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Going Clear Is Everywhere

October 6, 2015 By Mike Rinder 279 Comments

The hits just keep on coming. From the LA Times:   This is the FilmRise webpage:     And it is also available on Vimeo: And if you want to do it the old-school way, as of today, you can buy the DVD on Amazon for $16.99. So anyone who has not been able to see the film on HBO or in a local theater can now order it from Amazon or watch it as a streaming video. Miscavige's annus horribilis is just not getting any better. Next up:  Louis Theroux's My Scientology Movie at the London Film Festival on October 14. Followed by Leah Remini's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Going Clear

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

The Latest Scientology PR Foolery

September 18, 2015 By Mike Rinder 85 Comments

Scientology appears to believe they can now tell the citizens of Clearwater what movies they can watch. Another PR footbullet from scientology. I wonder if COB Theaters are ready for the backlash for buckling to scientology's "threats" not to show the film? It's still on their website even.... Wonder if they might change their minds about being scientology bitches when word gets out? And I wonder how this is going to effect the Academy Award voters. This is REALLY dangerous territory to be censoring movies. If there was not already a backlash in Hollywood, this might bring it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Going Clear, public relations

Tax Exemption Paranoia

May 4, 2015 By Mike Rinder 34 Comments

Clearly, the Alex Gibney OpEd piece in the LA Times is still giving Miscavige heartburn. And he has no response other than a lame letter to the editor by his spokespuppet Monique Yingling. This is the latest appeared in the Razzline. Sent by a "public scientologist" from a "csi.com" (church of scientology international) email address.... All they can do is hope to generate "positive comments" -- using a "screen name"? Good luck with that. From: Xxxxx  Xxxxx [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 3:04 PM To: Subject: "Scientology deserves its tax exemption" - LA Times … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Tax Exemption Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Tax exempt status

Scientology Tax Exemption Panic

April 28, 2015 By Mike Rinder 114 Comments

It would appear that the statements made in the wake of Going Clear by Alex Gibney have struck a nerve, especially his OpEd piece in the LA Times. David Miscavige has trotted out his second favorite scientology spokespuppet (after Karin Pouw), non-scientologist lawyer Monique Yingling. She strangely appeared to defend the non-practice of "disconnection" on Anderson Cooper, and also came to visit me one time to discuss whether I wanted to speak to my children and other family members. She is sort of a Girl Friday who fills in as an Ethics Officer/IJC and spokesperson when needed. She is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Tax Exemption Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Going Clear, irs, monique yingling, public relations, Tax exempt status

Scientology Tax Exemption

April 13, 2015 By Mike Rinder 47 Comments

If you have not done so already, head over to Tony Ortega's site and read his posting about Scientology's Tax Exempt status. Prompted by the OpEd piece Alex Gibney wrote in the LA Times, and with some excellent advice from Jeffrey Augustine, it lays out what you can do that is most likely to be EFFECTIVE in changing the way the US Government is allowing its citizens to subsidize Miscavige paying PI's $10,000 a WEEK to follow and spy on his father. The direction about complaining directly to the IRS supplements my recommendation to contact your elected representatives. If you want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Scientology Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Going Clear, irs, public relations, Tax exempt status

Head In The Sand

April 7, 2015 By Mike Rinder 231 Comments

See the new article in People magazine which reports on John Travolta's response to Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. I give him kudos for at least being willing to speak (more than Cruise. Alley or even Miscavige) and trying to defend his religion instead of merely sending out statements from his lawyer saying everyone is a liar. But, and there are a few very large "buts": 1. He says he has not seen the movie and has no plans to do so. That it would be a "crime" to watch it. 2. He stated he hasn't had any negative experiences with Scientology. 3. He called the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebrities Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Going Clear, HBO, public relations, Scientology

SNL Parody

April 5, 2015 By Mike Rinder 158 Comments

It is a watershed day. The single best measure of having hit the mainstream of societal relevance in the US is to be the subject of a skit on SNL. Scientology has truly hit the big time. And not in a good way. Tony Ortega has done a brilliant breakdown and analysis of the skit from last night on his blog this morning. What an Easter Sunday gift this is, no matter your religious beliefs. Except perhaps if you are a scientologist. I have watched it several times and each time I see more subtle digs. There are some people at SNL who know their scientology trivia. A fact that is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Going Clear, HBO, public relations, Scientology

Thursday Funnies Regraded Being

April 2, 2015 By Mike Rinder 115 Comments

As many of you know, I am traveling. I dont have time to do a full edition of Thursday Funnies. Part II will come tomorrow. You can see the interview I did with Megyn Kelly last nite here and here. There are two segments last night.  There is more coming tonight. But I didn't want to deny the Regraded Being addicts their fix, especially as it is so appropriate to this week's news. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Church of Scientology, Going Clear

Scientology Twitterfails

April 1, 2015 By Mike Rinder 113 Comments

In light of the news that Going Clear is the biggest HBO Documentary since Spike Lee's Katrina doc nearly 10 years ago, and #GoingClear was trending on Twitter for more than 24 hours, it is enlightening to look at the scientology efforts to deal with the shitstorm. Scientology bought Twitter ads -- see this article in Adweek. Of course, this was a massive fail. Sort of like their "advertorial" in The Atlantic earlier. It resulted in even more negative coverage. They are 100% tone deaf to public opinion. And it is really amusing to see the church claiming interest in scientology is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Going Clear, public relations

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