Path: rambo.bobo.net!xs4all!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!het.net!news.tele2.nl!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!news.idt.net!netnews.com!newspeer1.nac.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!207.155.183.80.MISMATCH!global-news-master From: inFormer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: After the A&E special on CoS Date: 15 Dec 1998 08:23:17 PST Organization: inFormer Ministry [a 501(c)3 non-profit, religious organization] "... in service of cult victims and their families." Lines: 66 Message-ID: <367989b0.3708642@news.concentric.net> References: <36772e2d.4180023@news1.c2i.net> <36766b4f.218784029@news.concentric.net> Reply-To: informer@informer.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ts042d34.lax-ca.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 X-No-Archive: yes Xref: rambo.bobo.net alt.religion.scientology:154671 drv1@concentric.net (David Voth): >I thought the show was a puff piece. Yes, a few critics were >interviewed, http://www.xenu.net and this newsgroup got some passive >exposure but overall I felt the critical side was underplayed. I still haven't seen this 2-hour "fluff piece," but I am very grateful to have my part of their project aired. >Isaac >Hayes, John Travolta, Mike Rinder, and David Miscavige got the last >word on every issue. Nuh-uh. The last word on the issue is the question on A&E's website: Is scienotology a legitimate religion? The fact that the question is finally being publicly debated on their bulletin board makes my heart sing. >They got to spew on about how they want to clear >the planet and save humanity, and all that crap. I guess you don't know what percentage of the population will turn away from the scienoshill's work product. Middle America thinks anyone from Hollywierd is crazy, anyhow. This endorsement of a cult just confirms what they already knew about Travolta, Kirsty Alley, Jenna Elfman, Isaac Hayes and the rest of their vacuous toadies. >The show was sold as "controversial", but the real controversies got >short play. They got play at all. Be satisfied. >They quoted Scientology's membership estimate of "8 >million", briefly mentioned that some say it's more like 300k, then >stated as fact that it's "the fastest growing religion in the world". No doubt a contractual demand to get poodleboy on air. >If Scientology can't even provide an exact membership figure, how the >hell could they be sure about their growth rate? I'll bet the Roman >Catholic Church is growing a lot faster. Irrelevant to the contract. >The show was more >entertainment than documentary. I'd say, judging only from people's reactions, having myself not seen the piece, that they hooked all their viewers into watching the whole 2 hours. What more could the sponsors want? So what are the ratings? How many hits to their website? Give us the real post-mortem. >David R. Voth >San Diego, California >USA [san diego, california - my own personal purgatory] Rev Dennis Erlich * * the inFormer * *