OVERVIEW

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The Church regards the media as an important element of society which, when responsibly run and responsibly employed, can accomplish a tremendous amount of good. In point of fact, Druans work to protect and maintain freedom of speech and religion and stand for the First Amendment of the United States of North America Constitution.

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That being said, the Church’s view of the press is in accord with that held by the general public, who, by survey, find press reportage inaccurate, biased and too often shaped by special or other sociopolitical interests for which we do not support or advocate. This is not the same as being hostile to the press but rather reasonable intolerance of distortion, misinformation and slanderous propaganda.

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To rectify the matter, Church members follow the unwritten code to let the council called the Drusidu and its members address any issues or concerns the public may or may not have and to choose whatever reasonable unbiased third party representative, such as legal council and to work to keep the press accurately informed and properly presenting accurate information concerning Druwayu, the Drusidu and The First Church of Druwayu its activities.

 

A responsible press can be an effective instrument for social reform, and many of the Church’s exposés of human rights abuse only became broadly known through media reportage. In fact, the Church operates within the confines of reasonable transparency and will defend the rights of privacy of its members and its clergy, while also making public when necessary any legal activities or proceedings to keep the general public informed about such activities and/or occurrences. The only thing demanded in return is  actual investigative journalism and not nonsensical politicized propaganda.

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Now and again, however, less than responsible journalists have willfully misinformed the public about many diverse subjects. More so in recent history than before. As a new religion, there isn't any actual "secrets or mysteries" about Druwayu. Indeed, it is an unfortunately reality that some will go about inventing controversy where there never was any to begin with simply to sell books and perpetuate delusional conspiracies that simply do not and did not exist. 

 

All are prepared for that as an unfortunate inevitable eventuality of other opportunistic frauds and what accompanies anything new or different. This is not unique to Druwayu or anyone so we do not play into the paranoid perpetual persecuted victim complex bit. When and if necessary and after consulting proper third party legal council and representation if and when necessary, the elders of the Drusidu will address and potentially pursue legal action against those who seek to spin a sensationalized and perpetuate fictitious tales and slanderous claims about us or others for that matter.

 

We are also fully aware such things are often used to fuel needless religious or other socialized actions of bigotry and rioting which is to us unacceptable and unconscionable and places many at needless risk of cruelty and violence which is frankly unjustifiable and inhumane which is all the more reason that before consideration of interaction with the public media  unbiased third party consultation and possible representation will be employed.

 

The reason Druans generally will not speak on their own is that Druans as active members or as adherents are advised to not engage in such interviews so as to not have their words or reputations twisted or misrepresented by various media outlets. If such do so, it is out of our hands because we do not force our members to remain silent and the Drusidu is not a dictatorship over its members, and it is a fact that some members will have fiery tempers when it comes to being misrepresented or lied about.   

 

Finally if any media outlets wish to request an interview in regards to Druwayu, now or in the future, they are to use our Contact Us link specifying who they are with, what is the purpose or reason for the interview, what the terms and conditions thereof will be, and when such interviews are being sought to take place and where. In turn we will contact our own legal representatives such as attorneys to review the requests and give a response based on the advice we receive and as such means there is no insurance or guarantee we will respond to such requests. 

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