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Why join the tabloids in the sensational journalism of the witch hunts against Kenja, originating from hate groups and a fanatical anti-cult movement?

Why is the ABC appearing to promote and publicise the documentary Beyond Our Ken, directed by Melissa Maclean and Luke Walker, which is an emotionally restimulative tabloid journalistic piece, posing as a documentary?

In our supposedly democratic society, has our national broadcaster suddenly become authorised to decide which groups are 'cults' and which are not? Is this denunciation in fact, driven and directed by religious zealots who have found a home in ABC religious programming?

The ABC is continually promoting a film which is nothing more than a propaganda piece. Melissa didn’t want to investigate the objective evidence concerning the concerted attack to destroy Kenja.

Rachael Kohn

Has Rachael Kohn revealed her association with individuals associated with the anti-cult movement going right back to its inception in Australia in 1992?

Promotion and publicity associated with the ABC for Beyond Our Ken  - a documentary which had no showing in major cinemas:

1. ABC Radio - News item 30 July 2007
Shortly after Ken’s passing – Melissa Maclean the only source of the story – promotes the film Beyond Our Ken.

2. ABC Radio - PM, 30 July 2007
Promotion of Melissa's film Beyond Our Ken, and the beginning of Melissa’s lies: “without Ken Dyers Kenja will struggle to survive”.

3. ABC Radio - Religion Report, 1 August 2007
David Millikan - attacking Kenja, commenting at the time of Ken's passing "if they're going to be taken seriously in the world, they've got to develop some sort of apologetic and I think that’s going to be difficult".

4. ABC TV - Media Watch, 6 August 2007
Mediawatch denounces Kenja's right to take out a paid advertisement attempting to expose the anti-cult movement and its role in Ken's passing.

5. ABC Radio - Triple J, 4 May 2008
Melissa’s film Beyond Our Ken mentioned.

6. ABC Radio - Triple J, 13 July 2008
John Safran and Father Bob interviewing Luke Walker promoting the film Beyond Our Ken.

7. ABC Radio National - Australia Talks, 30 July 2008
Melissa Maclean interviewed by Paul Barclay, promoting the film Beyond Our Ken

Paul Barclay states "Now, perhaps I'm a cynical, old journalist but I've got to admit the energy conversion gobbledygook, the Klowning stuff which also forms an important part of Kenja, I found it totally unconvincing – Why do you think people were attracted to Kenja?"

8. ABC Local Radio - Afternoons, 28 August 2008
Melissa Maclean interviewed by Genevieve Jacobs, promoting the film Beyond Our Ken

Genevieve Jacobs describes Kenja training as "visibly intensive experiences that really play with the mind, more hypnosis than meditation" and wondered whether Melissa found “any value in the things that were being described … or did it all seem like a round of activities that was absolutely designed to ensnare people"

9. ABC Radio - Conversation Hour, 15 September 2008
Melissa Maclean interviewed by Richard Fidler, promoting the film Beyond Our Ken

Richard Fidler actually attacks people from Kenja for smiling on camera: "I'm a little troubled by some of those people I see in the film, they're standing around Ken and they’re beaming, they're smiling all the time"

10. ABC Radio - Spirit of Things - 16 November 2008
Rachael Kohn interviews Bevin Hudson and Melissa Maclean about Melissa's documentary 'Beyond Our Ken'.

11. ABC TV - Compass - 9:30pm, Sunday 7 December 2008
Compass shows the actual documentary Beyond Our Ken

12. ABC Radio National - Australia Talks - 6pm, Monday 8 December 2008
Repeat of the 30th July program which cuts sections linking Rachael Kohn and Melissa with the CultAware agenda


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