Entertainment Reporter Will Sue, Saying He Was Fired To Satisfy Scientologists

Today's London Independent reports that in Los Angeles, entertainment journalist Roger Friedman says he plans to sue Fox News that fired him in April. Friedman, who has been a longstanding critic of the Church of Scientology, claims that Fox fired him in order to get actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta-- both adherents of Scientology-- to sign onto future movie projects. Cruise and Travolta say that Friedman was dismissed for writing a blog column encouraging the download of an illegally pirated version of the 20th Century movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." Friedman says that was a pretext.