Panorama on Scientology

I was a bit disappointed with this in the end. Firstly, it wasn't long enough. Secondly, I wasn't too sure that the journalist had the skills to get the story that he wanted. This is nothing to do with the infamous shouting moment that has been so widely seen on U Tube. It was more to do with the fact that he insisted on using the word "cult" which they had obviously forbidden and as soon as it was said, interviews were curtailed and things brought to a halt. He was either being inflammatory or stupid. Either way he didn't really get the inside breaks that he needed to get a good story. I think my issue is partly that Louis Theroux could have done it so much better. Louis would have let them dig their own graves and been above all the psychological tricks of survellience.

The programme did show what a bunch of wierdos they all are and it amazes me that so many Hollywood types just seem to lap it up. No wonder they have so much money sloshing around. I also hadn't realised they swoop in on disasters in order to bring comfort and relief (and then suggest that they need dianetics/scientology in order to bring happiness into their lives).