Posted on 12/19/2001 8:54:42 AM PST by memsahib
I have been reading worldnetdaily.com since 9/11. They seem to be more timely with news than most (freerepublic.com the exception--this site is faster than the majority most of the time). WND's motto is "A free press for a free people" and they seem to address issues the mainstream press neglects. Good so far.
Within the past week, however, WND had a poll going to vote for the most underreported item of the year. It said that the suggetions would be screened and it was apparent that those that passed muster were publicized on their site. So I figured if they really are a free press then they would at least accept this suggestion for the most underreported story of the year: how Scientology has taken over the California State Bar.
No real surprise when my suggestion didn't pass muster. I understand that to carry negative Scientology stories can lead to harassment and possible litigation for the publisher, and I don't fault WND for trying to avoid the negative consequences. However, I feel it is fraudulent for WND to represent itself as "a free press for a free people" when they (apparently) are not free enough to carry negative (but true) stories about Scientology. At least here at freerepublic.com, we can discuss Scientology without being deleted or ignored. Thank you Jim Robinson for having a "free press."
My concern is this: Scientology has subverted freedom of speech and press in America. The majority of Americans are unware that this has happened because they have not been involved in it. I have and I know it is the best kept secret (by the media) in America. For the past 9 years, Scientology has been involved in pulling the strings of a judge in Kentucky to deprive a Scientology critic of his children, an attorney in California who advocated Scientology victims has been suspended from practice because of the infiltration of the California State Bar by Scientology, Scientology unduly influenced the medical examiner of Pinellas County into reversing her medical opinion in the Lisa McPherson death case thereby causing the state to lose the case (and the medical examiner, btw, has disappeared since then), at least one Freeper has indicated that Scientology may have infiltrated the Democratic Party (and considering that the IRS reversal in Scientology's favor happened on Bill Clinton's watch lends credence to that view), and another Freeper posted recently an article that indicates Scientology has infiltrated many government agencies.
How long will the media ignore Scientology's covert activities? How many government agencies are sleeping with this subversive group? How can we, as a country, fight "terrorism" all around the world while ignoring our own domestic terrorists who hide under the umbrella of religious freedom just like the Islamic fundamentalist extremists?
I think there is so much going on that we never hear about and we get fed what the "powers that be" want us to have to keep us distracted from the real issues. I hate to say it, but even Freepers are "sheeple" (and I include myself in this statement), and I say this because I do not believe free press really exists anymore because what is discussed on this forum is mainly the news that is fed to us through the mainstream. And the media is savvy enough to give us enough "dirt" to make realistic.
I don't say this to infuriate, but to raise awareness. One example is the Chinagate during the Clinton Administration, it broke the news briefly, but was quickly submerged by the advent of the Paula/Monica scandals. If the mainstream news media will not carry the torch, the torch goes out quickly.
Does this make me a "conspiracy theorist"? I don't particularly believe the entire U.S. Government endorses Scientology, but I think corruptible officials with power have made deals (one example is Fred Goldberg, former IRS commissioner who sold out to Scientology, now partner with the mega-law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom).
And as Scientology finds each corruptible, weak link in the chain of power, they gain a little bit more power for themselves. Scientology's strategy is "church" policy. And one day you and I will have no choice but to become Scientologists or be banned from society, or worse. (Actually, they'd probably hang me.)
All of L. Ron Hubbard's books are "sacred scripture," and that includes one called "Science of Survival" which states in Book I, Chapter 27 (Column Y), p. 157, that people 2.0 or lower (on Hubbard's emotional tone scale) cannot be reasoned with and the only answer is either Scientology auditing or to dispose of them quietly and without sorrow.
That goes for your grandmother, your great-aunt, your children...Do you really want to live in a Scientology world?
I first heard of FR in a WND about demonstrations during the 2000 election.
Hey, I thought Y2K was a potential disaster, and so did a lot of major corporations - and it probably would have been a major disaster if massive system overhauls hadn't taken place - and I simply didn't believe the assurances from the Clinton Administration that everything was under control, given their propensity for lying. But it's one thing to believe that Y2K could be a problem, it's another to hype Y2K fears while your website is peddling Y2K-related merchandise...
I sent them an e-mail about a number of out-and-out lies in a Debka column but they never bothered with a retraction.
Agreed. That's what turned me off, too. Not to mention the addition of a kid journalist. I don't doubt he's bright, but to me it smacked a bit of exploitation.
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