Showing posts with label Videos War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Videos War. Show all posts
Friday, July 11, 2008
Inside a Church of Scientology
Latest Fad video from the CoS, that shows several sights inside the orgs. However, a lot is spent on interviews, which spoils things a little. With all the new historic buildings the CoS aquired recently they could have done something a bit better. Maybe these are not ready/restored yet.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Australia's Channel 7 on Child Labor Abuse
Glosslip gloats about the fact that "Australia’s Channel 7 reporter Brian Seymour did a brilliant expose on the Church of Scientology’s long-standing child labor abuse”. In fact the footage was only brilliant in its manipulation of information and didn't expose anything since most of the show only consists of the say-so of a disgruntled ex-member commenting on teenagers going in and out of the building, punctuated by the exclamations and horrified speechless faces of Brian Seymour repeatedly shocked by the repetitive claims that they have to work 40 hours a day and don't get home schooling (something the CoS denies).
An example of manipulation of information is when we are shown an interview of Astra Woodcraft claiming that at age 15 she had to counsel a 40 years-old man against masturbating and that she had to show him a policy that says masturbating is banned (in reality there is no such policy). Then we are shown a 15 years-old girl entering the building with the exclamation of the reporter horrified that at this age she is trained to be an auditor - presumably to be trained to counsel 40 years-old men against masturbation. In fact, the counseling Astra did (if true as it certainly is not typical) was an ethic counseling, totally different to auditing. The footage deliberately mixes the two to give people a false impression.
Then we get the manipulated Hubbard interview I already pointed in my entry for June 30, in which the BBC deliberately assembled the interview to make Hubbard sound absurd, with of course Brian Seymour commenting “remember, this rambling ruck on tur is revered by Scientologsits”.
We also get the hint that minors illegally commit themselves through contract. Unfortunately the picture they show to illustrate this is precisely where it obviously says that minors need parental consent but you would only see this if you make a stand-still on the word "minors" that is shown for just a split second.
Not surprisingly, the footage ends on the Xenu story, falsely claiming that Scientology beliefs are build on that story.
The whole thing is theatrical and patently ridiculous but of course it is going to be a big hit for uncritical critics who already rave, rant, and ravel about it as can be seen on ESMB and Digg.
An example of manipulation of information is when we are shown an interview of Astra Woodcraft claiming that at age 15 she had to counsel a 40 years-old man against masturbating and that she had to show him a policy that says masturbating is banned (in reality there is no such policy). Then we are shown a 15 years-old girl entering the building with the exclamation of the reporter horrified that at this age she is trained to be an auditor - presumably to be trained to counsel 40 years-old men against masturbation. In fact, the counseling Astra did (if true as it certainly is not typical) was an ethic counseling, totally different to auditing. The footage deliberately mixes the two to give people a false impression.
Then we get the manipulated Hubbard interview I already pointed in my entry for June 30, in which the BBC deliberately assembled the interview to make Hubbard sound absurd, with of course Brian Seymour commenting “remember, this rambling ruck on tur is revered by Scientologsits”.
We also get the hint that minors illegally commit themselves through contract. Unfortunately the picture they show to illustrate this is precisely where it obviously says that minors need parental consent but you would only see this if you make a stand-still on the word "minors" that is shown for just a split second.
Not surprisingly, the footage ends on the Xenu story, falsely claiming that Scientology beliefs are build on that story.
The whole thing is theatrical and patently ridiculous but of course it is going to be a big hit for uncritical critics who already rave, rant, and ravel about it as can be seen on ESMB and Digg.
L. Ron Hubbard Biography on Video
Official Hubbard biography in video. Needs to be compared of course with critics' version of his life, probably closer to the truth.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Wassa Madda Wit You, Hat
Wassa madda wit you, hat. Musical montage of various LRH pics, videos, and famous sayings, from a critical perspective.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
PCMag reports on CoS Video Channel
Church of Scientology Launches Video Channel - PCMag reports Scientology.org transformation.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Scientology.org Has Gone Video
Scientology.org has now gone all-videos (82 videos!). While the realization is very nice it is also stupid because they don't allow for a non-video option so people have to put up with a slow media (Mar 18: there are now links to traditional websites hidden off screen at the bottom of the page, however they don't point to the old home page. I still don't get why they had to rename the old home page to replace it with this video channel instead of making a separate page for it and make a bit pointer from their home page. I also wonder what effect this will have on their Google ranking. They may lose their Nr 1 spot to Xenu.net!). On slow connection it is impossible to watch, and it doesn't even have a pause button that would allow downloading the whole video first! (Actually if you hit pause it will continue to load the rest of the video but it is not showing it as it should).
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