THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IS PLANNING ON HAVING ITS OWN MEDIA
COMPANY THAT WILL SPREAD ITS MESSAGE ONLINE, AND WHO
KNOWS WHERE ELSE.
THEY CLAIM THAT THIS WILL BE A TV NETWORK.
THE LOS ANGELES-BASED $50 MILLION PROJECT WILL FEATURE A
24-HOUR NETWORK TO BROADCAST ITS MESSAGES TO THE MASSES AND FILM
PRODUCTION FACILITIES THE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT CLAIMS IS
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN PARAMOUNT.
THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY DESCRIBED THE
NEW STUDIOS AS AN UNCORRUPTED COMMUNICATION LINE TO THE
BILLIONS.
"BECAUSE AS THE SAYING GOES, IF YOU DON'T WRITE YOUR OWN
STORY, SOMEONE ELSE WILL."
I LOVE HOW HE'S TRYING TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE, YEAH WE ARE
GONNA BE A MEDIA COMPANY THAT'S UNCORRUPTED, UNBIASED.
YEAH, YOU'RE FROM THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY AND YOU GUYS
ARE CRAZY.
NO ONE IS GOING TO THINK OF THIS AS, I THINK I'M GOING TO
FORGO THE NETFLIX TONIGHT AND CHECK OUT WHAT THE CERT ñ WHAT
THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IS GOING TO BROADCAST FOR ME TODAY.
MISCAVIGE SAYS, "WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE RIGHT ñ
WRITING OUR OWN STORY LIKE NO OTHER RELIGION IN HISTORY."
SCIENTOLOGY REPORTED HE HAS $8 BILLION IN TAX REFUNDS TO SPEND.
THAT'S THE PART THAT FRUSTRATES ME THE MOST, RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS ARE TAX-EXEMPT SO THEY MAKE A TREMENDOUS A
LOT OF MONEY THROUGH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CONVINCED THAT
IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DONATE TO THE CHURCH, AND THEY DON'T
GET TAXED ON ANY OF IT.
THEY HAVE A TON OF MONEY TO BUY PRIME REAL ESTATE IN LOS
ANGELES.
THE BUILDINGS THEY HAVE ARE IN THE BEST PARTS OF LOS
ANGELES, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO SPEND AS MUCH AS THEY NEED
ON THIS SO-CALLED MEDIA COMPANY.
YES, NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE WRITING OUR STORY LIKE NO OTHER
RELIGION IN HISTORY, THAT'S THE QUOTE YOU READ ANA.
CHRISTIANITY DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB WRITING THEIR OWN HISTORY.
THERE'S A VERY POPULAR BOOK, EVERYBODY HAS ONE.
THEY JUST DID IT WAY BEFORE YOU DID.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE, AND I THINK THAT
SCIENTOLOGY CAN PROMISE MORE QUALITY PRODUCTIONS LIKE
BATTLEFIELD EARTH ñ LIKE I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU STOLE MY JOKE.
THEY GOT INVOLVED IN FAR AND AWAY, TOM CRUISES MOVIE RIGHT?
AND DAYS OF THUNDER AS WELL.
IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
DAYS OF THUNDER, HE PLAYED AN IRISHMAN IN THAT RIGHT?
DAYS OF THUNDER WAS THE DRIVING MOVIE.
IT WAS FAR AND AWAY, AND GETTING THEM MIXED UP.
AWFUL ACCENT.
WILL MOVE FORWARD.
IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THOSE PRODUCTIONS, I DON'T
IMAGINE THAT WE'VE GOT ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
LET'S NOT COMPARE DAYS OF THUNDER TO BATTLEFIELD EARTH.
BATTLEFIELD EARTH WAS AROUND US, IT WAS A JOKE.
DAVID MISCAVIGE, FROM THE ARTICLE YOU HAVE HERE, THE WAY
THEY COVER ñ THE GRAND OPENING WAS UNVEILED BY LEADER DAVID
MISCAVIGE, WHO FACES A NUMBER OF SHOCKING ACCUSATIONS, TOO
DANGEROUS TO PUBLISH, GIVEN HIS WILLINGNESS TO SUE EVEN HIS OWN
FATHER.
EVERYONE SHOULD SEE ALEX GIBNEY'S FILM, "GOING CLEAR."
IT'S ON HBO.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF RELIGIOUS TELEVISION
CHANNELS HERE, RIGHT?
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING ñ CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK.
THEY ARE TAX-FREE AS WELL, DO THEY ñ I'M INTERESTED TO SEE,
THERE'S A HUGE UPROAR WITH SCIENTOLOGY ANY CELEBRITY BACK
ñ D BACKING.
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
I'M NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON, BUT MOST RELIGIOUS GROUPS
SPEND THEIR MONEY HELPING THEIR PEOPLE.
SCIENTOLOGY PUTS IT IN THEIR BANKS, THEY PAY THE PEOPLE ON
THEIR SHIPS LIKE $.33 AN HOUR, SOMETHING ASTRONOMICALLY BAD.
AND EVERYBODY HAS TO TAKE ñ EVERYBODY WEARS UNIFORMS.
BUT THEY DON'T DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY, THEY ARE NOT HELPING
OUT THEIR PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT THE GOOD RELIGIONS DO.
WE ALL HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH RELIGION, BUT LORD KNOWS THAT
THERE IS AN EFFORT ñ THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OWNS A LOT OF
PRIME REAL ESTATE, BUT THERE IS A LEGITIMATE DEDICATION TO
HELPING THE POOR THAT I HAVE NOT QUITE SEEN FROM SCIENTOLOGY.
SO THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD POUR MONEY INTO A TELEVISION
PRODUCTION STUDIO AND CREATE CONTENT THAT WOULD THEN GET
DISTRIBUTED ON THE NETWORK, THAT'S NOTHING THAT HASN'T
HAPPENED BEFORE.
TALK SHOWS, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING MOVIES, I
PRESUME, AND TELEVISION SHOWS.
AND NO OTHER RELIGION CONTROLS ñ
WELL, THE JEWS CONTROL ALL OF HOLLYWOOD, FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
ANYWAY, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH, BUT I GUESS THAT'S THE
AGE THAT WE'RE LIVING IN.
THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY HAS A PRODUCTION COMPANY.