Wednesday, May 20, 2026

NY Post, Fox News Shill For Scientology, Letting B List Actor Michael Pena Praise Cult Unquestioned

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Scientology scored some big points today at NewsCorp and 21st Century Fox. Maybe they’re all joining the cult now that Roger Ailes is gone.

The Post has a feature today titled “Scientology Made Michael Pena a Better Actor.” It’s a statement, and it’s not question. The article comes from The Guardian UK, one of the worst of the worst British “publications.” I hope the author of the piece, Jessica Sager, was remunerated nicely for her PR.

Fox News, the Post’s sister conspirator, picked up the story and now it’s on Yahoo News.

Sager writes: Peña says he dismisses any gossip about the controversial religion. “I don’t read that stuff,” he sniffed.

He’s dumber than I thought. For starters, Pena, trying the book and the documentary “Going Clear,” then read Leah Remini’s book. After that you’ve only got to Google “Scientology- cult- complaints-lawsuits” to get going. Or ask fellow showbiz types Paul Haggis, Remini, Jason Beghe, and so on why they left. Or ask Jenna Miscavige, the niece of your exalted leader.

As for the Post, Fox News, the Guardian, and most importantly Sager– shame on you.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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