverage of a story of a woman trying to get her 2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Media Interviews Tagged With: 60 Minutes Australia, cathy fraser, Channel 9, David Miscavige, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, public relations, Scientology, shelly miscavige, Tara Brown

John Sweeney’s Classic Scientology Expose

September 26, 2018 By Mike Rinder 64 Comments

I was looking through old scientology shows and came across this one from 2010. I had not watched it in many years, but found it fascinating. Obviously, my views about scientology have changed. But I have a much greater appreciation for the show now having worked on 3 seasons of Scientology and The Aftermath. This is a terrific piece of investigative reporting and a finely crafted show that contains a LOT of information. John Sweeney and his brilliant producer Sarah Mole did a masterful job of putting this together.  They battled with the legal constraints imposed on them by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews, Scientology Tagged With: BBC, David Miscavige, john sweeney, media, Panorama, Scientology

ABC 20/20

January 7, 2017 By Mike Rinder 401 Comments

Some somewhat random observations about the 20/20 show last night. First, I am sure that scientology and David Miscavige HATED the show. They hate anything that is not presenting total puff PR for scientology. If it is not just glamour shots of scientology buildings, glowing statements by glazed-eyed "winning" scientologists or images of Miscavige yanking ribbons on new empty buildings, then it is "suppressive propaganda spread by merchants of chaos." Miscavige does have reason to be upset. This show exposed a lot of the bad aspects of scientology to a larger audience than the A&E … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leah Remini, Media Interviews Tagged With: Church of Scientology, Leah Remini, public relations, Scientology

Going Clear Screening and Q & A in Clearwater

September 26, 2015 By Mike Rinder 86 Comments

      It is now official. Scientology's latest censorship effort has inevitably proven to be another in their long series of PR footbullets.   The screening of Going Clear on Friday 2 October will begin at 7pm at Muvico Palm Harbor. After the screening, the theater manager has set aside 45 minutes for Q and A and both Sara Goldberg and I will be happy to answer questions. In addition,  renowned Tampa CBS affiliate investigative reporting veteran Mike Deeson has agreed to be the moderator for the Q and A session. Mike adds his 30+ years of Bay … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews, Public Relations Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Clearwater Florida, Going Clear, public relations

Going Clear Emmy Sweep

September 13, 2015 By Mike Rinder 272 Comments

It was a rough night for Dear Leader. First, Going Clear was presented an Emmy Award for best documentary, best director and best writer. Bam. Tons of media coverage about it. But I loved the quote at the end of this article:   Regarding a possible followup, Gibney noted, “There’s a lot more material already that I’ve received, more to come out — and so far the IRS has not revoked its [tax-exemption] protection so there’s a lot more to be done.” Alex Gibney​ is a REAL champion of human rights -- not because someone handed him a certificate that says so after he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Interviews, Public Relations Tagged With: David Miscavige, Going Clear, tampa bay times

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