Monday 2 July 2012

"Scientologists brand Rupert Murdoch creepy and evil"

From The Daily Mail:

Prominent Scientologists have taken to Twitter to urge people to "watch" the News Corp/Sky TV demerger, even labelling Rupert Murdoch "creepy and evil". Leading members Tom Cruise and John Travolta tweeted: "Watch the News Corp story develop. Something creepy, maybe even evil, about that man."

Their warnings come as Vince Cable and other Lib Dems claimed that their every move has been tracked by a team of mystery men - who they believes have been sent to spy on them by the octagenarian. Leading Scientologist Tom Cruise also posted that Murdoch was "number one" in the "very weird cult".

The actors risk a media backlash as a number of newspapers and television channels are controlled by the cult. Cruise has previously starred in a number of films made by Murodch's 20th Century Fox, including Rain Man and Minority Report, but the most recent was the critical and commercial flop Knight and Day in 2010.

Cruise first tweeted yesterday morning: "News Corp back in news. Very weird cult, but big, big money involved with Rupert Murdoch number one in [hierarchy]. Refers to his workers as Children and calls his most senior director his Son". Cruise was quickly attacked for his comments with one user throwing the "creepy and evil" insult right back at the 49-year-old soon-to-be four times divorced heart throb.

However, Travolta refused to back down tweeting later: "Since Murdoch tweet hundreds of attacks. Expect they will increase and get worse and maybe threatening. Still stick to my story." After one user asked Travolta for his views on Mormonism, he replied: "Mormonism a mystery to me, but Mormons certainly not evil."

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