Re: LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and Andy Milne

Ron Newman <rnewman@mit.edu> wrote:

>Several weeks ago, Andy Milne posted a message claiming that the
>Chicago Tribune called the June 24-29, 1990 Los Angeles Times
>series on Scientology "a joke". (You may have recently read
>this series in SCAMIZDAT #6.) Andy has failed to prduce this
>Chicago Tribune article, or even a citation of it, despite
>repeated requests.
Ron finds the appropriate quote from the Chicago Tribune, Sunday June 16, 1991, section 5, page 2:

It [the Time article] was head-turning and tougher than a six-day series by the Los Angeles Times a year ago that culminated an investigation whose four-year length made it something of an office joke.

The final L.A. Times product, which read as if it had been watered down by a dozen Nervous Nellie lawyers, portrayed Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard as erratic and deceitful. The church came off as a bit slimy in seeking footholds in business and education, but the whole thing was a wet kiss compared with Time magazine's recent efforts.

This is the premiere example of Andy Milne's work here on a.r.s. It typifies the strategy used by OSA in their efforts to make their "Church" <spit> acceptable to the general public. It is probably the sleaziest, cheapest sort of PR that I've ever seen anywhere, and that includes U.S. presidential campaigns, tin- pot banana republic dictators, and big-time multi-national corporations. Nothing could outdo the cynical, deceitful manipulation of the media demonstrated to us here by Andrew Milne, the OSA, and the Church <spit> of Scientology[tm].

To put the depths of this hypocrisy in perspective, I quote from a message posted to this newsgroup by Andy Milne just today:

milne@crl.com <andy.milne@OSA.con> wrote:

>>Maintaining high ethical standards and being truthful are
>>the essence of Scientology. Without these, no spiritual
>>gain is possible. And the person who personified those
>>qualities of integrity and truthfulness in both his life
>>and his work was the Founder of the religion.
Yeah, sure Andy.

"The evil that men do live after them."

Diane Richardson ao579@yfn.ysu.edu