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Lisa
McPherson Coverage
Public
Eye with Bryant Gumbel
January 7, 1998
This
short lived CBS news show features Heber Jentzsch.
Extra
December 29, 1997
Kurt
Weiland is interviewed.
Extra
November 16, 1998
Update
to their original story.
MSNBC
"Scientology Under Fire"
December 2, 1997
Ken
Dandar and Mike Rinder square off.
Pat
Jones & Brian Anderson on Local Newscast
Unknown date
Two
PR people from Scientology appear in this incomplete
segment from a local Tampa station.
Spiegel
1997
This
German show features the only interview with Lisa's
mother, taped days before she died.
Newscasts
The
First Dallas Newscast about Lisa
December, 1996
KTVT-TV
Dallas, TX
Scientology
Denies Any Wrongdoing
March 14, 1997
As
the police investigate, Channel 28 runs two stories
looking into Hubbard's life and cult.
WFTS-TV
Tampa, FL
The
Caretaker Logs are Released
July 9, 1997
Local
Tampa Newscasts
Scientology
PR Campaign
1997
As
the criminal investigation wraps up, Scientology
launches an ad blitz.
WTTV-TV
Tampa, FL
Lisa's
Story Goes National
December 1, 1997
Tom
Brokaw does a story about Lisa on the same day the
New York Times does a front page piece.
NBC
Nightly News
Critics
Come to Clearwater to Picket
December 5, 1997
A
candlelight vigil is held on the 2nd Anniversary
of Lisa's death.
Local
Tampa Newscasts
CBS
Newscast about Lisa
January 6, 1998
This
newscast is an excerpt from the Public Eye show.
CBS
Evening News
Scientology
Holds a Workshop in Dallas
March 2, 1998
Scientology
hoped for good PR but the news focused on Lisa.
KTVT-TV
Dallas, TX
Scientology
Faces Felony Charges
November 20, 1998
This
Dallas piece features interviews with Lisa's family.
WFAA-TV
Dallas, TX
Critics
Picket on 3rd Anniversary
December 1-4, 1998
As
Scientology faces a day in court, critics arrive
to picket at the Fort Harrison on the third anniversary
of Lisa's death.
Local
Tampa Newscasts.
The
Probate Court Denies Motion
February 5, 2000
Scientology
tried to persuade the court that Dell Liebreich
forged Fannie McPherson's signature on legal documents
.
News
Channel 9, Tampa, FL
Medical
Experts Come to Town
March 6, 2000
A
few days after the St. Petersburg Times published
a scathing
article about Scientology, two of Scientology's
medical experts "took it upon themselves"
to come to Clearwater to refute the claims made
in the paper.
Local
Tampa Newscasts
Scientology
Attempts
to Have the Criminal Case Dismissed
March 5, 2000
This
Dallas piece features interviews with Lisa's family.
Local
Tampa Newscasts
Dismissal
Attempt - Day Two
March 6, 2000
Hundreds
of Scientologists packed the courtroom for the second
day of hearings on dismissal.
Local
Tampa Newscasts
CRIMINAL
CASE IS DISMISSED
June 12, 2000
Scientology
managed to get the charges dropped after medical
examiner Joan Wood changed her ruling on the cause
of death.
Local
Tampa Newscasts
Read
Doug Crow's Explanation of the Dismissal
also in
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