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"Most people might see them as a bit of a joke because of their beliefs and teachings. But they are in fact the most controversial and dangerous cult in the western world today, and pose a real threat to free speech."
-Andreas Heldal-Lund quoted in the Sunday Times
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indicates articles I particularly recommend. For general critical
information on Scientology, see Operation Clambake.
| SOURCE: | DATE: | STORY: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Times | 07/Jan/2007 | Revealed: how Scientologists infiltrated Britain's schools | Narconon gets access to thousands of children in UK schools |
| The Sun | 07/Jan/2007 | Cruise 'is Christ' of Scientology | Gossip from unnamed source says Cruise is "the chosen one" |
| Evening Standard | 12/Jan/2007 | How the Church of Scientology found its way into British politics / Labour given thousands by Scientology charity | ABLE hires stalls at political party conferences |
| BBC News | 13/Jan/2007 | Scientologists in German push | |
| The Sun | 18/Jan/2007 | No sects please, we're British | Gossip about the Beckhams |
| Sunday Herald (Scotland) | 17/Feb/2007 | Hubbard Love | A visit to the new London org to interview Scientology spokesmen |
| BBC Radio 1 | 23/Feb/2007 | Documentary: Scientology | Nihal interviews Juliette Lewis |
| Metro | 27/Feb/2007 | Carrey hits out at Cruise and his ego | Short celebrity gossip item |
| Student (Scottish Student Newspaper) | 20/Feb/2007 | There is no God but L. Ron Hubbard | A student visits Edinburgh's "Hubbard Academy of Personal Independence" |
| North-West Evening Mail | 07/Mar/2007 | Scientology team helps at rail crash scene | A slightly edited reprint of a Scientology Volunteer Ministers press release (compare the two) |
| Evening Standard | 20/Mar/2007 | Met allows Cruise's sect access to data on security alerts | Scientology allowed access to the Police Message Broadcasting System |
| The Sun | 06/Apr/2007 | Gervais' Scientology ban | Comedian Ricky Gervais forbidden from satirising John Travolta's connection to Scientology |
| Evening Argus | 11/Apr/2007 | Scientologists set for heavenly tax cut | |
| Metro | 13/Apr/2007 | J-Lo makes quip about 'Scientology' | Jennifer Lopez uses Scientology terminology in a TV appearance |
| Metro | 25/Apr/2007 | Holmes put on Scientology 'mom classes' | Celebrity gossip about Tom Cruise's daughter |
| BBC News web site | 12/May/2007 | Row over Scientology video | John Sweeney writes about his experience of investigating Scientology. |
| Daily Mail | 12/May/2007 | Why did this top policeman agree to appear in a film for the Scientologists? | Chief Superintendent Ken Stewart (not a Scientologist himself) of the City of London Police appears in plain clothes in an internal Scientology video. Also published in the Evening Standard |
| The Observer | 13/May/2007 | Losing it: BBC reporter's rant is caught on video | John Sweeney reprimanded by the BBC for losing his cool after being goaded by Scientology spokesman |
| Sunday Telegraph | 13/May/2007 | BBC denies 'death threat' in Scientology row | BBC responds to claims made in Scientology's anti-Panorama DVD. |
| Independent on Sunday | 13/May/2007 | Scientologists at war with BBC | The row over John Sweeney's Panorama investigation |
| Sunday Times | 13/May/2007 | Scientologists to BBC: what planet are you on? | Scientology spends £30,000 on DVDs to discredit Panorama. |
| Mail on Sunday | 13/May/2007 | Travolta's attack on BBC man in Scientology exposé | Travolta writes to senior BBC figures telling them not to show the Panorama documentary. |
| The Heaven and Earth Show with Gloria Hunniford (BBC TV) | 13/May/2007 | (Item about the Panorama documentary) | Panorama editor Sandy Smith describes the pressure the film makers were under when investigating Scientology. |
| BBC Breakfast (TV) | 14/May/2007 | [Six-minute item about the Panorama investigation] | Another interview with Sandy Smith, the editor of Panorama |
| The Guardian (online) | 14/May/2007 | Panorama backs Sweeney episode | Summary of Sandy Smith's comments on BBC Breakfast |
| BBC News 24 (TV) | 14/May/2007 | [short item about the Panorama investigation] | Mike Rinder tries to deny the Fair Game policy |
| Panorama (BBC TV) | 14/May/2007 | Scientology and Me (transcript) (Google Video) | Reporter John Sweeney shows how he was followed and harassed while investigating the Church of Scientology. |
| Daily Telegraph | 14/May/2007 | BBC reporter blows his top at Scientologist (cached) / Scientology - a brief history (cached) | |
| Daily Mail | 14/May/2007 | BBC man says 'I was wrong to lose it. But these scientologists are truly scary' | John Sweeney writes about harassment he personally suffered before and after making the Panorama film |
| The Sun | 14/May/2007 | Panorama spat shock drama | |
| Guardian | 15/May/2007 | Scientologists may take legal action in Panorama row | Having failed to censor the Panorama show, Scientology threatens a formal complaint. |
| Yorkshire Post | 15/May/2007 | BBC man 'goaded' into interview outburst (cached) | Conflicting accounts of the Panorama investigation |
| Guardian | 15/May/2007 | The crusader | Opinion column by former MP Martin Bell praising the Panorama investigation (not clear if this was used in print edition) |
| Evening Standard | 15/May/2007 | This rich creepy cult has friends in high places | Opinion column by Francis Wheen criticising public bodies for co-operating with Scientology |
| Daily Mail | 15/May/2007 | Travolta spearheads Scientologists' attack on BBC | Scientology's attempts to prevent the Panorama show |
| Metro | 15/May/2007 | BBC man 'trapped' by Scientology | |
| Metro | 16/May/2007 | Travolta's 'anger' at BBC (cached) | Phone call to BBC Director General to try to prevent screening of Panorama |
| Guardian | 16/May/2007 | The cult of cash | Opinion column by Ian Williams about Scientology (not clear if this was used in print edition) |
| Daily Express | 16/May/2007 | Letter: Would I get a starring role in this religion? | |
| Metro | 17/May/2007 | Aliens and departed spirits, head this way | Mentioning the New Mexico vault, the OT3 story and the religious tax-dodge |
| The Sun | 18/May/2007 | Sorry for shouting, you weirdos | John Sweeney writes about how his life has been affected since investigating Scientology. |
| Newbury Today | 18/May/2007 | Jazz band performing at Newbury's Corn Exchange 'tour the world' to promote the controversial creed of Scientology | Scientology band the Jive Aces simultaneously claim and deny they are promoting the organisation. |
| The Times | 18/May/2007 | BBC crusader without a cape | Apparently unresearched opinion column by Mick Hume countering the recent praise of John Sweeney |
| Daily Mail | 19/May/2007 | Tom Cruise's Church of hate tried to destroy me | Reporter Paul Bracchi describes how he was hounded after investigating Scientology for the Evening Argus |
| The Independent | 19/May/2007 | Richard Ingrams' Week (cached) | Columnist receives (and rubbishes) the "Freedom TV" propaganda DVD |
| TalkSport radio | 19/May/2007 | [piece about Scientology] | Interview with scientologist Mike Rinder, with phone-in |
| Sunday Express | 20/May/2007 | MPS call for tax probe into cult | Westminster Council and the City of London Corporation are revealed to have given tax breaks to Scientology |
| Scotland on Sunday | 20/May/2007 | Opinion - Cult or cure? | Quite well-informed investigation into the Scottish presence |
| Evening Standard | 23/May/2007 | Scientology sect 'using British art as a front' | Gallery owner Fraser Kee Scott alleged to use an art exhibition to promote Scientology |
| The Argus, Brighton Hove & Sussex | 24/May/2007 | Scientology is not a church or charity. It is, in fact, a cult (cached) | Paul Bracchi article builds on his earlier account in the Daily Mail |
| Birmingham Mail | 01/Jun/2007 | Protesters in anti mental health unit demonstration | CCHR join a protest against a psychiatric facility |
| BBC News | 01/Jun/2007 | Online item(?). UK officials feared church 'evil' | Release of official documents from National Archives at Kew |
| Independent on Sunday | 03/Jun/2007 | Juliette Lewis: The actress and singer talks about love, drugs and Scientology | |
| The Evening Argus | 04/Jun/2007 | Fresh controversy for scientologists in files | Scientology described as "essentially evil" in government files dating from 1977 |
| The Times | 05/Jul/2007 | Leave Tom Cruise and his belief in scientology alone | Opinion column by director Ken Russell |
| The Guardian | 09/Jun/2007 | My name is L Ron Hubbard | Scientology influence on the hit TV show "My Name is Earl" |
| Woman magazine | 10/Jun/2007 | Scientology ruled my life | First-hand account from Bonnie Woods |
| The Scotsman | 17/Jun/2007 | Fringe faces the wrath of L Ron | A musical satirising the Secret Levels comes to the Edinburgh Fringe |
| Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District | 21/Jun/2007 | Cathedral fears over 'quick fix' Scientology visit | A Dianetics stall visits Canterbury |
| BBC Radio 4 | 22/Jun/2007 | The Now Show | Item on satirical radio show calls Scientology "culty nutters" |
| The Times | 23/Jun/2007 | Scientologists set to cash in on tax break (Google) / 'Church' that yearns for respectability (Google) | Scientology lawyers renew their attempt to claim charity status after change in the law / An examination of Scientology's corporate structure in the UK |
| The Spectator | 23/Jun/2007 | Stars in their eyes | Undercover report on Scientology celebrities |
| Total Film | Summer 2007 | Buzz Investigates Scientology | Unfavourable quotes about Scientology from various celebrities |
| The Times | 23/Jun/2007 | Scientologists set to cash in on tax break | |
| Accountancy Age | 25/Jun/2007 | Scientologists to cash in on charity tax breaks | Change to legal definition of 'religion' will allow Scientologists to benefit from charity tax breaks |
| The Times | 26/Jun/2007 | Cruise film triggers fears of Scientology hijacking war hero | |
| The Guardian | 27/Jun/2007 | Cruise's Scientology Stirs Ire in Berlin | |
| The Times | 03/Jul/2007 | It's time we learnt from the Germans | Short opinion piece by Michael Gove supporting German suspicion of Scientology |
| The Guardian | 10/Jul/2007 | Accused family killer was 'denied treatment by Scientologist parents' | |
| The Independent | 23/Jul/2007 | Cruise is 'Goebbels of Scientology', says German church | |
| The Guardian | 26/Jul/2007 | Tom Cruise's Valkyrie should be quite a ride | Arts Review comment on controversy about Cruise film Valkyrie |
| The Guardian | 20/Aug/2007 | Interview: John Sweeney | |
| The Scotsman | 05/Sep/2007 | Scientology branded a 'criminal organisation' and may face charges | |
| Daily Telegraph | 09/Sep/2007 | Friends, thetans, countrymen | Milton Katselas, famous acting teacher, is accused of recruiting for Scientology. |
| Manchester Metro News | 20/Sep/2007 | Huge scientology centre planned | |
| The Times | 28/Oct/2007 | It's weird up north as Scientology moves in | Scientology buys a building in central Manchester |
| Manchester Evening News | 28/Oct/2007 | Scientology centre planned | |
| Metro | 21/Nov/2007 | Will talks Scientology | |
| Daily Express | 23/Nov/2007 | The Church of Scientology: An Apology | |
| Metro | 03/Dec/2007 | Will's religious views | Celebrity gossip: Will Smith repudiates claims he has attached to a particular religion |
| The Guardian | 08/Dec/2007 | German ministers try to ban Scientology | |
| BBC News | 08/Dec/2007 | Germany moves to ban Scientology | Online news item: not clear if used in broadcasts |
| The Times | 09/Dec/2007 | Court fight looms as Germany seeks to outlaw Scientologists | |
| The Scotsman | 10/Dec/2007 | Germany attacks Scientology | |
| Times Education Supplement | 14/Dec/2007 | Cult Watch | report on cult recruitment in UK schools |
| Sunday People | 30/Dec/2007 | Lo key birth! Exclusive She'll Be Silent Like Katie | Celebrity gossip about Jennifer Lopez |
This archive is for research purposes only. The Scientology Media Archive home page has links to media archives for other countries and some important information about this archive.