Is Montel Williams a Scientology stooge?
Today the Montel Williams Show was supposedly devoted to children abused through the use of prescription psychiatric drugs such as Ritalin, specifically given to alleviate the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD). The talk show host claimed, “We just want the truth.” However, there was more to this program than met the eye. The featured organization on the show was the “Citizens Commission on Human Rights” (CCHR), founded by Scientology in 1969, which is an anti-psychiatry “watchdog group.” CCHR’s international president once described psychiatry as a “malignant disease” that “threatens society and ultimately mankind.” Montel’s guest today, CCHR president Bruce Wiseman agreed publicly with that statement. And during the show also compared “your friendly neighborhood psychiatrist,” to drug lords in Columbia. At no time did the talk show host explore the wider agenda of the CCHR and/or its antipathy for the entire mental health profession. Instead, Montel chatted up Scientology