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The Big Lie: “They Incited Murder”

November 24, 2021 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

  Yesterday, Tony Ortega reported the news out of Australia concerning the perpetrator of the tragic murder at the Advanced Organization in Sydney.   Stefani Hutchinson weighed in with her always cogent and fact driven take on things like this, I recommend reading her blog on the subject.     While there is much to be said about what happened, the tragic circumstances, the scientology refusal to acknowledge real mental illness and other things, there is a singular point I want to make. Scientology seized on this tragedy to make baseless and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, Special Feature Tagged With: A & E, Confront and Shatter, David Miscavige, Freedom Media Ethics, Karin Pouw, Paul Buccieri, Stefani Hutchinson, The Aftermath, Tony Ortega

Scientology Tells Another Big Lie or Two

May 20, 2021 By Mike Rinder 82 Comments

  The prosecution of Danny Masterson is becoming a predictable nightmare for David Miscavige and scientology. Forced into making a public statement after damaging testimony in the Preliminary Hearing, scientology resorted to its time-honored tradition and lied. Not just a little lie. A big, bold, easily disproven denial. They rely on the fact that most are uninformed about their actual practices, and that the vast majority of people think when someone makes such an emphatic statement, they could not possibly be lying. Sociopaths use the good nature of the vast majority of people who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special Feature Tagged With: Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, Disconnection, FBI, human rafficking, Introduction to Scientology Ethics, Karin Pouw, L. Ron Hubbard, Law Enforcement, Los ANgeles Times, Martha Stoutt, paul haggis, The Sociopath Next Door

The Crime of the Century

May 15, 2021 By Mike Rinder 13 Comments

  Alex Gibney has done it again. This is a disturbing, powerful documentary that everyone in the country should watch. It details how the opioid epidemic was manufactured out of the greed of the pharmaceutical industry (all the way down to CVS). It is truly a horrifying expose.   But for scientology-watchers there is a special reason for giving this a look. It shows how those with money to burn are able to buy influence over law enforcement and legislators. It is grotesque, and it is exactly what scientology has done to head off investigations in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, Scientology Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Civil Rights Division, Crime of the Century, FBI, HBO, Karin Pouw, Mary Carter Andrues, The Social Dilemma, US Attorneys

An Open Letter to Church of Scientology by Mark Fladd

December 31, 2020 By Mike Rinder 32 Comments

  Mark Fladd appeared with his wife, Stephanie, on an episode of The Aftermath. They told part of their experiences with Orange County org. Good people, chewed up and spit out by the relentless money-grubbing. Of course, instead of making things right with them, scientology sought to smear them. Mark wanted to clarify some things and I am happy to have this forum available for him to do so.   Open Letter to Church of Scientology Clarifications and an update for the Public Record By Mark Fladd, ex-Scientologist | Riverside County, California | 2020   Introduction The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, The Aftermath Tagged With: Adam Whitworth, AOLA, Aryana Dangberg, Cathy Moore, David Miscavige, fundraising, irs, Karin Pouw, Leah Remini, Mark Fladd, Mike Rinder, Orange county org, Scientology The Aftermath, SRD, Stephanie Fladd, The Aftermath

Scientology Spokesman Trashes David Miscavige

September 23, 2020 By Mike Rinder 74 Comments

Over the past 2 years, there is only one recognized person who speaks on behalf of scientology: Marty Rathbun. The two other recognizable "spokespeople" are never heard from -- Ed Parkin sends out a stream of tweets and Karin Pouw's name is affixed to the routine letters sent to the media written by others. They are never actually seen speaking. These 3 are the troika of scientology spokespeople today. Monique Yingling seems to have gone into retirement. Tommy Davis blew. Heber Jentzsch is disappeared. Even Bob Adams and Linda Simmons-Hight have vanished. And the other people who speak in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Public Relations Tagged With: David Miscavige, Dean Blehert, Ed Parkin, Karin Pouw, Leah Remini, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, STAND League

Let the Scientology Fair Game Begin

July 29, 2020 By Mike Rinder 60 Comments

I mentioned in my post on Sunday that I would let Leah respond to the latest bs about her from Ed Parkin. He should know by now not to poke the bear. Here is what Leah has to say. As only Leah can say it.   Scientology uses a practice called Fair Game, these are directives and activities that seek to discredit and destroy anyone and anything Scientology considers a threat to their vile, illegal, and criminal practices. The practice of Fair Game by Scientology, its employees and parishioners is nothing new. It has gone on for decades. Here are some of the “Operations” carried … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, STAND League Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Anderson Cooper, Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, Dead Agent, Dead Agenting, Ed Parkin, fair game, Freedom Magazine, Guardian's Office, Heber Jentzsch, Jesse Prince, Karin Pouw, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Mike Feuer, Mike Rinder, OSA, Psychology Today, STAND League, Twitter, Vicki Aznaran

Let the Fair Gaming Begin (Again)

July 26, 2020 By Mike Rinder 46 Comments

It's hardly a surprise that after being conspicuously absent (other than showing up as a note-taker in court), Fast Eddie Parkin has raised his particularly ugly head again. After all, Leah Remini and I began a new podcast on the subject of Scientology Fair Game -- and the only real purpose of the STAND League and Ed Parkin is to be a propaganda outlet for scientology hate and lies. They have still not realized that the very thing they think is effectively countering the exposure of their abuses, continues to provide evidence that they do exactly what we say they do. Eddie (with 61.9K … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Tagged With: Black PR, Ed Parkin, Freedom Magazine, Karin Pouw, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, OSA, Poltergeist, Propaganda, Scientology Fair Game podcast, STAAD League, STAND League, Twitter

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

“Waves of Anti-Religious Hate Crimes”

September 29, 2018 By Mike Rinder 110 Comments

  A new article in US Magazine that previews an upcoming interview with Leah elicited an amazing response from David Miscavige through his ventriloquist dummy Karin Pouw. Failing to address any of the substantive things talked about, it is a typical scientology "attack the attacker" response: The Church of Scientology’s spokesperson Karin Pouw responded to Remini’s allegations in a statement to Us. “While we would prefer to ignore yet another of Leah Remini’s over-the-top rants aimed at getting attention, she unfortunately continues to incite waves of anti-religious hate crimes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Leah Remini Tagged With: David Miscavige, Karin Pouw, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, public relations

Scientology, Lying and the FBI

May 15, 2017 By Mike Rinder 76 Comments

Recent articles at Tony Ortega's blog and the Tampa Bay Times recount the stillborn scientology FBI investigation based on FOI documents obtained by RadarOnline. There is not much else to say about the investigation itself, it has been covered at length by Tony Ortega, the Tampa Bay Times and Lawrence Wright, first in his New Yorker article then more extensively in Going Clear.   What is interesting is to look back at how scientology responded when asked about the investigation in earlier years. A number of people who had been interviewed by the FBI (including me) had confirmed that an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, Scientology Tagged With: Civil Rights Division, David Miscavige, FBI, Joe Childs, Karin Pouw, Larry Wright, Marty Rathbun, Mary Carter Andrues, New Yorker, public relations, tampa bay times, Tom Tobin, Tony Ortega, US attorney

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