Randi vs Peter Popoff on Inside Edition

Dang -- and I thought this was a resurrected thread from the first time around...

Randi got short shrift again, as usual. But perhaps more shows will be going after this sort of thing from now on.
 
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Dang -- and I thought this was a resurrected thread from the first time around...

Randi got short shrift again, as usual. But perhaps more shows will be going after this sort of thing from now on.
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I don't think Randi got shafted at all. Albeit he was briefly on, Randi came across as honest, sincere, and correct. Popoff, hiding from the camera and refusing an interview, appeared as someone interested only in money. Keep in mind the focus of the segment was Popoff, not Randi.

Up on youtube:
 
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I do not believe in evil, ... but this man is EVIL! And he is laughing all the way to the Bank of Jesus.
 
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I do not believe in evil, ... but this man is EVIL! And he is laughing all the way to the Bank of Jesus.
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I don't believe he was kicked out of the 9'th circle of hell, but man, if anyone could qualify. On the upside, he does human dignity a service by holding such an ugly mirror up for moderate fundamentalists to shudder at. That deserves a Porsche, at least? :shy:
 
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I must say that my respect for Inside Edition has gone waaaay up.

I've heard that several states' Attorneys General are collecting victim testimony. I hope this time Popoff ends up behind bars where he belongs.

I do think all this is a good argument for doing away with the tax exempt status for ALL religions. I mean, c'mon, the Catholics still claim all sorts of "miracles" in beatifying saints. That Church also gets lots of money from poor and desperate people.
 
Popoff most assuredly deserves to be in jail for what he did in the 80s. He continues to show his willingness to swindle in the name of god. When are people going to wise up? Argh!
 
So sad to see a family profit so much off of dishonesty and people's misfortune and desperation.
 
Original Airdate: 2/27/2007
A Profitable Prophet

Televangelist Peter Popoff claims he is a healer, and appears on infomercials seen across the country performing "miracles." He also says that the power of God flows through him and can cure whatever ails you. Popoff doesn't just heal your body, he says he can heal your wallet too.

But Popoff isn't new to television. Two decades ago, on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Popoff was exposed as a fraud by well-known skeptic James Randi.

Popoff claimed God spoke directly to him, and seemed to know everything about the people attending his crusades, including their health problems. But Randi took a scanner to some of Popoff's events and picked up radio transmissions. It turns out the voice Popoff heard wasn't God's, but his wife, Elizabeth's

The radio transmissions captured Elizabeth saying, "Hello Petey. I love you. I'm talking to you. Can you hear me? If you can't you're in trouble..."
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But is it really free? INSIDE EDITION ordered some "Miracle Water," which came with what Popoff calls a bag of sacred Dead Sea salt that you're supposed to sprinkle over a check for $27 and send to Popoff. But, as INSIDE EDITION found, it's really just a salt package you'd get in a deli or fast-food restaurant.
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INSIDE EDITION's Senior Investigative Correspondent, Matt Meagher, tried to talk to Popoff about the way he solicits money, but Popoff slammed his car door in Meagher's face.

James Randi says he's not surprised that Popoff is back. "Flim flam is his profession," Randi said. "That's what he does best. He's very good at it and naturally he's gonna go back to it."
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Full story: http://www.insideedition.com/ourstories/reports/story.aspx?storyid=639

Good for Inside Edition! They even included a randi.org link with the story.
 
Randi didn't get the shrift here, he got a good presentation. This article was mostly about Popof's present misdeeds. I'm impressed with this article, although I'm not normally a fan of ambush interviews.
 
From the tags I thought we were going to see something on vodka. (popov?)

Yeah this dude's scum. I wonder if he's still using the same tactics. I'd be interested in attempting to scan for wireless broadcasts at his current functions.
 
I hope Popoff gets what's coming to him. Also, I liked the journalism technique the reporter uses: See door about to close, wedge yourself into the door, and yell "Ouch! You're squeezing me!" I normally hate when they do stupid tricks like that, but I guess extreme swindlers call for extreme measures.
 
I'd like to ask a question about the "Inside Edition" item mentioned in last week's Swift newsletter, the one about Popoff: Who withdrew the item from YouTube, and why? Thanks guys!
 
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