Critical Thinking on Cults & AntiCults
Tony Ortega is a former reporter for various independent weekly newspapers around the country, and was the Editor for the Village Voice for 6 years before it collapsed in the BackPage.com sex trafficking scandal. Ortega left the Village Voice before all the indictments came down and began writing about Scientology every day in 2011.
His first article on Scientology was written in 1995 and it expressed his atheistic, materialist view that all religious and spiritual pursuits are illegitimate, and Scientology is especially so.
It is notable, and should be kept in mind while reading him, that Tony Ortega has never written about any aspect of Scientology, or of a Scientologist, in a positive or even neutral way. AlanzosBlog believes his editorial position on Scientology is entirely negative to the detriment of the truth.
These are posts on AlanzosBlog which have to do with Tony Ortega.
Statement by the ostensible Scientology “critic” Tony Ortega: “As we began reading “Lonesome Squirrel,” we realized that some of the people named in it have, 20 years later, come out of the church. So we reached out to them and they confirmed for us that nothing in the book associated with them actually happened. “Lonesome … Read more
NOTE: This post was first written in September of 2017. I am reposting it now because the information control in anti-Scientology has only gotten worse. This report from Angry Gay Pope also exposes the “Where’s Shelly?” hoax and Ortega’s collusion with Rinder & Remini in it. It also raises questions about whether Andreas was in … Read more
Doug Scott Kramer and his YouTube Channel, Dazed But Not Confuzed, was/is very popular with thousands of people who follow the goings-on of Scientology, Anti-Scientology, Cults and AntiCults. When Doug didn’t show up for a scheduled Live of his weekly “Ask Me Anything” show on 4 December 2023, people began to worry. And that worry … Read more
In a federal criminal trial that, believe it or not, had a huge impact on the landscape of Anti-Scientology vs Scientology, the 1 surviving owner of BackPage.com, and Tony Ortega’s old boss, was convicted of one count of money laundering while the jury deadlocked on 84 other counts – mostly involving sex trafficking. The clue … Read more
Is poor Mike Rinder just a victim of Scientology Fair Game as his promo video portrays him? No. This is Scientology revisionist history.
Watch Rinder try to throw a Twitter user off his trail by employing the Scientology tactic of a “No-Answer”. Do you think it worked?
Tony Ortega Says witness knew she was talking to a reporter – she even sent him a picture – but he doesn’t want to contradict the story of a rape victim.
Aaron Smith-Levin’s problems with Tony Ortega ‘run long, and they run deep’. He lays out exactly why the tribalist Tony Ortega can not be trusted.
I recorded my thoughts on the treatment I observed Aaron Smith-Levin getting from his Anti-Scientologist friends. From the ideologue Chris Shelton, to Tony Ortega’s demagoguery, to Leah Remini’s need to create a moral panic around Scientology – can Aaron’s intellectual honesty survive?
Chris Shelton and Tony Ortega Interview the Foreman of the Jury in the Danny Masterson Criminal Rape Trial. This is the full transcript of that interview.
Tony Ortega writes a blog post with a clear bias against Scientology every day, sometimes more than one. And so it really is tiresome for me to be talking about Tony Ortega’s bias against Scientology every day, but the latest accusations of rape against Paul Haggis, a recent poster boy for anti-Scientology, show Tony Ortega’s … Read more
“Why were you messaging her?” “Because she’s super f**cking hot!” Aaron Smith Levin is married with children, and he wants to be a Clearwater City Councilman.
One of the murkiest swamps in the world is Mike Rinder’s career timeline. There has been a concerted effort to obfuscate the facts about where Rinder was and what he did for David Miscavige as the Commanding Officer of the Office of Special Affairs for 22 years.
Frank Parlato, a Real Investigative Journalist, Has Become Interested in Reporting on Scientology. And it Couldn’t Come Soon Enough.
Leah Remini and Mike Rinder have tried to say anyone who criticizes them is a Scientologist. Because who else could criticize the holy work that they are doing?
For years, Tony Ortega has introduced Mike Rinder as his source for a quote in one of his articles as “the former International Spokesman” for the Church of Scientology. But is it true? Was that What Mike Rinder really did in Scientology? Here’s what Mike Rinder says…
In a blog post dated 27 July 2020, Marty Rathbun re-emerged to corroborate some of the experiences of Corey Andrews, Steven Mango and myself in dealing with the hyper-controlling cult-like tribalism of Celebrity Anti-Scientology.
Remember when Anti-Scientology was supposed to be more humane, more ethical, and more understanding than Scientology? I do.
Gerry Armstrong Asks Tony Ortega When he will Ask Mike Rinder about his Fair Game of him. Tony deflects and obfuscates away.
Celebrity anti-Scientology tribalist Bryan Seymour was all set to release a 10 episode broadside to the Church of Scientology. The original release date was July 9th. Then, on Twitter, Bry said the release was being delayed “for legal” and it would be dropped on Tuesday July 14th Aussie time.
But it didn’t drop. It disappeared.
