They got a mention in the New Yorker:

New Yorker Dec 22, 2003

Weird Scientology: Mystery Buyers

Razor publisher Richard Botto may have unwittingly stumbled upon a new technique for boosting newsstand sales: antagonizing Scientologists.

(Gruner & Jahr, take note) Botto suspects that Scientologists in California and Florida have been buying up the last issue because it featured an unflattering article about the religion. "Our sales were up 8 to 10 percent over our next-best-selling issue," he says, "and our reps report seeing people buying ten to twelve at a time." Linda Hyte, director of media relations for the Church of Scientology, begs to differ. "The Scientologists as far as I know are not buying it up, but I can't answer for what individual Scientologists do." Not even Tom Cruise?

-- --barb Chaplain,ARSCC

"Imagine a church so dangerous, you must sign a release form before you can receive its "spiritual assistance." This assistance might involve holding you against your will for an indefinite period, isolating you from friends and family, and denying you access to appropriate medical care. You will of course be billed for this treatment - assuming you survive it. If not, the release form absolves your caretakers of all responsibility for your suffering and death.

Welcome to the Church of Scientology."

--Dr. Dave Touretzky Peter Alexander

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