n Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote:
> The trouble is, it isn't news. Cruise has been on with Stewart many times > in 16 years, and I disagree that the documentary changes the situation as > far as plugging a movie is concerned. Granted, I haven't read the article, > so my commentary is possibly lacking foundation. For instance, is there > anything in it about Stewart not interrogating any of the other famous > Scientologists who have come to hype their product besides Cruise? > As I say, what made this particular Cruise appearance on TDS different from previous ones was that "Going Clear" (which, as others have noted in this thread, almost by definition did not have anything new in it since it was based on a previously published book) made specific allegations about Tom Cruise, not just Scientology in general. It would be uncool to ask a Muslim actor during a celebrity interview if he was a terrorist just because some Muslims have committed terrorist acts. But if a well respected documentary had recently accused the actor of being a leader of an Islamic terrorist cell, then I think it might be more expected that one might make inquiries. Again, in context I don't think the failure to bring it up is a huge deal, but I would have liked to see some way of mentioning the potential conflict of interest. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
