Morning Memo: Mariah Got Married! And Tom Cruise Banished the Body-Thetans That Ruined His Last Oprah Interview

In watching this interview with Tom Cruise, Oprah herself made a statement to the effect that the "Tom Cruise" video had been heavily edited, to which Tom Cruise responds that it had been taken out of context.

This statement by Oprah is completely false, and I am amazed at the lack of research on this. The man who produced this video, Mark Headley, has himself stated that the version seen on youtube was unedited! If Oprah is not aware of this, I would hope she would correct this statement as soon as possible. The reason that so many people found this video strange is because it is a strange video, not because it was edited to appear that way.

Mark Headley is a former Scientologist and Executive Producer of many of the videos produced by Golden Era Productions, including the now-infamous Tom Cruise video where he states that Scientologists are the only ones who can help at the scene of an accident, among other things. The Church of Scientology and its supporters have repeatidly stated that this video was heavily edited and taken out of context, and that is why it appears so strange to many people.

However, Mark Headley, who produced this video, has stated that the version seen on youtube and on the internet has NOT been edited in any way.

Quoting Mark:

"And those videos, the way they appear, they are not been edited after the fact. That is actually what aired and that is what played to the Scientologists. I know people will tell you different but those were straight off the DVDs."

source:

Mark Headley Interview with Kevin and Bean, KROQ 4/8/08

http://kroqfs.com/kbpodcasts/KBpodcast_4808.mp3

Mark Headley interview occurs from 41:43 - 55:24 on this mp3.

The quote above can be heard at 48:30 minutes.

I ask all media, PLEASE don't leave your viewers or readers with the false impression that someone purposefully edited this video just to make Tom cruise look strange. The video appeared exactly as it was produced. Opinions about its strangeness should be left to the individual viewer to decide for themselves. Oprah shouldn't be doing damage control for Tom Cruise by spreading a lie.