BBC's Documentary on Mitt and Mormonism

[East Coast Bias]

Here is a link that will take you to the first of six parts found on youtube.

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This aired on March 27th on the BBC network.

My opinion of the documentary is that it was very slanted against the church for ratings purposes. I thought they did a poor job telling both sides of the story, and used selective editing to attempt to get across the point the were trying to make--Mormonism is a secret cult. Same old storyline that comes from focusing almost exclusively on ex-Mormons without giving the same amount of time to people who have benefitted from being members of the church (because we are all brainwashed according to the documentary so our opinion wouldn't matter is what they would like the audience to believe)

[Moliere]

Here is a link that will take you to the first of six parts found on youtube.

The Mormon Candidate Part 1/6 - YouTube

This aired on March 27th on the BBC network.

My opinion of the documentary is that it was very slanted against the church for ratings purposes. I thought they did a poor job telling both sides of the story, and used selective editing to attempt to get across the point the were trying to make--Mormonism is a secret cult. Same old storyline that comes from focusing almost exclusively on ex-Mormons without giving the same amount of time to people who have benefitted from being members of the church (because we are all brainwashed according to the documentary so our opinion wouldn't matter is what they would like the audience to believe)

Looks like they spend a lot of time talking to a currently polygamous family, which seems incredibly dishonest from a journalistic perspective. I don't mind them talking about the polygamous past, but the way it's portrayed in the documentary gives the inclination that there are still modern polygamous families in the church, which is not physically true. This fact alone tells me that the documentary is more interested in portraying a slanted view than telling the actual history. Well, I guess the fact it's a documentary tells me it would be slanted.

[Indy Coug]

There are over 100,000 members in the UK. It's a shame they couldn't locate any of them to dicuss their currently polygamous ways.

[edward777]

There are over 100,000 members in the UK. It's a shame they couldn't locate any of them to dicuss their currently polygamous ways.

Haha. Not sure they have any Mormon polygamists there. I know a lot has been said of Muslims with multiple wives in London and I once saw a documentary about a British rabbi who had become a polygamist.

[UtahDan]

Is this the one that has the interview of Jeffrey Holland and the one with (forget his name) the guys who is head of media affairs?

[DrumNFeather]

There's also a new one out called "10 Things You Didn't Know About the Mormons." The info was relatively accurate.

[Pheidippides]

There's also a new one out called "10 Things You Didn't Know About the Mormons." The info was relatively accurate.

And here I was hoping one of the items was "Lord Summerisle and his followers were Mormon".

[UtahDan]

I've only seen a part of it, but the section where the interviewer asks about the Strengthening the Members Committee is somewhat interesting.

[lambdacoug]

Here is a link that will take you to the first of six parts found on youtube.

The Mormon Candidate Part 1/6 - YouTube

This aired on March 27th on the BBC network.

My opinion of the documentary is that it was very slanted against the church for ratings purposes. I thought they did a poor job telling both sides of the story, and used selective editing to attempt to get across the point the were trying to make--Mormonism is a secret cult. Same old storyline that comes from focusing almost exclusively on ex-Mormons without giving the same amount of time to people who have benefitted from being members of the church (because we are all brainwashed according to the documentary so our opinion wouldn't matter is what they would like the audience to believe)

I'm pretty sure all ex-mormons had, at one time, the benefit of being a member of the church. Or, to take the other sense, a lot of ex-mormons have benefited from being a member of the church. I did, I learned a new language, lived in another culture and country, got a good education, etc...

[UtahDan]

Once people actually watch this thing, this thread is going to blow up.

[LiveCoug]

I'm pretty sure all ex-mormons had, at one time, the benefit of being a member of the church. Or, to take the other sense, a lot of ex-mormons have benefited from being a member of the church. I did, I learned a new language, lived in another culture and country, got a good education, etc...

LOL. Nice.

[UtahDan]

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Here is a montage of the parts of the JRH interview they used. You have to wonder if he knew he was going to be asked some of that. Parts even made me uncomfortable. Lots of interesting comments though.

[myboynoah]

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Here is a montage of the parts of the JRH interview they used. You have to wonder if he knew he was going to be asked some of that. Parts even made me uncomfortable. Lots of interesting comments though.

UD: Okay dammit, if you're not to take my three, count 'em, three previous hints, then I'll just bring it to you.

[UtahDan]

UD: Okay dammit, if you're not to take my three, count 'em, three previous hints, then I'll just bring it to you.

You lost me.

[UtahDan]

You lost me.

Nevermind I figured it out. By the way everyone seems to agree that journalistically this thing is a piece of crap. The exmos come out looking worse than anyone. But yeah, fair enough, I do think some interesting responses were given.