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 ::As already stated in Talk:Opposition to cults and new religious movements]] I consider the texts inserted by Zappaz as biased quotes by a biased journalist. As the text is now here, I copy my remarks: 

 ::*Moffit is not exactly NPOV regarding the subject: he's since 1985 member of the Unification Church and the Nuevo Tiempo newspaper he is (or was, some recent references connect him with the equally Unification Church owned UPI) working for belongs to the Unification Church. 

 ::*Dart and Allan made the survey 1993 (not 1983!) and wrote an (BTW excellent) 120 page report ""Bridging the Gap"" (also 1993) which has been updated in 2000. The survey went to  journalists and leaders of mainstream religions and the religions covered in the report are Catholicism, Mainstream Protestant, Evangelical, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism - NRMs are not mentioned! The quote is not from the report but from Moffit and it gives a very wrong impression of the report which is impartial and very moderate in tone, shows positive and negative points and errors on both sides of the gap, and advises both sides in detailed points on how to improve mutual relations. Moreover, the 2000 update (subtitled ""The Gap is Narrowing"") which included another survey, lines out that things have been improving sind 1993. Report is available online and should be treated here - not like it is now, but as it deserves from its quality. 

 :::*The Cal Thomas quote (probably taken from Moffit) is from a discussion on ""Religion and Politics in the Culture Wars"". The discussion does not mention the media, and NRMs are not mentioned in the discussion either. BTW, several pages later, in another discussion (without Thomas) there is restriction of religious liberty for minority religions discussed: an American Indian who had been fired in Oregon in 1990 for chewing peyote and Santeria in Florida 1992 forbidden to sacrifice animals within the city limits. No mention of the media here, either, the discussion is about legislation and courts only. Report is no more available at fac.org but I found it on the wayback machine. 

 :::*The Horowitz quote is also taken from Moffit - I did not find the original online, so I could not see how the quote relates to it, but in view of the above examples which I did research, I'd say Moffit is as a source to be used cum grano salis. Horowitz concentrates on persecuted Christians in Sudan, China and North Korea, and he talks of persecuted Christians. There is no mention of media in the quote, and even if there was, persecuted Christians in Sudan and North Korea are regarding media coverage a very different subject from NRMs.  "