I wrote to the local CBS-news affiliate after they aired a puff piece that could have been written and directed as Scn PR.

I thought it was strange that i received this reply from a network newsdesk, unsigned and very unprofessionally written. What's even stranger is that others received the same reply, almost word for word.

-m., human being
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> Thank you for your e-mail. The chance to tour a generally off-limits
> landmark in downtown Clearwater is a legitimate story, though it certainly
> doesn't have the muckraking quality of some of those you suggest "off the
> top of your head." 10 News has actually done some of the stories you
> mention. Others sound quite interesting, and we'll look into them.
> Scientology claims to strive to be more open than in the past, but because
> of the protections the group has received, they do not have to be terribly
> forthcoming about many things. We'll see how it plays out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M. C. DiPietra [mailto:mdipietra@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:36 AM
> To: 10news@wtsptv.com
> Subject: Comment about 11 PM newscast story, 7/17
>
>
> I was *appalled* at the puff piece last night about how the so-called
> "church" of Scientology has kept a building downtown pretty for 25 years.
>
> This is journalism?
>
> Off the top of my head before coffee this morning, let me pass on a few real
> story ideas pertaining to Scientology, Inc.
>
> -Why are there dozens of security cameras pointing outward from Scientology
> properties downtown Clearwater (one of these is in a public park)? Why has
> there been a BIG stink about cameras in Ybor City put up by police, but NO
> stink about this organization's monitoring of Clearwater?
>
> -Why does Scn, Inc. claim to be downtown CW's biggest taxpayer when in
> reality Scn, inc. entities have NEVER paid taxes in 25 years of occupation
> downtown, even before the 1993 IRS decision that enabled Scn, Inc. tax
> exemptions *like no other religion enjoys* (can Catholic parents write off
> Catholic school tuition? No, but Scn parents can!) What happened in 1993 at
> the IRS that suddenly changed the agency's mind after decades of litigation?
> Why was the agreement kept secret until it was leaked to the Washington Post
> and NY Times?
>
> -How much did this "church" spend on private eyes and lawyers last year?
>
> -Why did medical examiner Dr. Joan Wood, respected in her field for years,
> suddenly crash her career and DISAPPEAR after she was forced to recant her
> initial opinion that Scientologist Lisa McPherson was *murdered*? (Can you
> find her? The guy who was accused of shaking a baby to death was counting on
> her testimony to prove him innocent, but she VANISHED.) Wood had indicated
> that she was "up to [her] eyeballs in Scientologists" in one interview.
>
> -Why did Scn, Inc. try to set up Jesse Prince, an ex-Scientologist now
> working for the Lisa McPherson Trust in Clearwater, by having private
> detectives "find" a pot plant on his porch? (The detectives have stated in
> court affadavit this is what happened and who they were working for)
>
> -Who is Keith Henson and why is the Church of Scientology trying to
> systematically destroy him? (Keith is currently a POLITICAL REFUGEE in
> Canada) http://www.operatingthetan.com
>
> -Why have European governments - France, Germany, Belgium, Greece, and
> others - recently taken action directed at stopping Scientology from taking
> advantage of its citizens? Why is the US government speaking out against
> this action? Since when does the IRS decide what is and what is not a
> *religion?* WHy would the IRS mail out letters to foreign agencies saying
> that Scientology is a "bona fide" religion?
>
> -Who is Raul Lopez, and why is a California prosecutor saying he was 'passed
> around like a teenage girl at a Hell's Angels party' by the "church" of
> Scientology?
>
> -What is an "acceptable truth" and why do Scientologists drill on how to
> tell lies to the press (TR-1)?
>
> -But if you just want puff pieces on nice buildings, why not ask WHERE ALL
> THE LABOR CAME FROM TO MAKE AND KEEP IT NICE? Ask about the RPF
> (Rehabilitation Project Force). Ask about the people dressed in black who
> aren't allowed to talk to anyone. Slave labor! These people have been told
> they ahve 'offended" their church somehow and must make amends [by
> performing slave labor] before they're accepted by the group again.
>
> Come on, WTSP! Scientology, Inc. was responsible for the biggest
> infiltration of the US government in US history (operation Snow White) that
> in the early 1980s sent 11 high-ranking Scientologists to jail. Some of the
> documents from the FBI raid of that time indicate Scn, inc's plan to take
> over Clearwater (Operation Tricycle).
>
> If you don't believe me, ask Gabe Cazares, he was mayor of Clearwater when
> Scn, INc. moved in under an assumed name, and suffered greatly as a main
> target...the court cases are at CW courthouse. They'll say "We don't do that
> anymore." Yeah, right. It's not about religion, it's about systematic fraud
> and abuse of people and the law - the corrupt actions of an organization,
> not a question of "religious freedom".
>
> M. DiPietra, Tampa
>
> FREE KEITH HENSON http://www.KeithHenson.org
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