User:Zappaz/sandbox/List of groups refered to as cults by the media
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This is a list of groups referred to as cults in the media, including those referred to as "sects" in French-language or United Kingdom media, and as such within the last 50 years.
Disclaimer': Inclusion of a group within this list is dependent upon that group being labelled a "cult" or "sect" by one or more of the listed sources. It does not imply that it has been proved, in any manner, that that group is a "cult" or "sect". Nor does it imply any harmful or beneficial aspects of that group. These terms may be used as pejoratives and their application to specific groups is sometimes controversial. Very few groups or organizations are willing to accept the label of "cult," and some groups have vehemently resisted such a classification. The definitions and common use of the term are examined in depth at the article on cults.
Not included in this list are personality cults (heads of state), fancults of popular culture, and groups that don't have actual followings (fictional or self-nominated groups).
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In alphabetical order
- ABC News, marked as (ABC);
- Asian Week, marked as (Asianweek);
- British Broadcasting Corporation, marked as (BBC);
- Le Monde Diplomatique, marked as (Le Monde Dip.);
- Le Nouvel Observateur, marked as (LN Observateur);
- Salon.com, marked as (Salon);
- San Diego Union Tribune, marked as (SDUT);
- San Francisco Chronicle, marked as (SF Chronicle);
- Sydney Morning Herald, marked as (Sydney M. H.);
- Time Magazine, marked as (Time);
- The Guardian, marked as (Guardian).
- The New York Times, marked as (NY Times);
- USA Today, marked as (USA Today)l;
- Washington Post's 1997 series, The Cult Controversy, marked as (WPost).
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In alphabetical order
- Al-Qaeda (Asianweek) (USA Today) (Le Monde Dip.) (LN Observateur)
- Aquarian Concepts (SDUT),
- Group in Sedona, Arizona. Subject of a critical segment on Dateline NBC
- Assemblies of God (BBC)
- Aum Shinrikyo (Wpost) (BBC),
- Branch Davidians (Wpost) (Salon) (SF Chronicle) ,
- Manson Family (WPost),
- Chen Tao (BBC)[1]
- Children of God (a.k.a. "The Family") (WPost) (Guardian)} (NY Times)
- Church Universal and Triumphant (BBC)
- Concerned Christians (BBC) (Wpost),
- Colonia Dignidad Paul Schäfer's Villa Baviera (NY Times)(BBC)],
- est (WPost)
- Exclusive Brethren (BBC)(Guardian)
- Heaven's Gate (Wpost) (Time) ,
- ISKCON (AKA Hare Krishna) (Salon)
- Lyndon LaRouche movement (Wpost) (Guardian)
- MOVE (Salon) (WPost)
- Mungiki (BBC),
- Order of the Solar Temple (Salon) (WPost),
- Posse Comitatus (WPost),
- Quillabamba Pentecostal (BBC)
- Raelism (Salon) (Guardian)
- Rajneesh/OSHO (Salon) (WPost)
- Roch Theriault (Salon),
- Sathya Sai Baba (Salon)
- Scientology (Salon) (WPost)
- Symbionese Liberation Army (WPost) (Guardian) (SF Chronicle),
- Synanon [http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/03/29feature.html (Salon)
- Temple of Set (SF Chronicle)
- The Way International (WPost)
- Thuggee, the cult of Kali (BBC),
- Unification Church (Salon) (WPost) (Guardian) (SF Chronicle)}
- Westboro Baptist Church of Fred Phelps (Salon)
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