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Jenna Miscavige Hill on her Uncle, Scientology’s Leader: A Bully Too Afraid to Show His Face

We’ve just finished Jenna Miscavige Hill’s memoir, Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape, and we can say that it packs a powerful punch in its final pages as the niece of Scientology’s leader considers his behavior and its effect on her life, both in and out of the church.

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Jenna Miscavige Hill Appearing Today on The View: Comment Here!

We received our copy of Jenna Miscavige Hill’s new book at 3 am and we’re still devouring it. We hope to have our review up later today.

For now, the niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige is scheduled to make an appearance on The View today on ABC at 11 am Eastern. We’d like to hear []

Best Twitter Reactions to Scientology’s Super Bowl Ad

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Our readers knew that Scientology ad was coming during last night’s Super Bowl, but judging from the reaction at Twitter, most people were shocked when it showed up right after the first half.

We’ve run through thousands of the reactions that hit Twitter right after the ad aired, []

Scientology’s Atlanta Drug Rehab Crumbling: Executive Director Mary Rieser Out

 We’ve commented in the past how remarkable it is that some of Atlanta’s local news outlets have banded together to keep a close watch on one of Scientology’s more intriguing messes going on there.

Pete Combs of WSB Radio, Jodie Fleischer of WSB-TV, and Christian Boone of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution have coordinated their coverage as a []

More Signs of Scientology’s Armageddon as the Media Take Aim

Hubbard, at Saint Hill Manor

Just a quick evening post for some blatant self-promotion as we point out a couple of smart news stories that feature quotes from the Bunker.

This afternoon, The Observer‘s Dan Duray published an insightful look at the fact-checking process that journalists go through when they investigate the Church of Scientology. []

Lawrence Wright: "Scientology Is Heading for a Reckoning"

Last night, like many of you, we watched Lawrence Wright’s appearance on Anderson Cooper 360, which not only featured a rapid-fire interview of Wright by the CNN host, but also some looks back at Cooper’s 2010 show on Scientology. That four-part series explored accusations about church leader David Miscavige and violence that were first revealed []

Scientology Scrambling to Deal with Bad Publicity

This report from CNN today gives you an indication of how the Church of Scientology is fighting back at Larry Wright’s book, Going Clear. It’s really quite entertaining. And should be even more so when, we hear, Wright appears on Anderson Cooper 360 tonight. Let’s all tune in! (Go here if you can’t get enough []

We Told You Jamie DeWolf Would Blow Up!

UPDATE: PLEASE SEE THE NOTE WE’VE ADDED TO THE END OF THE POST

In 2011, we told you about Jamie DeWolf and his amazing monologue about his great-grandfather, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and we predicted that he would continue to gain fame for his views. Now, during this worst week ever for the church, Jamie []

Scientology's Worst Week Ever Finishes In Style

 

UPDATE: PLEASE SEE THE NOTE THAT WE’VE ADDED TO THE END OF THE POST

Oh, those wacky Taiwanese animators have really given us a treat this time. Their latest offering is this send-up of the launch of Lawrence Wright’s book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief. (And now in English!)

We can’t get enough []

LIVE-BLOGGING NBC's ROCK CENTER: Join Us to Watch Paul Haggis and Lawrence Wright!

Last night we had a helluva time live-blogging Nancy Many’s docudrama about Scientology spying on the ID network. Many of you joined us, and it was exhilarating to trade observations about the show as it was happening.

Hey, let’s do it again for tonight’s big show on NBC’s Rock Center with Paul Haggis that marks the []