The day after emailing my comments and corrigenda (below) to HarperCollins and Steve Cannane, I emailed him again because I had just received the paper edition he had sent me: Dear Steve: Fair Game has arrived. Thanks very much. Further to my fact correction of the book, please also see this recent correction of Jon Atack/Tony Ortega’s fact errors relevant to areas you discuss in Fair Game: http://gerryarmstrong.ca/archives/1832 Regards, Gerry Cannane emailed me and said he is on … [Read more...] about Speaking up about Fair Game
Archives for 2016
Journalists and Me; Tony Ortega, May 2013
On May 29, 2013, Tony Ortega published a review of Marty Rathbun’s book Memoirs of a Scientology Warrior.[1. http://tonyortega.org/2013/05/29/marty-rathbun-builds-his-warrior-legend-in-new-memoir/comment-page-1/ ]Ortega had by then left The Village Voice and started his own blog dedicated to Scientology news and history. From 1982 to 2004, Rathbun had been, according to his own sworn statements, David Miscavige’s second in command and directed Scientology’s “extensive, ongoing security, … [Read more...] about Journalists and Me; Tony Ortega, May 2013
Journalists and Me; Tony Ortega, Village Voice, July 2012
On July 28, 2012, Tony Ortega published an article in The Village Voice about John Brousseau, whom I had known in the Sea Org. Brousseau apparently mentioned me in an interview with Ortega, who added an aside about the L. Ron Hubbard biography project. Knowing Hubbard's track record for veracity, however, Brousseau still has fond memories of his time with the man. “The dude was a regular guy. I've read everything about his life. He made mistakes, I get it. He definitely embellished things. … [Read more...] about Journalists and Me; Tony Ortega, Village Voice, July 2012
Journalists and Me; Tony Ortega, Village Voice, April 2012
On April 20, 2012, Tony Ortega posted an article on the Village Voice site about David Love, "I Think I Have Scientology By The Balls," which contains this bit about me: Over the next several months, as he saw patients taken in under false pretenses, and saw some harmed, Love says he became determined to bring news of Narconon to the outside world. "I contacted Bonnie Woods in England," he says, referring to an ex-Scientologist who famously sued the church. "I had come across her website. … [Read more...] about Journalists and Me; Tony Ortega, Village Voice, April 2012
Pretended Idiot’s Guide to Allegations
felix > TheMirrorThetan • 3 hours ago D. You don't need a goddamn diatribe, just allege. Danny Oates, a newly minted member of the ATOC, attributes to Gerry Armstrong, without quotes or citation, the statement "You don’t have to prove a god damn thing! You just allege…" From Black's Law Dictionary: Allegation: The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, setting out what he intends to prove. The Scientologists and their collaborators … [Read more...] about Pretended Idiot’s Guide to Allegations
Sounding the Sheep Dip for Bubbles
I cannot find where anyone at Tony Ortega’s blog has spoken up to correct inaccuracies in Jon Atack’s September 10, 2016 article about Scientology cult collaborator L. Fletcher Prouty, so I am doing my best now. The article and the inaccuracies I’m correcting also concern testimony in the 1984 trial in the case the Scientologists brought against me in Los Angeles Superior Court. The Scientologists and their collaborators still black PR me and wage lawfare against me relating to this case, and … [Read more...] about Sounding the Sheep Dip for Bubbles