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More Scientology Desperate “PR”

February 1, 2023 By Mike Rinder 19 Comments

The desperation is oozing out of the bubble as scientology becomes more frantic trying to salvage their dismal PR in the eyes of the world. Because they don't actually DO anything good that is newsworthy, they resort to sending out paid press releases to try to get some coverage.  Within the bubble, they blame the lack of media coverage on the "Chaos Merchants" run by SPs -- of course they are not going to cover the good works of scientology! They are blind to two obvious contradictions -- you can find plenty of stories by those same chaos merchants about the Red Cross or Salvation Army or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: David Miscavige, PR, press release, Taiwan

Scientology Haters Gonna Hate

January 21, 2023 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

Haven't gotten around to this one until now. A journalist tweets about the Jerrod Carmichael joke at the Golden Globes and the 3 usual "STAAD League" bots rise up as one (they probably are literally one person in OSA Int) to scream their disgust and accuse him of bigotry.     "A lady living a great private life away from the unstable" -- wonder who came up with that piece of idiocy? The people writing these tweets have never even laid eyes on Shelly Miscavige. They know absolutely NOTHING about her life. But they believe everything they are told. This statement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Jerrod Carmichael, Leah Remini, Matthew Belloni, STAAD League, The Expose Network, Tony Ortega

Photos and Videos

December 19, 2022 By Mike Rinder 16 Comments

I have noted many times that the "humanitarian" and "4D campaigns" engaged in by scientology are simply photo and video opportunities that are then used for fundraising pitches. It's a repeated pattern that permeates all aspects of scientology. Staged events for video footage. Even inside the orgs we have routinely seen announcements for people to "come on course because SMP will be here filming," or "we need people to gather on the street in front of the org for an SMP shoot." But the Volunteer Ministers/Drug Free World/Youth For Human Rights/Way to Happiness activities are the ultimate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Public Relations, scientology media productions Tagged With: fundraising, Human Rights Day, IAS, United for Human Rights, youth for human rights

Scientology Internal Hype

November 21, 2022 By Mike Rinder 32 Comments

Scientology is hyping a new link and video that purports to tell the world about their astonishing accomplishments. But really it is designed for the sheeple inside the bubble to convince them all is well in the world of Miscavigology. They spew out numbers that are unverifiable and are only accepted at face value by their own people and perhaps a few gullible individuals who want to hear that scientology will get them votes. I'm going to comment on some of this and I took some screenshots of notable things. Of course, "millions" have already watched this propaganda, including 16 new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Doug Halter, Maria Elena Durazo, Rep Scott Peters

Karen Bass — L.A. Mayoral Candidate

October 24, 2022 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Scientology has become a key issue in the LA Mayoral race between Karen Bass and Rick Caruso. Of course, scientology is freaking out as their "good name" (haha) is being used to smear opponents. It stems from Karen Bass' ill-advised participation in a 2010 ribbon cutting ceremony for the "new" LA Org building (the building was not new of course, just refurbished). This came up two years ago when Rep. Bass was touted as a possible VP candidate to join the Biden ticket. I have some relevant information on this matter, both from my time in scientology and subsequent to this becoming an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: A Billion Years, Charlie Rangel, Going Clear, Karen Bass, LA Mayoral race, Leah Remini, Mayor of Buffalo, Mayor of Sacramento, Mayor of San Francisco, Rick Caruso, The Aftermath

Where Did Scientology’s Spokespeople Go?

October 17, 2022 By Mike Rinder 43 Comments

  You used to see scientology spokespersons in the media. I was one of them for many years. So was Heber Jentzsch. I escaped. Heber was put in The Hole and became so physically incapacitated he could no longer appear in public (and Miscavige didn't trust him anyway). Tommy Davis was the "it boy" for a while, but he also departed, though he remains a Miscavige brown-noser ion his post-Sea Org life. If you look on the scientology website they list a number of "spokespersons" who actually don't speak:   Karin Pouw was never allowed to talk publicly, though her name … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Bob Adams, David Miscavige, Ed Parkin, Erin Banks, Karin Pouw, Linda Simmons Hight, monique yingling, Pat Harney, Tracie Parker

More Panic in Los Angeles

October 16, 2022 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

This is clearly part of the internal propaganda campaign that Miscavige is implementing to try to paper over the large cracks in the PR dam for the scientology public. The bad news is rolling in day-by-day, especially in LA. So, time to send out the SuMP team and film "massive dissemination" happening at "Dodger Station." That they have to beg for people to show up so that their activities can be filmed is VERY telling. That their message is now "We're here" -- as in, "Not YET gone" is pretty telling also. The walls are closing in on scientology. Winter is coming. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Dodger Stadium, LA org, Lydia Hopwood, OCA, SMP, SuMP

Scientology: Trying to Buy Their Way Out of Disaster

October 11, 2022 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

Things are really not going well in the shrinking world of scientology. First, the release of A Billion Years. The scientology response?  Buying Google ads to promote their smear sites which have a flurry of new content. A blizzard of legal threats letters and delegations of lawyers and scientology officials sent across the country to "handle the flap." Then the upcoming vote in Clearwater for a development plan that David Miscavige must HATE -- it will result in two large condo towers right in front of the Ft Harrison, and a huge increase in the number of prying eyes in downtown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations, scientology TV Tagged With: A Billion Years, Clearwater referendum, Danny Masterson, LA Mayoral race, ScientologyTV

Scientology: Massively Unpopular

October 10, 2022 By Mike Rinder 51 Comments

You may have seen the news or watched Aaron's recent video about scientology becoming a hot topic in the mayoral race in Los Angeles (if you have not watched Aaron's video, I suggest you do -- it's only 10 minutes -- you can click on it irectly above). Subsequently, Danny Masterson's lawyers filed some desperate motions to try to delay his criminal rape trial, claiming the jury pool was prejudiced because "There is a really negative view of Scientology… the general public's view of Scientology is more negative than any other religion." His lawyer argued everyone agrees scientology is an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Aaron Smith-Levin, Betsy Davis, David Miscavige, Karen Bass, Rick Caruso, Scientology, STAND League

Operation Clear

September 5, 2022 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

This comes from an old program Hubbard pushed in the 50's called "Operation Clear." These guys have resurrected it from the trashcan of history and repeat it verbatim. The claims are obviously absurd -- IQ of 135. Radiant health. Deep relaxation (whatever that means). Magnetic personality.... None of these things are necessarily true. If you were creative or vital or had a IQ before being Clear, it won't eradicate those traits. But if you didn't have them beforehand, it is highly unlikely they will be attained by going Clear. I have known a LOT of Clears in my time. Some of them are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Brisbane Org, Clear, Operation Clear

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