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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.
Along the […]
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 […]
SEE OUR UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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