/going-clear/The Church of Scientology is taking a resolute stand against propaganda and bigotry such as that practiced by HBO and the producers with whom it contracts, understanding that other targeted organizations cannot—or simply will not—face down the bully. We speak for them all, as this insidious form of persecution has no place in American journalism.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/alex-gibney-stacking-the-deck.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/alex-gibney-stacking-the-deck.htmlOne of Alex Gibney’s favorite propaganda techniques that shows up throughout his HBO TV movie is “card stacking.” It’s the manipulating of an audience with one-sided testimonials while censoring the voices of anyone with a different point of view.October 06, 2015http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-alex-gibney/october-06-norman-taylor-questions-alex-gibney.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-alex-gibney/october-06-norman-taylor-questions-alex-gibney.htmlYou apparently think that after ignoring the facts, you can make whatever false statements you wish. When people speak the truth they would have told you had you bothered to speak to them, your reaction is to belittle, mock and disparage. Pointing to a response that should have been in your movie when it was released nine months ago doesn’t exhaust journalistic responsibilities. If you had integrity, you would have spoken to him in advance to vet what Ms. Taylor was telling you.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/letters-to-alex-gibney.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/letters-to-alex-gibney.htmlLetter after letter poured into Alex Gibney’s office requesting a fair opportunity for the Church of Scientology to respond to allegations Gibney was planning to make in his film “Going Clear.” Watch as all were arrogantly ignored.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/mike-rinder-a-vicious-liar-to-be-avoided.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/mike-rinder-a-vicious-liar-to-be-avoided.htmlAnyone who spends time with Mike Rinder inevitably reaches the same conclusion. He’s as dislikable as they come, and can’t be trusted. Just ask the people who know him best – his former colleagues – and you will get a whiff of the stench he left behind when he was expelled from the Church nearly a decade ago.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/spanky-taylor-backpedalling-before-your-very-eyes.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/spanky-taylor-backpedalling-before-your-very-eyes.htmlWatch Spanky Taylor’s tear-jerker “escape” tale at the center of Alex Gibney’s HBO film unravel before your eyes when she suddenly gives it a rewrite. Confronted in a TV interview with a video of her ex-husband, Norman, unmasking her melodramatic story spun to Gibney that their daughter was kept in horrid conditions, Taylor suddenly backpedals…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/mike-rinder-asleep-at-the-switch.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/mike-rinder-asleep-at-the-switch.htmlAlex Gibney and HBO anointed as the poster boy for their new film an admitted liar who was expelled from the Church, Mike Rinder. It’s accurate to say he dreams up new myths and lies given he’s usually asleep. Rip Van Rinder has perfected the art of nodding off and laziness…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/jason-beghe-gibneys-prime-time-thug.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/jason-beghe-gibneys-prime-time-thug.htmlAlex Gibney source Jason Beghe plays a cop on TV. But what you’ll see here that Alex Gibney won’t show you is this hair-trigger hothead’s starring role in real-life brushes with the law with Beghe’s signature violent outbursts. It’s the kind of behavior that got him expelled from the Church.…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/tom-devocht.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/tom-devocht.htmlFormer construction worker and Alex Gibney source Tom DeVocht is good at building one thing – webs of lies and deception. During his time in the Church’s construction department he lost upwards of $10 million through his secret shady deals, phony work orders and disastrous financial management, all of which he kept hidden from Church officials and which, when discovered, led to his immediate expulsion from the religion…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/marty-rathbun-making-friends.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/marty-rathbun-making-friends.htmlWatch Alex Gibney’s ‘Going Clear’ documentary source, Marty Rathbun, crying for the camera after years of bullying people, violent outbursts, lying, secretly suborning perjury and smearing othershttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/alex-gibney-doctor-of-propaganda.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/alex-gibney-doctor-of-propaganda.htmlWatch how with surgical precision Doctor of Propaganda Alex Gibney cuts and slices videotaped footage so his “docudrama” can help failed Texas cult leader Marty Rathbun lie…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-stephanie-abrutyn/march-19-lieberman-film-by-alex-gibney.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-stephanie-abrutyn/march-19-lieberman-film-by-alex-gibney.htmlI strongly urge HBO to cancel its sponsorship of this film, which will only serve to disseminate religious intolerance and prejudice against the Scientology religion, its ministers, and its membership, contrary to American principles of religious freedom and equality…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-jay-ward-brown/march-18-alex-gibney-late-night-appearance.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-jay-ward-brown/march-18-alex-gibney-late-night-appearance.htmlDear Mr. Brown: I write regarding claims in the Alex Gibney film “Going Clear,” echoed in Gibney’s recent false and malicious Internet posting, that the Church of Scientology “blackmailed” and “harassed” the IRS to obtain tax exemption to which it was not entitled.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-stephanie-abrutyn/march-16-church-of-scientology-in-germany.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-stephanie-abrutyn/march-16-church-of-scientology-in-germany.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/march-12-you-make-the-bed-you-lie-in.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/march-12-you-make-the-bed-you-lie-in.htmlDear Ms. Nevins: You have a problem. HBO’s and Alex Gibney’s film on the Church of Scientology is completely discredited. We tried to warn you that the film is loaded with admitted liars who make false and defamatory allegations on a whim, but you wouldn’t listen. … It’s not too late to do the right thing. Do so.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/march-12-domestic-violence.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/march-12-domestic-violence.htmlDear Ms. Nevins: You are a hypocrite. You publicly pledge to fight domestic violence and pat yourself on the back for airing films on the subject, then turn around and make wife abuser Mike Rinder the public face of Alex Gibney’s film on the Church of Scientology.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/mike-rinder.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/mike-rinder.htmlAlex Gibney and HBO cynically repackaged admitted liar, suborner of perjury, deadbeat, wife abuser and professional bigot Mike Rinder into the poster boy for their new propaganda film…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/sara-goldberg.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/sara-goldberg.htmlIn his HBO film, Alex Gibney does the unforgivable by repeatedly exploiting an 8-year-old special needs child while never seeking permission or even speaking with her mother. Something the mother of the special needs child calls “disgusting.”http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/paul-haggis-lies-crash-course.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/paul-haggis-lies-crash-course.htmlSee here how Kathy Haggis, sister of film director Paul Haggis, describes the real story you won’t see in Alex Gibney’s HBO film about the Church of Scientology…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/march-03-mike-rinder.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/march-03-mike-rinder.htmlDear Ms. Nevins: The deceitfulness of Alex Gibney’s HBO film on the Church of Scientology knows no end. Predictably, one of the linchpins of the movie is Mike Rinder, a rabid anti-Scientologist who was removed in disgrace from his position in external affairs in the Church more than a decade ago for criminal acts, malfeasance and, most importantly, for repeatedly lying to the leader of the religion.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-jay-ward-brown/february-27-alex-gibney-film-irs.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-jay-ward-brown/february-27-alex-gibney-film-irs.htmlDear Mr. Brown: I write regarding claims in the Alex Gibney film “Going Clear,” echoed in Gibney’s recent false and malicious Internet posting, that the Church of Scientology “blackmailed” and “harassed” the IRS to obtain tax exemption to which it was not entitled.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-25-tom-devocht.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-25-tom-devocht.htmlDear Ms. Nevins: In his HBO film on the Church of Scientology, Alex Gibney digs up former Church construction supervisor Tom DeVocht and allows him to plead poverty. What Mr. Gibney neglected to include was that DeVocht married into a prominent family with access to whatever funds he needed. He drove a BMW, dressed in Armani suits, vacationed in Hawaii, spent much of his time jet skiing and could afford tickets to regularly attend NFL football games, NHL hockey games and Major League Baseball games.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-24-marc-headley.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-24-marc-headley.htmlDear Ms. Nevins: In his HBO film on the Church of Scientology, Alex Gibney dishonestly lets co-producer Lawrence Wright promote absurd “human trafficking” and “exploitation of labor” allegations against the Church that no less than the federal courts have debunked years ago.…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/marc-headley.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/marc-headley.htmlHis face doesn’t appear on camera, but admitted tabloid source Marc Headley’s fingerprints are all over Alex Gibney’s HBO film on the Church of Scientology. Caught selling stolen Church video equipment on eBay, Headley became…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-20-marty-rathbun.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-20-marty-rathbun.htmlDear Ms. Nevins: HBO, Alex Gibney and your attorneys have now made the ridiculous claim to know everything there is to know about Marty Rathbun, principal source for your Church of Scientology film. If you did, you would never have allowed an admitted liar into a film so he could tell an even bigger lie.…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-20-marty-rathbun.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-20-marty-rathbun.htmlDear Ms. Nevins: HBO, Alex Gibney and your attorneys have now made the ridiculous claim to know everything there is to know about Marty Rathbun, principal source for your Church of Scientology film. If you did, you would never have allowed an admitted liar into a film so he could tell an even bigger lie.…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-19-spanky-taylor.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/letters/to-sheila-nevins/february-19-spanky-taylor.htmlDear Ms. Nevins: This letter concerns another biased and discredited source for your film, “Spanky” Taylor. Not only has Taylor been gone from the Church for more than three decades and knows nothing of it today, her former husband, Norman Taylor, adamantly disputes the tales she tells in Alex Gibney’s film about the treatment of their daughter and her false “escape.”…http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/exterminating-gibneys-propaganda-going-clear.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/videos/exterminating-gibneys-propaganda-going-clear.htmlAlex Gibney staged a fake scene starring a handful of ants. All it takes to “exterminate” this propaganda is the video evidence of the resort-like grounds - the state-of-the-art production facilities, lush landscaping, pool, tennis courts, recreational facilities, housekeeping services and even a golf course used for community events.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/white-papers/documentary-sources.htmlhttp://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/white-papers/documentary-sources.htmlLawrence Wright and Alex Gibney scraped the bottom of the barrel to assemble a cast of disgruntled ex-Scientologists still bitter at having been expelled from the Church, some as long as three decades ago, led by a wannabe guru that formed a small anti-Scientology hate group he now admits was a failure.http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/http://fr.local.hotline.org:7003/going-clear/