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'''The Unfunny Truth about Scientology''' is a [[YTMND]] that is critical of [[Scientology]]. It was created on June 13, 2006 at 11:01pm [[smoothmedia]], in response to the legal threats the [[w:en:Church of Scientology|Church of Scientology]] launched at YTMND.com earlier that month.
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'''The Unfunny Truth about Scientology''' is a [[YTMND]] that is critical in the investigation of [[Scientology]]. Part of the [[Unfunny_Truth|Unfunny Truth]] fad, it was created on June 13, 2006 at 11:01PM by [[smoothmedia]] in response to the legal threats the [[w:en:Church of Scientology|Church of Scientology]] launched towards YTMND.com earlier that month.
  
It has become a popular Internet meme, being disseminated by YTMND users in an effort to spread the word about what they see as the dangers and cult status of the Church, and its continued campaign to use underhanded legal attacks to bully their opponents into silence.
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[[Scientology]] has become a popular Internet meme by being disseminated by YTMND users, among others, in an effort to spread the word about what they see as the dangers and cult status of the Church, and its continued campaign to use underhanded legal attacks to bully their opponents into silence.
  
Many YTMND users have attempted to create a successful [[w:en:Google Bomb|Google bombing]] campaign, meant to link the site to the phrase "Scientology", should it be typed in the Google search engine. However their success has been trivial at best.
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Many YTMND users have attempted to create a [[w:en:Google Bomb|Google bombing]] campaign, meant to link the site to the phrase "Scientology", should it be typed in the Google search engine. [http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/ The Unfunny Truth about Scientology] is present on the second page of Google results as of 9/11/10.
  
The site spread on the Internet quite fast. On June 17th, Anthony Walter posted the site on his website [http://www.codebot.org CodeBot]. Walter worked with the [[w:en:Lisa McPherson|Lisa McPherson]] Trust while researching Scientology in Clearwater, Florida. He then submitted his article to [http://www.digg.com Digg], a user powered news site. It became the highest viewed story of the week. Two days later, his hosting company Verio Inc. replaced the codebot website with a cease and desist memo sent to Verio by the Church of Scientology's legal department. As of June 25th, 2006, going to the CodeBot site redirected the user to [http://www.scientology.org the Church of Scientology's web site]. Gregory Beck of the Public Citizen Litigation Group offered to defend CodeBot against the Church of Scientology, and as of the 27th of June, CodeBot is back online with the Scientology article.
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The site spread on the Internet quite fast. On June 17th, Anthony Walter posted the site on his website [http://www.codebot.org/articles/?doc=9542 CodeBot]. Walter worked with the [[w:en:Lisa McPherson Trust|Lisa McPherson Trust]] while researching Scientology in Clearwater, Florida. He then submitted his article to [http://www.digg.com Digg], a user powered news site. It became the highest viewed story of the week. Two days later, his hosting company Verio Inc. replaced the codebot website with a cease and desist memo sent to Verio by the Church of Scientology's legal department. As of June 25th, 2006, going to the CodeBot site redirected the user to [http://www.scientology.org the Church of Scientology's web site]. Gregory Beck of the Public Citizen Litigation Group offered to defend CodeBot against the Church of Scientology, and as of the 27th of June, CodeBot is back online with the Scientology article.
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
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* [http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/ The original YTMND Critical of Scientology.]
*[http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/ The original YTMND Critical of Scientology.]
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* [http://theunfunnysequel.ytmnd.com/ The "Unfunny Sequel" detailing Scientology's reaction.]
*[http://theunfunnysequel.ytmnd.com/ The "Unfunny Sequel" detailing Scientology's reaction.]
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* [http://www.lisamcpherson.org/mccabe.htm Copy of the Lisa McPherson Lawsuit]
*[http://www.lisamcpherson.org/mccabe.htm Copy of the Lisa McPherson Lawsuit]
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* [http://www.xenutv.com/ XenuTV]
*[http://www.xenutv.com/ XenuTV]
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* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/time-behar.html Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power]
*[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/time-behar.html Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power]
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Latest revision as of 09:33, April 19, 2012

The Un-Funny Truth About Scientology
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Creator: smoothmedia
Created on: June 13, 2006
Sound origin: The Rise of Satan - kingj4life3 (NG Audio Portal)
Image origin: Scientology
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The Unfunny Truth about Scientology is a YTMND that is critical in the investigation of Scientology. Part of the Unfunny Truth fad, it was created on June 13, 2006 at 11:01PM by smoothmedia in response to the legal threats the Church of Scientology launched towards YTMND.com earlier that month.

Scientology has become a popular Internet meme by being disseminated by YTMND users, among others, in an effort to spread the word about what they see as the dangers and cult status of the Church, and its continued campaign to use underhanded legal attacks to bully their opponents into silence.

Many YTMND users have attempted to create a Google bombing campaign, meant to link the site to the phrase "Scientology", should it be typed in the Google search engine. The Unfunny Truth about Scientology is present on the second page of Google results as of 9/11/10.

The site spread on the Internet quite fast. On June 17th, Anthony Walter posted the site on his website CodeBot. Walter worked with the Lisa McPherson Trust while researching Scientology in Clearwater, Florida. He then submitted his article to Digg, a user powered news site. It became the highest viewed story of the week. Two days later, his hosting company Verio Inc. replaced the codebot website with a cease and desist memo sent to Verio by the Church of Scientology's legal department. As of June 25th, 2006, going to the CodeBot site redirected the user to the Church of Scientology's web site. Gregory Beck of the Public Citizen Litigation Group offered to defend CodeBot against the Church of Scientology, and as of the 27th of June, CodeBot is back online with the Scientology article.

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