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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

Leah Remini, Shelly Miscavige and Tom Cruise

November 8, 2015 By Mike Rinder 380 Comments

What can Miscavige do to respond to Hurricane Leah? She is blowing his house down and it is a storm that comes on top of severe damage already inflicted on the once apparently impregnable fortress of scientology. It has been building throughout the year -- Going Clear at Sundance got the ball rolling. Followed by the revelations from the PI's tailing his father which thrust scientology back into the headlines. Losing tax exemption in the Netherlands. Tony Ortega's Unbreakable Miss Lovely, a never ending stream of Narconon bad news. And much more. And now Troublemaker has stepped it up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Leah Remini Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Going Clear, HBO, Leah Remini, public relations, Scientology, shelly miscavige

Scientology Fact Verification

April 21, 2015 By Mike Rinder 90 Comments

David "Let Him Die" Miscavige responded to a recent posting on Tony Ortega's website about Paul Haggis being trolled by a "Time magazine" reporter. Page Six reprinted his response (or at least part of it). Here is the quote attributed to Karin Pouw: ‘As I told [The Hollywood Reporter] and others, no one named Mark Webber works for the Church anywhere much less in Los Angeles. There is no such IP address at the Anthony Building on Fountain Avenue–it does not exist. The entire story is fabricated.’ ‘A quick internet search does find a Mark Webber, a movie curator and writer who lives … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Public Relations Tagged With: David Miscavige, Going Clear, HBO, paul haggis, public relations

Thursday Funnies Saturday Edition

April 11, 2015 By Mike Rinder 107 Comments

A day or two delayed but better late than never. Especially when there is a new Regraded Being cartoon.   Truth Well, in truth, most scientologists CANNOT stand the truth. See Regraded Being this week at the end of the post. Seriously, a lecture about FAC One? What's next, a seminar on Incident Two?   Winning? Ruroh. The video team is going to be there... Where are they going to find anyone to put in the videos? They are so out in the boonies it needs a Lewis and Clark style expedition to find them. Nice floors though. And neat furnishings.... It's always about to happen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: David Miscavige, Freewinds, fundraising, Going Clear, HBO, Ideal Orgs, Scientology

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

“The Dead Agent Pack Was Compiled From PC Folders”

April 4, 2015 By Mike Rinder 112 Comments

Someone sent me this email that was circulated after the original Truth Rundown series in the St Petersburg Times in 2009. That series was a massive expose -- the first major media to lay out the story of the physical and mental abuse meted out by David Miscavige, the existence of The Hole and much more. It was carefully researched and meticulously fact checked and documented. It has stood the test of time as much of what is contained in this series has been subsequently reconfirmed, especially in the court testimony of Debbie Cook, but also in numerous other stories. The church … [Read more...]

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

Planetary (Going) Clearing Being Made A Reality Today

March 29, 2015 By Mike Rinder 240 Comments

This was sent to me by a dear friend and fellow survivor of the trenches of scientology. It seems awfully appropriate to post this morning, a day when it seems somewhat pointless to say much other than: enjoy Going Clear. I do realize there are other places in the world who cannot see it today, but it is dominating the scientology narrative today nevertheless. It has been a long time coming. It has already changed the world of scientology and the ripples from this landing in the middle of their pond will continue for many years to come. The media is emboldened. Individuals are stepping … [Read more...]

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

Thursday Funnies

March 26, 2015 By Mike Rinder 85 Comments

Hahaha No corroborating evidence? Except what scientology churns out every day to try and discredit the movie.... Terrific promotion for the film though.   BTW, an interview Alex and I did will be airing on NPR All Things Considered today at 16:40 / 18:40 / 20:40 EDT  (17:40 / 19:40 PDT).   New promotion for leaving scientology... THE best way to overcome financial stress.     Flag OTC buying their own bs Puerto Rico and Orlando are "on the runway." Obviously they have no idea the state of these two failing field groups. But even better … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, events, Flag Service Organization, fundraising, Going Clear, golden age of tech II, HBO, IAS, Ideal Orgs, International Association of Scientologists, valley org

Going Clear With Paul Haggis

March 24, 2015 By Mike Rinder 112 Comments

I had another posting for this morning, but then I read the article on Tony Ortega's blog this morning and consider it so important that I urge everyone to read it. I want it to be available on this blog for anyone who happens to come along here, so I am republishing it in its entirety. As is usual for Paul Haggis, he articulates a great deal in a few well chosen words. Though he doesn't promote himself and there is no shoot crew following him around to make self-congratulatory videos, he is a true humanitarian. His work in Haiti is legendary, and it continues to this day, long after the … [Read more...]

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

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