This short film gives us an insiders' view on Scientology's propaganda machine and its frontman, Tommy Davis. Of course that's not entirely what this documentation is about, but one thing is certain: Tommy Davis is my new best friend!
Scientology isn't actually a recognised religion in the United Kingdom, after Hubbard accused the prime minister Harold Wilson and all European Psychiatry of a grand conspiracy against Scientologists. This report by the BBC's excellent Panorama investigative programme tries to understand why Scientologists want that Judges decision made decades ago reversed. Ironicly, the 'church' prooved the presenters point that they use intimidation and espionage to slander outsiders - by harassing the reporter during and after. A few links to explain the aftermath of this documentary:
- The Scientologist looses his temperThe reporter (really!) looses his temper (after attempted brainwashing)
- A UK news report & interview (with the full clips of both)
- BBC News on the row over the above
- The Guardian reports on the 'video ambushing' of the BBC
- The Scientologist's own documentary on the BBC!
6 comments:
Good post, but you should watch out with copy/pasting, i.e. Ironicly -> Ironically, prooved -> proved.
I think we need new tags -> cult and Scientology.
Anyway, some scary shit. Too bad Sweeney lost it, it undermines the documentary a little.
They should have sent Louis Theroux :)
Here is an update about Hanson, the engineer from my previous Scientology post.
When I said I lost it, I meant his temper. I agree he was right to get mad, but the problem is that this gave $cientology mud to throw with.
interesting footage!
Since we're tagging Scientology as a cult, any chance they're gonna fair-game us?
I don't know, maybe we'll get haxx0red
tommy did it
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