Actually I found this article to be quite to the point about the negatives of COS. It did print the present the viewpoints of COS, but also very strongly, especially at the end of the article show how scared those who left the cult or criticized the cult are.
I found it very anti CO$. The fact that the church allowed them to tour the ranch in Hemet is huge. (BTW, its easy to find the ranch on Google Earth, its that big!)
I think the church thought they would get good press, but never figured that the reporter would go undercover to attend sessions, or would be contacted by people trying to get out.
Its a cult, its scary crap.
"Actually I found this article to be quite to the point about the negatives of COS. It did print the present the viewpoints of COS, but also very strongly, especially at the end of the article show how scared those who left the cult or criticized the cult are."
True, but they left out glaring omissions like the death of the one girl.. Lisa something.. forgot the last name, I will try and dig up the link and post... or how little if at all they really described what it means to "dead agent" someone. These are major points deep at the heart of the matter.
I cede your point that it was no puff piece, but I still think it was a softball article.