Media & public opinion
4 stories
Waco: What Really Happened?
CICNS's account of the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians at Mount Carmel: the ATF raid, the 51-day standoff, the final assault, and the media narrative.
1 January 2008
Interview with Anne Morelli: Full Transcript
Full transcript of the CICNS interview with historian Anne Morelli (ULB) on who decides the label 'sect', media treatment of religious minorities, and freedom of conscience.
1 November 2005
Interview with Jean-Luc Martin-Lagardette: Full Transcript
Full transcript of the CICNS interview with journalist Jean-Luc Martin-Lagardette on France's anti-cult policy, the MIVILUDES, and the role of the media.
1 January 2005
Amalgames: The Elements of a Manipulation
A CICNS essay of pointed questions about conflation: why acts found across all of society are treated as defining crimes when they occur in spiritual minorities.
1 January 2004