I went to the site, nothing about TWI but the schedule was about nine months old so they may not have the site updated.
Here's the mission statement from the first page.
"Terry Bradshaw's "Pick of the Week" BNC's Pick of the Week is a series of television segments aired on MSNBC. This compelling series highlights companies, enterprises, and organizations that represent the backbone of America's economy: the entrepreneur, the third generation business owner, and the Executive Director of a non-profit organization diligently serving the community."
He may not even know much about TWI, someone may have just done a sales job on his staff to get some cheap publicity. There are a lot of companies/organizations listed here.
Here is more information to add to my previous post.
www.Nationalbooking.com is the company that books Bradshaw. Their # is 972-240-2222, fax # 972-240-1165
MSNBC complaint # 201-583-5000
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quote:If you want to comment about something on MSNBC TV that you saw during the day or that doesn’t pertain to a particular show, click here: MSNBC TV. mailto:viewerservices@msnbc.com
Below is a copy of the letter I just emailed to this show.
__________
Dear Terry Bradshaw and Staff,
You recently showcased The Way International on your television show.
I am writing to encourage you to investigate this organization (and any other you showcase) a bit more before you choose them as examples of "a non-profit organization diligently serving the community."
I was involved with The Way International for many years and progressed through most of the training and classes they offered at that time, including their Way Corps leadership training program and two separate committments to the WOW missionary program. My whole family was involved; my parents, two of my brothers and their wives were all extensively involved, working closely with the very top leadership of The Way.
None of us are involved now. There is only one reason for this, the organization is quite corrupt. A simple search of the internet or a nexus search of The Way International will reveal a long history of scandal and duplicity. The community of The Way International does more to serve the leadership of the organization than the other way around.
Any person unfortunate enough to get involved with this ministry will quickly find themselves becoming deluged with a doctrine that has separated families, driven some members to suicide and driven many members to financial ruin. One example of this doctrine is the adamant requirement of it's followers to not be in debt, to include mortgages.
While this message may be a good one in and of itself the ultimate purpose of this teaching is to force its membership to have more financial resource available to the ministry. Many members find themselves giving either more and more money to the ministry or more and more time (after all if you have no debt you have don't have to work as many hours at a secular job) only to find themselves excommunicated (or to use the terminology of The Way "marked and avoided") after their usefulness has expired.
One older couple I know of devoted much of their life savings and labor to The Way International at it's headquarters in Western Ohio. They both found themselves struggling with physical infirmaties only to realize The Way had turned it's back on them, after costing them much of their life savings. They were told they were not believing God and were subsequently shoved to the side. They only receive teaching tapes now from the ministry. The reason being that they need enough doctrine to once again believe God and receive healing from him. Some circles say they are fortunate enough to even receive these tapes.
One other man, who had been a longtime leader in The Way, lost his daughter in a tragic aircraft accident. Donna Martindale, the estranged wife of former President L Craig Martindale, declared publicly that this tragedy was the result of this man's disobedience to the doctrines of the The Way International.
There is a laundry list of charges and coverups associated L Craig Martindale, the former President. While he has been summarily removed from power the hardheartedness and control so prevalent under his management is still very much in evidence under the new management.
These incidents are but a sliver of the evidence available about this organization.
Please consider these things and search for yourself if you doubt my veracity.
I didn't see any info about TWI on their site, but it's pretty strange. I am not going to write and complain, because their advertising will probably end up drawing more people here and bring up dialogue about their crimes instead.
As far as making GSCafe the #1 hit for TWI, it can be done but pawtucket might need to adjust his robots.txt, and any of you that can post it elsewhere need to post a link to other sites saying things like Info about The Way International
Basically the way to get a higher ranking on google is for other sites to link back to you, and to update the site as much as possible. I don't think that these forums are allowed to be read by crawlers, so the site doesn't appear to be updated that much. I'd link to GSCafe on my site but I don't want my parents to see it via me.
My friend has talked to a top producer at the news channel. They spent a day at TWI HQ filming and allegegly they were not told all the truth.
They are in the process of deciding what to do about the situation, and they may be pulling the piece as a first step.
They were very disturbed after reading documents posted at excultworld, and receiving e-mails from GS posters about TWI.
My friend knows more but can't say yet. I personally think that this will blow up in TWI's face.
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WHOA Good Work IMF! You got on top of this immediately! As did everyone who wrote in! (Dizzy inspired me to write a short note myself) What a team we are when the emergency arises! ;)-->
Ignorance breeds stupidity and stupidity breeds TWI offshoots.
Call me a skeptic, but you know what they say about there's no such thing as bad press...somehow I think their spin doctors will turn it around for them.
Love y'all,
-Colleen
GO VOLS!!
''...show a little faith, there's magic in the night, you ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright, oh, and that's alright with me...''
He may be just a spokesperson. Was he actually part of the taping? I haven't seen it so I don't know. Some folks on tv just read what's on the cue card. Not an excuse for him but it is what some do.
Anyone know more about how this got on the air? It didn't look like a commercial from the web site. It looked more like the company somehow selected TWI versus being paid to put them on the air. Did I miss something about them PAYING to be there?
According to my friend Pat, Jim has been in contact throughout the day with the executives at the news channel after learning about the situation brought to light by rottie girl.
After being informed that TWI was in litigation, and reading some of the Peeler court documents on excultworld, action was put in motion to correct the situation.
He has just informed me of the following:
Bradshaw, Fox, and MSNBC have been told of the situation,and they will not be running the spot again.
TWI paid $29,000 for the taping of the spot at HQ, and do not own the copyright on it.(A wise use of member's donations to be sure....)
Bradshaw was just a "talking head" who tapes several of these spots in one sitting.
They have received numerous complaints and Jim says that they seem to be really upset over the matter.
TWI, you are so out of your league messing with these guys. Can we say splattered like a bug on the windshield.....
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I went to the site, nothing about TWI but the schedule was about nine months old so they may not have the site updated.
Here's the mission statement from the first page.
"Terry Bradshaw's "Pick of the Week" BNC's Pick of the Week is a series of television segments aired on MSNBC. This compelling series highlights companies, enterprises, and organizations that represent the backbone of America's economy: the entrepreneur, the third generation business owner, and the Executive Director of a non-profit organization diligently serving the community."
He may not even know much about TWI, someone may have just done a sales job on his staff to get some cheap publicity. There are a lot of companies/organizations listed here.
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Here is more information to add to my previous post.
www.Nationalbooking.com is the company that books Bradshaw. Their # is 972-240-2222, fax # 972-240-1165
MSNBC complaint # 201-583-5000
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MSNBC email addresses:
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3303518/
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Thanks for posting the stuff that I couldn't get on my computer. And you're right, I guess we don't know that Bradshaw is involved.
What gall TWI has. I wonder which one of the above they consider themselves to be? They sure as heck arn't a ministry. Never was, never will be.
GRRRL POWER!
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Below is a copy of the letter I just emailed to this show.
__________
Dear Terry Bradshaw and Staff,
You recently showcased The Way International on your television show.
I am writing to encourage you to investigate this organization (and any other you showcase) a bit more before you choose them as examples of "a non-profit organization diligently serving the community."
I was involved with The Way International for many years and progressed through most of the training and classes they offered at that time, including their Way Corps leadership training program and two separate committments to the WOW missionary program. My whole family was involved; my parents, two of my brothers and their wives were all extensively involved, working closely with the very top leadership of The Way.
None of us are involved now. There is only one reason for this, the organization is quite corrupt. A simple search of the internet or a nexus search of The Way International will reveal a long history of scandal and duplicity. The community of The Way International does more to serve the leadership of the organization than the other way around.
Any person unfortunate enough to get involved with this ministry will quickly find themselves becoming deluged with a doctrine that has separated families, driven some members to suicide and driven many members to financial ruin. One example of this doctrine is the adamant requirement of it's followers to not be in debt, to include mortgages.
While this message may be a good one in and of itself the ultimate purpose of this teaching is to force its membership to have more financial resource available to the ministry. Many members find themselves giving either more and more money to the ministry or more and more time (after all if you have no debt you have don't have to work as many hours at a secular job) only to find themselves excommunicated (or to use the terminology of The Way "marked and avoided") after their usefulness has expired.
One older couple I know of devoted much of their life savings and labor to The Way International at it's headquarters in Western Ohio. They both found themselves struggling with physical infirmaties only to realize The Way had turned it's back on them, after costing them much of their life savings. They were told they were not believing God and were subsequently shoved to the side. They only receive teaching tapes now from the ministry. The reason being that they need enough doctrine to once again believe God and receive healing from him. Some circles say they are fortunate enough to even receive these tapes.
One other man, who had been a longtime leader in The Way, lost his daughter in a tragic aircraft accident. Donna Martindale, the estranged wife of former President L Craig Martindale, declared publicly that this tragedy was the result of this man's disobedience to the doctrines of the The Way International.
There is a laundry list of charges and coverups associated L Craig Martindale, the former President. While he has been summarily removed from power the hardheartedness and control so prevalent under his management is still very much in evidence under the new management.
These incidents are but a sliver of the evidence available about this organization.
Please consider these things and search for yourself if you doubt my veracity.
Regards,
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
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I didn't see any info about TWI on their site, but it's pretty strange. I am not going to write and complain, because their advertising will probably end up drawing more people here and bring up dialogue about their crimes instead.
As far as making GSCafe the #1 hit for TWI, it can be done but pawtucket might need to adjust his robots.txt, and any of you that can post it elsewhere need to post a link to other sites saying things like Info about The Way International
Basically the way to get a higher ranking on google is for other sites to link back to you, and to update the site as much as possible. I don't think that these forums are allowed to be read by crawlers, so the site doesn't appear to be updated that much. I'd link to GSCafe on my site but I don't want my parents to see it via me.
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GREAT LETTER Dizzy Dog! I hope we can get GS up there so if people are looking for info on the Way this will come up as one of the first!
Ignorance breeds stupidity and stupidity breeds TWI offshoots.
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My friend has talked to a top producer at the news channel. They spent a day at TWI HQ filming and allegegly they were not told all the truth.
They are in the process of deciding what to do about the situation, and they may be pulling the piece as a first step.
They were very disturbed after reading documents posted at excultworld, and receiving e-mails from GS posters about TWI.
My friend knows more but can't say yet. I personally think that this will blow up in TWI's face.
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hmmm and the homework wasn't done before hand because...?
Since when do these high end networks run any piece without dotting their i's and crossing their t's?
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WHOA Good Work IMF! You got on top of this immediately! As did everyone who wrote in! (Dizzy inspired me to write a short note myself) What a team we are when the emergency arises!
;)-->
Ignorance breeds stupidity and stupidity breeds TWI offshoots.
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Mark Sanguinetti
Good work on your letter DizzyDog. Please send it. And I would send it to a few people at the station and not just one.
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Call me a skeptic, but you know what they say about there's no such thing as bad press...somehow I think their spin doctors will turn it around for them.
Love y'all,
-Colleen
GO VOLS!!
''...show a little faith, there's magic in the night, you ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright, oh, and that's alright with me...''
-Bruce Springsteen
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I got a response to my email to Broadcast News Channel:
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Here was my response.
It looks like they have received a number of complaints, so much so they are sending a form response.
____________________
"We have recently implemented the procedure below. We however do not
endorse any product or services of the featured companies or
organizations on our broadcast.
P.S. I am sincerely sorry for your negative experience, and we at BNC
do not wish to be associated with any organization that is causing
people pain."
Doreen Stevenson
Operations Manager
Broadcast News Channel
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I received the same response, I thought they addressed this quickly and maybe, MSNBC will do their own little investigation.
PSSSST MSNBC are you listening ????
Wouldn't it be great to see this stunt blow up in TWIs face with a full investigation of their little NON PROFIT (BULL....) Farm.
WAYWho?
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I love it! I am also going to write. Even with the form letter it shows that people are watching and not happy.
Excellent action everyone.
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I was such a fan of Terry he is so funny. Now gag me with a spoon.
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IMO, it's too bad they hadn't implemented that policy before they wasted their time and money on the TWI commercial.
But honestly, I would have liked to have seen it - would have been a good laugh I could have used this morning!
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wyteduv58,
He may be just a spokesperson. Was he actually part of the taping? I haven't seen it so I don't know. Some folks on tv just read what's on the cue card. Not an excuse for him but it is what some do.
Anyone know more about how this got on the air? It didn't look like a commercial from the web site. It looked more like the company somehow selected TWI versus being paid to put them on the air. Did I miss something about them PAYING to be there?
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UPDATE
According to my friend Pat, Jim has been in contact throughout the day with the executives at the news channel after learning about the situation brought to light by rottie girl.
After being informed that TWI was in litigation, and reading some of the Peeler court documents on excultworld, action was put in motion to correct the situation.
He has just informed me of the following:
Bradshaw, Fox, and MSNBC have been told of the situation,and they will not be running the spot again.
TWI paid $29,000 for the taping of the spot at HQ, and do not own the copyright on it.(A wise use of member's donations to be sure....)
Bradshaw was just a "talking head" who tapes several of these spots in one sitting.
They have received numerous complaints and Jim says that they seem to be really upset over the matter.
TWI, you are so out of your league messing with these guys. Can we say splattered like a bug on the windshield.....
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Very nice! I emailed a few times myself.
Looks like that cost TWI a bit of the believers hard earned ABS. Not that according to Wierwille it should have ever been there in the first place.
I also asked them to DO a report on TWI for what TWI really is.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood"..........but hey, I love to see a good Clothesline once in a while!
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Good work you all. Quickly and decisely carried out also.
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WrestlenotAgainst
Just a sudden thought. If TWI is willing to start advertising like that, where else are they going to go???
I think we ought to have emails and phone numbers ready for all the major networks so they can be contacted if such a thing happens again.
Obviously they are just getting desprate for more ABS, but as they enter the media more, I think they are going to see the error of their ways.
:D-->
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood"..........but hey, I love to see a good Clothesline once in a while!
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