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´óÏó´«Ã½ would like to spin temporary insanity into momentary stupidity but it's a hard sell. The beauty of this episode is its symetry. Sweeney goes out of his way not to present a dispassionate even handed expose' of Scientology which would lead most viewers to the same conclusions he has come to himself but in the typical ´óÏó´«Ã½ clumsy handed way he tried to crucify it by inuendo, skewed reporting, even using pejorative terms like cult, the one word the subject of the report asked not be used when it agreed to cooperate. In the end, Sweeney was hoist by his own petard. It was the Scientologists fighting back using the very same tactics and goals Sweeney tried to use only they are far more experienced and skillful at it than he will ever be. Investigative journalism is not ´óÏó´«Ã½ forte', quite frankly I'm not sure what is anymore. Once upon a time ´óÏó´«Ã½ was a reliable reporter of the facts but now their editorializing is so intertwined with the news it is sometimes dificult to penetrate it to the point where it can be separated out. Even their report on Shambo the bull afflicted with tuberculosis was an advocacy, not a news report. It's fun to watch even this moderately contemptable cult facilitate a ´óÏó´«Ã½ reporter making a complete jackass out of himself on camera and then broadcasting it to the entire world. We're laughing at you ´óÏó´«Ã½, not with you. CNN is having a field day with it. How will you ever live this down? We'll probably be seeing it for the rest of our lives. Without going out of my way to, I've seen it myself probably at least 30 times already and it only happened the other day.

Mark- Nobody will even remember it in a few weeks.