Comments on: Scientology Takes Clearwater For Suckers

By: Episode 72: Stefani Hutchison Exposing the Lies

Episode 72: Stefani Hutchison Exposing the Lies — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:34:38 +0000

[…] October 2019- The Freedom of Misdirection: Scientology claims an enormous contribution to the City of Clearwater. Citing heavily from the FSU study done at the cult’s request, COS intentionally skews the figures claiming charitable contributions of $131,317,815.00. I contacted Dr. Julie Harrington who worked on the study. Dr Harrington explained that Freedom Magazine misquoted the study in that they did not collect survey info from COS on annual charitable contributions specifically to the city. Rather charitable contribution info was from individuals and no data was gathered as to where those contributions actually went. The real figure was about $58 million which a large percentage of those contributions being made directly back to Scientology. (I also wrote a piece on my blog about this Scientology Takes Clearwater for Suckers) […]

By: Episode 12: Mark Bunker

Episode 12: Mark Bunker — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:18:17 +0000

[…] also talk about the lies scientology tells about their numbers and political clout. I covered an analysis of scientology’s often cited “Economic Impact” study here […]

By: The Economic Impact of Scientology on Clearwater

The Economic Impact of Scientology on Clearwater — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:19:26 +0000

[…] As for their second ridiculous claim that they “generate $1 billion annual impact to the local economy” this is pie-in-the-sky numbers extrapolated from figures GIVEN TO FSU BY SCIENTOLOGY. I wrote an extensive article about this flawed study: Scientology Takes Clearwater for Suckers. […]

By: Wynski

Wynski — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:21:04 +0000

In reply to Mike Rinder.

Here is a link to the last directory I could find. 2015 WhoWhatWhere https://en.calameo.com/read/000377220fd443f19da5a

By: Mike Rinder

Mike Rinder — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 16:11:34 +0000

In reply to Kevin.

They used to publish a “WISE Directory.” Not sure they have put one out in some time, and now you have to be a “member” to access it on their website (which defeats the purpose of the “directory”). There is also a scientologist publication called WhoWhatWhere that used to list scientologist owned businesses, not sure if that still exists or not.

Seems scientologists don’t want people to know their businesses are scientologist owned these days.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:11:24 +0000

Do you know how I can find a list of scientologist owned businesses?

By: Scientology BS Grows Deeper

Scientology BS Grows Deeper — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:12:07 +0000

[…] The “economic impact” figures they offer up are completely bogus. They are entirely based on a flawed study commissioned by scientology. The problem with it, like any other studies they commission, the researchers were NOT given open access to gather their own data. They were provided with figures by scientology from which they extrapolate their results. They say so quite openly in their report, but unless you actually read it, this is not mentioned anywhere in the scientology PR. It’s a neat trick. Give someone phony figures, pay them do their expert extrapolations based on those figures and forevermore cite the extrapolations as “proof” that it’s all true. I wrote a piece about this study earlier that debunked its findings: Scientology Takes Clearwater for Suckers […]

By: Scientology Clearwater Hissy Fit

Scientology Clearwater Hissy Fit — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 23:07:51 +0000

[…] I wrote about the earlier FSU “Economic Impact Study” commissioned by scientology (Scientology Takes Clearwater for Suckers) because the ENTIRE study was based on “facts” provided by […]

By: Scott Stinson

Scott Stinson — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:23:57 +0000

In reply to Kevin Tighe. Is scientology in the health facilities also like hospitals used as policy

By: Cooper J Kessel

Cooper J Kessel — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:14:05 +0000

In reply to Kevin Tighe. Kevin, Thanks for taking the time to write that heart felt letter. I am really glad to hear your son is out and that you can all create a life with family and friends. Very well done!