ABC's '20/20' let Scientology trash Ron Miscavige - but here's what you didn't get to hear - 2016-05-02

ABC's '20/20' let Scientology trash Ron Miscavige - but here's what you didn't get to hear May 2, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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Mike Rinder predicted that this was going to happen. On March 20, he said that Scientology's response to Ron Miscavige writing a book about his son, church leader David Miscavige, would follow a familiar pattern.

Rinder predicted that Scientology would fight Ron's book by attacking Ron himself, "dead agenting" him, in Scientology jargon. As Rinder put it, the church would find a way to put out the message that "Ron is a failure at everything in life."

And that's what we saw Friday night during ABC 20/20 's special episode about Ron and Scientology. ABC's Dan Harris said that the church had sent him more than 120 videos of Scientologists praising David Miscavige and trashing his father.

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{{cite news | author = Tony Ortega | title = ABC's '20/20' let Scientology trash Ron Miscavige - but here's what you didn't get to hear | url = https://tonyortega.org/2016/05/02/abcs-2020-let-scientology-trash-ron-miscavige-but-heres-whata-you-didnt-get-to-hear/ | work = Underground Bunker | date = May 2, 2016 | accessdate = August 21, 2017 }}