Examples of what critics leave out from their
reports:
- Weeks in Review
- Documents posted by Diane Richardson in 1996
have shown that Paulette Cooper engaged in wide variety of unethical and
illegal practice, such as fraud, perjury, direct support to
deprogrammers, etc. The WIR made no mention whatsoever of the
controversy despite the fact that there was literally nothing else
discussed in the newsgroup for the whole of November 1996. Peter
McDermott, absent during this time, had this when he discovered what
happened:
- Of course I missed it. I
haven't read ARS for two years. Sadly,
it seems that Rod's Week in Review doesn't contain all of the
really interesting stuff.
- Rob Clark made a post encouraging others to
bomb their Scientology organization, then claimed the post was a forgery
made by the CoS to bring him in trouble with his work. When the truth
was exposed, Rod Keller didn't find this important enough to include in
his ARS Week in Review, even though Rob Clark admitted having made the
post.
- In September 2000, Sten-Arne exposed the
fact that someone, most likely David Rice, have been covertly canceling
posts from Scientologists or posts favorable to Scientology from the
Lightlink server, a server used by a great number of ARS posters. Again,
Rod Keller did not find this newsworthy for his weekly coverage
- Jun 24, 2001.
Suicide
of Greg Bashaw, a Scientology or ex-scientology member. The LMT had
a very dubious role in that by interfering with his treatment in the
psychiatry ward. There are longs thread debating the slip of tongue by
Teresa Summers, LMT vice-president, that started the whole thing. Yet,
the only mention Rod Keller makes in his Weeks in Review is the
announcement of the death, with the comment that "Scientologist
Greg Bashaw recently committed suicide in Michigan". None of the
controversy is mentionned.
These four examples have one thing in common: they
badly reflect against critics. The Weeks in Review simply can't be trusted when
it comes to objective information. Claims by critics that they reflect on both
side of the story is simply a lie.
- Legal cases
- The CoS has won ten out of eleven
net-related court cases it had with critics, with one being a draw.
These court cases were one of the main motivations for people to engage
in the anti-Scientology cause. If you check on the legal section of
Operation Clambake, the main anti-Scientology site, you will see no
mention of this whatsoever. What you will find, however, is the case
lost by the CoS in England.
THIS IS A QUICK DRAFT. MORE TO COME.
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