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Hopefully someone will start investigating the other 'church'more extensively with the info that has been compiled...it takes more than what I can offer..... It takes a village a town, a community, a government, protestors, complaints filed, more investingations...
Hopefully someone will start investigating the other 'church'more extensively with the info that has been compiled...it takes more than what I can offer..... It takes a village a town, a community, a government, protestors, complaints filed, more investingations...
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Leaving Juarez.....
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Battle of the Soaps:
Brazilian Minister
Takes On TV Giant
Upstart Network Sets Off
Salary Wars, Actor Raids;
Romance Amid Drug Gangs
By MATT MOFFETT
July 5, 2007; Page A1
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Edir Macedo, the leader of a huge evangelical Protestant church, knows firsthand the impact of the melodramas produced by TV Globo, South America's dominant broadcaster. After all, Globo once ran a scathing miniseries called "Decadência," about an unscrupulous minister who was a barely fictionalized version of Mr. Macedo himself.
Scenes from TV Globo miniseries 'Decadência' (left) and Rede Record telenovela 'Vidas Opostas'
Now, in a strange plot twist, Mr. Macedo is having his revenge against Globo and in the process turning what had been one of the world's least competitive TV markets on its ear. Mr. Macedo has invested tens of millions of dollars in an effort to transform a tiny religious-oriented network he owns, Rede Record, into a frank imitator of Globo. Over the past three years, Record has bought and expanded an old studio on 18 acres of land just a few miles from Globo's massive production complex. Offering salaries far above the going rate, Record has hired hundreds of actors, technicians and journalists -- most of whom had cut their teeth at Globo.
Media critic Fernão Pessoa Ramos says Record has undertaken an "explicit cloning project," copying everything from Globo's newsroom set to its three-point lighting for telenovelas, or soap operas. Record even tried to poach Globo's longtime studio announcer. When he turned down a big raise, Record hired away a stand-in Globo announcer who sounds just like him.
Brazil's telenovelas, or TV soap operas, heat up as programming battles loom between the biggest network and a tiny, former startup. Kelsey Hubbard reports.
Globo's face-off with its look-alike competitor represents an entertainment earthquake in Brazil, where Globo customarily pulls in more than half of prime-time viewers and about three-quarters of ad spending. Now, Record's emergence is bringing down the curtain on a tropical version of the old Hollywood studio system, in which Globo dominated all aspects of the entertainment scene and dictated its will to artists. "For the first time, actors have real negotiating power and real options," says Lavínia Vlasak, a former Globo supporting actress who moved to Record for her first starring telenovela role.
Mr. Macedo, 62 years old, whose church has gained notoriety for its penchants for exorcism and aggressive fund raising, is an unlikely benefactor for Brazil's dramatic community. Universal Church finances have been the subject of numerous Brazilian criminal investigations and Mr. Macedo was jailed for several days in 1992 on charges of fraud and "charlatanism"; the case was later dropped.
But thanks to pressure from Record, Globo has had to hand out lucrative long-term contracts to scores of actors to keep them from jumping ship. Salaries of top-line actors have risen by about 80% over the past few years, according to the actors union in São Paulo. Some cameramen have doubled their salaries by moving to Record, their union says.
Record has provided a fresh start for underexploited Globo talents like Tiago Santiago. For more than two decades, Mr. Santiago, 44, labored at Globo as an actor, consigned to bit parts, and then as a soap scriptwriter, who had to swallow his pride while more senior authors often got the credit for his work. "In Brazilian TV, you took what Globo gave you and kept quiet," says Mr. Santiago.
In 2004, Mr. Santiago took a chance and accepted a job as a lead author at Record. His Record telenovela, "Prova de Amor," or "Proof of Love," a romance that had elements of crime and suspense, was a surprise hit. His $100,000 a month salary at Record is 10 times what he received at Globo -- with the possibility for bonuses for beating Globo in the ratings.
Record says it has invested about $150 million over the past three years on talent and infrastructure, though some analysts say the figure is much higher. Record is also making big bids for special events, paying a record $60 million for rights to transmit the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Games.
In São Paulo, Brazil's largest market, Record has about doubled its share of prime-time viewers to 16% over the past three years, and surged into second place from the third position it had been stuck in for years. Overall, Record still trails Globo by a wide margin. But certain Record programs, such as its morning magazine show, now give Globo a run for its money.
A former worker in a state lottery, Mr. Macedo founded his Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in 1977. It has attracted several million Brazilian followers and spread to more than 100 countries. The church's riveting services, including ceremonies to exorcise demons and heal the sick, have proved especially popular among the working classes. Another attraction is the church's preaching that prayer can help worshipers achieve earthly treasure, especially if they donate regularly to the church.
Until its recent secular turn, Record was best known for the 1995 broadcast of a sermon by a Universal Church preacher during which he kicked a statue of a saint revered by Brazil's Roman Catholics, triggering a huge uproar.
A few weeks prior to the kicking episode, Globo had run "Decadência," the miniseries about a sleazy, luxury-loving minister, whose appearance and speech drew comparisons to Mr. Macedo's. In addition, Globo, whose controlling Marinho family has historically been close to Brazil's Catholic establishment, has persistently run news stories casting a harsh light on Universal Church fund raising.
Especially controversial has been the Universal Church's emphasis on collecting tithes from members. Globo once ran a videotape leaked by an estranged associate of Mr. Macedo showing the church leader exhorting ministers to make collections. "You can't be shy," Mr. Macedo said. "Ask, ask, ask."
In Globo's view, Mr. Macedo's current investments at Record are highly suspect. "Where is that money coming from?" asks Octávio Florisbal, president of TV Globo, who says Record's ad revenues alone couldn't possibly pay for its expansion. He suggests that authorities look into whether Record is getting money from the Universal Church, which could violate the church's tax-exempt status.
Record's president, Alexandre Raposo, says suggestions that Record is being bankrolled by the Universal Church are false, and evidence of prejudice against evangelicals. He says Record's growth is easy to explain: Annual advertising revenue has more than doubled to around $700 million since 2004, and Mr. Macedo, who also sells inspirational books and CDs, has reinvested the profits. Mr. Raposo says the church pays Record to run religious programming after 1 a.m., but that's all the money it gives the network.
Globo says Mr. Macedo's recruiters play dirty pool, trying to hire away one telenovela leading lady midway through the seven-month run of a soap. Nevertheless, Globo says it has preserved the cream of its talent base and that some of the defectors to Record already want to come back.
Marcílio Moraes, a Record telenovela scriptwriter who had previously spent almost two decades at Globo, says he's happy to be working for Mr. Macedo's network. Mr. Moraes says that in his current hit Record telenovela, "Vidas Opostas" ("Opposite Lives"), he has enjoyed more creative freedom to deal with issues like crime and poverty than he ever had at Globo. Mr. Moraes says there's no way Globo advertisers would have wanted their brands associated with the raw realism of his soap, a Romeo and Juliet drama set amid Rio's gang wars.
Globo denies that it glosses over Brazil's social ills, and notes that a critically praised miniseries on slum life ended its run on Globo only a couple of years ago.
Mr. Moraes says he hasn't faced religious censorship at Mr. Macedo's network, and even scripted telenovela scenes in a convent and at a Catholic wedding in an earlier Record telenovela. Of course, he says, laughing, "There weren't any saints in the scenery."
Write to Matt Moffett at matthew.moffett@wsj.com
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Brazilian Minister
Takes On TV Giant
Upstart Network Sets Off
Salary Wars, Actor Raids;
Romance Amid Drug Gangs
By MATT MOFFETT
July 5, 2007; Page A1
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Edir Macedo, the leader of a huge evangelical Protestant church, knows firsthand the impact of the melodramas produced by TV Globo, South America's dominant broadcaster. After all, Globo once ran a scathing miniseries called "Decadência," about an unscrupulous minister who was a barely fictionalized version of Mr. Macedo himself.
Scenes from TV Globo miniseries 'Decadência' (left) and Rede Record telenovela 'Vidas Opostas'
Now, in a strange plot twist, Mr. Macedo is having his revenge against Globo and in the process turning what had been one of the world's least competitive TV markets on its ear. Mr. Macedo has invested tens of millions of dollars in an effort to transform a tiny religious-oriented network he owns, Rede Record, into a frank imitator of Globo. Over the past three years, Record has bought and expanded an old studio on 18 acres of land just a few miles from Globo's massive production complex. Offering salaries far above the going rate, Record has hired hundreds of actors, technicians and journalists -- most of whom had cut their teeth at Globo.
Media critic Fernão Pessoa Ramos says Record has undertaken an "explicit cloning project," copying everything from Globo's newsroom set to its three-point lighting for telenovelas, or soap operas. Record even tried to poach Globo's longtime studio announcer. When he turned down a big raise, Record hired away a stand-in Globo announcer who sounds just like him.
Brazil's telenovelas, or TV soap operas, heat up as programming battles loom between the biggest network and a tiny, former startup. Kelsey Hubbard reports.
Globo's face-off with its look-alike competitor represents an entertainment earthquake in Brazil, where Globo customarily pulls in more than half of prime-time viewers and about three-quarters of ad spending. Now, Record's emergence is bringing down the curtain on a tropical version of the old Hollywood studio system, in which Globo dominated all aspects of the entertainment scene and dictated its will to artists. "For the first time, actors have real negotiating power and real options," says Lavínia Vlasak, a former Globo supporting actress who moved to Record for her first starring telenovela role.
Mr. Macedo, 62 years old, whose church has gained notoriety for its penchants for exorcism and aggressive fund raising, is an unlikely benefactor for Brazil's dramatic community. Universal Church finances have been the subject of numerous Brazilian criminal investigations and Mr. Macedo was jailed for several days in 1992 on charges of fraud and "charlatanism"; the case was later dropped.
But thanks to pressure from Record, Globo has had to hand out lucrative long-term contracts to scores of actors to keep them from jumping ship. Salaries of top-line actors have risen by about 80% over the past few years, according to the actors union in São Paulo. Some cameramen have doubled their salaries by moving to Record, their union says.
Record has provided a fresh start for underexploited Globo talents like Tiago Santiago. For more than two decades, Mr. Santiago, 44, labored at Globo as an actor, consigned to bit parts, and then as a soap scriptwriter, who had to swallow his pride while more senior authors often got the credit for his work. "In Brazilian TV, you took what Globo gave you and kept quiet," says Mr. Santiago.
In 2004, Mr. Santiago took a chance and accepted a job as a lead author at Record. His Record telenovela, "Prova de Amor," or "Proof of Love," a romance that had elements of crime and suspense, was a surprise hit. His $100,000 a month salary at Record is 10 times what he received at Globo -- with the possibility for bonuses for beating Globo in the ratings.
Record says it has invested about $150 million over the past three years on talent and infrastructure, though some analysts say the figure is much higher. Record is also making big bids for special events, paying a record $60 million for rights to transmit the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Games.
In São Paulo, Brazil's largest market, Record has about doubled its share of prime-time viewers to 16% over the past three years, and surged into second place from the third position it had been stuck in for years. Overall, Record still trails Globo by a wide margin. But certain Record programs, such as its morning magazine show, now give Globo a run for its money.
A former worker in a state lottery, Mr. Macedo founded his Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in 1977. It has attracted several million Brazilian followers and spread to more than 100 countries. The church's riveting services, including ceremonies to exorcise demons and heal the sick, have proved especially popular among the working classes. Another attraction is the church's preaching that prayer can help worshipers achieve earthly treasure, especially if they donate regularly to the church.
Until its recent secular turn, Record was best known for the 1995 broadcast of a sermon by a Universal Church preacher during which he kicked a statue of a saint revered by Brazil's Roman Catholics, triggering a huge uproar.
A few weeks prior to the kicking episode, Globo had run "Decadência," the miniseries about a sleazy, luxury-loving minister, whose appearance and speech drew comparisons to Mr. Macedo's. In addition, Globo, whose controlling Marinho family has historically been close to Brazil's Catholic establishment, has persistently run news stories casting a harsh light on Universal Church fund raising.
Especially controversial has been the Universal Church's emphasis on collecting tithes from members. Globo once ran a videotape leaked by an estranged associate of Mr. Macedo showing the church leader exhorting ministers to make collections. "You can't be shy," Mr. Macedo said. "Ask, ask, ask."
In Globo's view, Mr. Macedo's current investments at Record are highly suspect. "Where is that money coming from?" asks Octávio Florisbal, president of TV Globo, who says Record's ad revenues alone couldn't possibly pay for its expansion. He suggests that authorities look into whether Record is getting money from the Universal Church, which could violate the church's tax-exempt status.
Record's president, Alexandre Raposo, says suggestions that Record is being bankrolled by the Universal Church are false, and evidence of prejudice against evangelicals. He says Record's growth is easy to explain: Annual advertising revenue has more than doubled to around $700 million since 2004, and Mr. Macedo, who also sells inspirational books and CDs, has reinvested the profits. Mr. Raposo says the church pays Record to run religious programming after 1 a.m., but that's all the money it gives the network.
Globo says Mr. Macedo's recruiters play dirty pool, trying to hire away one telenovela leading lady midway through the seven-month run of a soap. Nevertheless, Globo says it has preserved the cream of its talent base and that some of the defectors to Record already want to come back.
Marcílio Moraes, a Record telenovela scriptwriter who had previously spent almost two decades at Globo, says he's happy to be working for Mr. Macedo's network. Mr. Moraes says that in his current hit Record telenovela, "Vidas Opostas" ("Opposite Lives"), he has enjoyed more creative freedom to deal with issues like crime and poverty than he ever had at Globo. Mr. Moraes says there's no way Globo advertisers would have wanted their brands associated with the raw realism of his soap, a Romeo and Juliet drama set amid Rio's gang wars.
Globo denies that it glosses over Brazil's social ills, and notes that a critically praised miniseries on slum life ended its run on Globo only a couple of years ago.
Mr. Moraes says he hasn't faced religious censorship at Mr. Macedo's network, and even scripted telenovela scenes in a convent and at a Catholic wedding in an earlier Record telenovela. Of course, he says, laughing, "There weren't any saints in the scenery."
Write to Matt Moffett at matthew.moffett@wsj.com
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Re: THE HOUSE OF DEATH.....
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By their silence today, U.S. Senators condone House of Death murders
By Bill Conroy,
Posted on Tue Jul 17th, 2007 at 08:35:42 PM EST
In a Congressional hearing today marking the height of hypocrisy in Washington, Senators on both sides of the aisle beat their chests over the long prison terms doled out to two Border Patrol agents who shot a drug smuggler in the rump and then covered up evidence of the shooting.
The U.S. Attorney on the hot seat for the prosecutions today was Johnny Sutton, who also helped to spearhead the cover-up of the U.S. government’s complicity in a dozen murders in Mexico – a case dubbed the House of Death. The victims, with the help of a U.S. government informant, were tortured, murdered and then buried in the backyard of a house in Juarez.
But the House of Death was not on the agenda today in the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Instead, this was a day to feign bipartisanship (likely as part of some pre-arranged barter involving pork-related votes). And it was a day to make political hay on the immigration issue — an opportunity for Republicans and Democrats alike to wave the flag over border security. In that context, asking questions about the U.S. government’s complicity in the mass murder of Mexican citizens doesn’t send the right signals, I suppose.
Here’s what the Houston Chronicle had to say about today’s hearing:
Tackling a case that has become a flashpoint in the immigration debate, senators today denounced as excessive the prison sentences for two Border Patrol agents from Texas who shot and wounded a fleeing, unarmed Mexican drug smuggler.
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized the 12- and 11-year prison sentences given to ex-agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, respectively. And they strongly questioned federal prosecutors' decision to charge the pair with using a weapon during the commission of a crime — a 10-year penalty that most often is used against drug dealers and other criminals, not law enforcement officers obliged to carry guns as part of their jobs.
… "The public sees two Border Patrol agents serving long prison sentences while an admitted drug smuggler goes free," Cornyn said, adding that he has "serious concerns about the judgment calls made during the prosecution of this case."
In his defense, Sutton marshaled the cause of Lady Justice, pointing out that Compean and Ramos committed serious crimes under the color of law. He failed to mention, however, nor did the fine Senators inquire about, the House of Death murders committed under the color of law in Juarez.
Why not? Could it be that murdering Mexicans is not a crime in America, but imprisoning law enforcers who shoot or murder Mexicans is a crime?
Or is it the drug-dealing angle that makes the shooting and murders an act of justice?
If that’s the case, then why bother with having any future trials for anyone who is suspected of being involved in the drug trade. Hell, we can just line them up, torture them and then blow their heads off — maybe even bury the corpses under the Capitol. If we happen to grab a few innocent people by mistake, who’s going to know — or care?
Well, that line of thinking is pure bullshit, which appears to be in favor in Washington these days.
More from the Houston Chronicle:
Johnny Sutton, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, strenuously defended his prosecutors' decisions in the controversial case, which has proven a headache for the White House, the Justice Department and Border Patrol. Sutton himself has been attacked as "Johnny Satan" and as the Mike Nifong of Texas, a reference to the much-criticized North Carolina prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case who was recently disbarred for misconduct.
"Agents Compean and Ramos crossed the line. They are not heroes," Sutton said. "They deliberately shot an unarmed man in the back without justification, destroyed evidence to cover it up and lied about it. These are serious crimes."
Oddly, it also is a “serious crime” for federal agents, prosecutors and bureaucrats to allow a U.S. government informant to participate in torturing and murdering a dozen Mexican citizens and then subsequently seek to cover up evidence of their complicity in the carnage.
Sandy Gonzalez, the former head of DEA’s field office in El Paso who blew the whistle on the House of Death cover-up, minces no words on that score:
"It is surreal and incomprehensible for members of the three branches of government, and of the so-called mainstream media, to have concealed the government's involvement in multiple murders [at the House of Death] from the public, thereby becoming co-conspirators in the cover-up as well as alleged accessories after the fact. The American people need to know this.
Narco News has already exposed, and documented, that the cover-up of the House of Death murders goes to the very top of the U.S. departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Narco News also has reported on the fact that staff members of prominent Republican and Democratic U.S. Senators, including the current chair of the Judiciary Committee, have been briefed on the cover-up.
Now it appears, by their silence, both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are condoning that cover-up — and by extension have become complicit in the bloodshed.
Come on fine Senators. Prove me wrong.
By their silence today, U.S. Senators condone House of Death murders
By Bill Conroy,
Posted on Tue Jul 17th, 2007 at 08:35:42 PM EST
In a Congressional hearing today marking the height of hypocrisy in Washington, Senators on both sides of the aisle beat their chests over the long prison terms doled out to two Border Patrol agents who shot a drug smuggler in the rump and then covered up evidence of the shooting.
The U.S. Attorney on the hot seat for the prosecutions today was Johnny Sutton, who also helped to spearhead the cover-up of the U.S. government’s complicity in a dozen murders in Mexico – a case dubbed the House of Death. The victims, with the help of a U.S. government informant, were tortured, murdered and then buried in the backyard of a house in Juarez.
But the House of Death was not on the agenda today in the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Instead, this was a day to feign bipartisanship (likely as part of some pre-arranged barter involving pork-related votes). And it was a day to make political hay on the immigration issue — an opportunity for Republicans and Democrats alike to wave the flag over border security. In that context, asking questions about the U.S. government’s complicity in the mass murder of Mexican citizens doesn’t send the right signals, I suppose.
Here’s what the Houston Chronicle had to say about today’s hearing:
Tackling a case that has become a flashpoint in the immigration debate, senators today denounced as excessive the prison sentences for two Border Patrol agents from Texas who shot and wounded a fleeing, unarmed Mexican drug smuggler.
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized the 12- and 11-year prison sentences given to ex-agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, respectively. And they strongly questioned federal prosecutors' decision to charge the pair with using a weapon during the commission of a crime — a 10-year penalty that most often is used against drug dealers and other criminals, not law enforcement officers obliged to carry guns as part of their jobs.
… "The public sees two Border Patrol agents serving long prison sentences while an admitted drug smuggler goes free," Cornyn said, adding that he has "serious concerns about the judgment calls made during the prosecution of this case."
In his defense, Sutton marshaled the cause of Lady Justice, pointing out that Compean and Ramos committed serious crimes under the color of law. He failed to mention, however, nor did the fine Senators inquire about, the House of Death murders committed under the color of law in Juarez.
Why not? Could it be that murdering Mexicans is not a crime in America, but imprisoning law enforcers who shoot or murder Mexicans is a crime?
Or is it the drug-dealing angle that makes the shooting and murders an act of justice?
If that’s the case, then why bother with having any future trials for anyone who is suspected of being involved in the drug trade. Hell, we can just line them up, torture them and then blow their heads off — maybe even bury the corpses under the Capitol. If we happen to grab a few innocent people by mistake, who’s going to know — or care?
Well, that line of thinking is pure bullshit, which appears to be in favor in Washington these days.
More from the Houston Chronicle:
Johnny Sutton, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, strenuously defended his prosecutors' decisions in the controversial case, which has proven a headache for the White House, the Justice Department and Border Patrol. Sutton himself has been attacked as "Johnny Satan" and as the Mike Nifong of Texas, a reference to the much-criticized North Carolina prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case who was recently disbarred for misconduct.
"Agents Compean and Ramos crossed the line. They are not heroes," Sutton said. "They deliberately shot an unarmed man in the back without justification, destroyed evidence to cover it up and lied about it. These are serious crimes."
Oddly, it also is a “serious crime” for federal agents, prosecutors and bureaucrats to allow a U.S. government informant to participate in torturing and murdering a dozen Mexican citizens and then subsequently seek to cover up evidence of their complicity in the carnage.
Sandy Gonzalez, the former head of DEA’s field office in El Paso who blew the whistle on the House of Death cover-up, minces no words on that score:
"It is surreal and incomprehensible for members of the three branches of government, and of the so-called mainstream media, to have concealed the government's involvement in multiple murders [at the House of Death] from the public, thereby becoming co-conspirators in the cover-up as well as alleged accessories after the fact. The American people need to know this.
Narco News has already exposed, and documented, that the cover-up of the House of Death murders goes to the very top of the U.S. departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Narco News also has reported on the fact that staff members of prominent Republican and Democratic U.S. Senators, including the current chair of the Judiciary Committee, have been briefed on the cover-up.
Now it appears, by their silence, both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are condoning that cover-up — and by extension have become complicit in the bloodshed.
Come on fine Senators. Prove me wrong.