The Hypocritical Tactics of Christian Media
Research
Job 13:7 Will ye speak
wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Christian Media Research website is dedicated to making
personal attacks on the believers of Jesus Christ.
Many
of the issues examined at Christian Media Exposed .com would
be of little concern to most people, even believers. The
fact that James Lloyd and Susan Lenox have been
using drugs during the past 10
years and lived together without
being married, while James was still married to his previous
wife Anita would be of little importance.
Even Lloyd's previous habitual drunken episodes might be overlooked as an
extension of a sort of Christian charity towards a fallen
brother redeemed, born into sin but purchased as a
bondservant of Christ.
So what if, while
under oath, Susan Lenox alleged a rape attempt against her
by
James? That was a long time ago they might say.
And indeed, sensitivity toward a repentant brother should be
our core desire for the saints. Christian charity dictates
that we "...do unto others..." as we would have done unto
us.
So if these issues should
relegated to "the old man" of the flesh, why are these issues
pertinent in the lives of James Lloyd and Susan Lenox?
Colossians 3:9 "Lie
notone to another, seeing that ye have
put off the old man with his deeds;"
Truth is
cavalierly abused at Christian Media. Indeed, though
they claim to be driven by God's Holy Spirit, fantastic
claims are made about every prophetic book or tape set.
During one commercial, Lloyd's followers are told that they
"need" the information, such information being "necessary".
Ephesians
4:22 "That ye put off concerning the former
conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to
the deceitful lusts;"
Mercy is a concept which is not
recognized at Christian Media. If Lloyd and Lenox have
indeed been "saved by grace" and having been "delivered"
from such, why do they they rail upon the saints of God as
though they had no part in "original sin"? It is the
profound hypocrisy of James Lloyd, "doing business as
Christian Media Network", which makes these issues relevant.
2nd Corinthians 4:1 "Therefore seeing we
have this ministry,as we have received mercy,
we faint not;"
[emphasis added]
Christian Media Research
Christian Media Research
was originally a website, dedicated to making personal
attacks upon Steve Quayle. The anti-Quayle website
included maps to Quayle's home, and a photograph of Steve's
wife. After Quayle made a deal with Lloyd, the website took
its current form. Instead of making personal attacks upon
Quayle, James began a series of attacks upon believers with
whom he disagreed, most being perceived as economic
competitors of Christian Media.
Slander smells its worst when
stirred with hypocrisy and nowhere is it stirred up and
dished out with more relish and hypocrisy than at Lloyd's character
assassination site,
"Christian Media Research .com". In his smear pieces, Lloyd
attempts to disguise the smell with Bible passages, which
always seem to be saying what he wants them to say at any
given time. While James rails on
people for various "sins" with the flimsiest of evidence and
of which he judges them all to be guilty, he has no moral,
scriptural or ethical ground for making the claims he makes
in his Bible flavored slander.
2nd
Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden
things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor
handling the word of God deceitfully; but by
manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to
every man's conscience in the sight of God.
[emphasis added]
If you examine the articles on
that website, you will notice a regular pattern for
attacking the saints. The reader will notice in the libelous
writings of James Lloyd, that he almost always
starts with a mention of scripture and
ends with mention of scripture; the rest is pure James
Lloyd. When the Bible is used in Lloyd's slimy smear pieces,
it is used as one might use a nail to fasten something
loose. Nails are placed at either end of the piece, with
nails added anywhere Lloyd's premise becomes too flimsy to
support his contention.
This habitual "handling the word of God deceitfully;"
represents business as usual at Christian Media. Although
Lloyd claims to be a minister and a "Prophet" of God, he
thinks nothing of ruining the reputations of innocent
Christians for the sake of sales and a larger market share.
Another thread which runs
through Lloyd's diatribes against the saints is that his
victims are all people which Lloyd perceives to threaten his
economic relations. If such a target is chosen who is not
involved in Christian ministry (Lloyd's "competition"), they
will be associated with one.
Lloyd uses his "ministry" like a
weapon with evil intent. Indeed, one poor woman (a
Christian Media customer and radio listener) was railed on
by James Lloyd on the radio and called a "slut" and "whore"
an "adulteress" and a "slut puppy" ( Is
this the Spirit of God or the spirit of the Devil?), merely because she had
aided a man (Craig Portwood) whom James Lloyd deemed to be a
competitor. On his October 22, 2002, Apocalypse
Chronicles program, Lloyd leveled a number of false, vicious
accusations against this innocent woman and also said that
Portwood was "...shacked up in a motel right now, with
another man's wife, going to court, trying to get the money
from the inheritance that the husband got, to finance
himself in a new Christian Network...". This was completely
false and Lloyd refused to supply any documentation to
support his claim. Likewise, Lloyd went so far as to
insinuate that her child had been molested. His "sources"
remain anonymous and his "evidence" remains undisclosed.
In the above slander, James
Lloyd also used the slimy tactic of employing a "layered
approach" to his lying, embedding lies within lies. Not only
did the woman not "shack up" with anybody, but her
husband was not even a believer, much less a listener. The
woman in her own home, more than 30 miles away from the
motel where Mr. Portwood was living---alone. Thus, Lloyd's
listeners (including any who might have supported Portwood's
broadcast financially), were given the subtle message that
any who might listen to Portwood's broadcast would be
putting their home at risk.
When these sleazy, false
allegations were presented to Lloyd, in a counter to his
lawsuit against Portwood and the woman, Lloyd hid behind a
statute of limitations defense. He was later judged guilty
of defaming Portwood and the woman with similar smears in
another internet article --- With malice!
Malice:
–noun
1.
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering
on another, either because of a hostile
impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
2.
Law.
evil intent on the part of a
person who commits a wrongful act injurious to
others.
[Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF < L
malitia. See mal-, -ice]
James Lloyd assaulted this woman
verbally on the radio "with evil intent" and then he attempted to personally intervene
in her divorce. Worse yet, he sued this woman, calling her a
liar, after she publicized the contact. Lloyd did not expect
the following telephone call between her ex-husband and her
daughter, to be recorded and made available to a jury, nor on this website.
To hear that audio, click here.
In that recording, it is not
just revealed that Lloyd did attempt to meddle in this
woman's divorce, but that Lloyd then wanted the man to
return the "favor", by testifying for them in their lawsuit
against the man's ex-wife. Such back door dealings are
typical of Lloyd's sneaky, underhanded "research".
What is even more revealing is
the fact while this woman was being accused of adultery by
James Lloyd on international radio station WBCQ, a woman Lloyd likes to call "Christian
Media friend" Jennifer Ellis, had "volunteered" to
help at the station, later moving in with James
Lloyd's friend, Alan Weiner , the
owner radio station WBCQ and pushing Alan's wife Elayne,
out of the picture.
As a result of that love affair
between a "Christian Media friend" Jennifer Ellis and
station owner Alan Weiner, Alan (and Jennifer pictured together in 2004) divorced
his wife of 20 years to be with Jennifer, filing the initial
paperwork in the winter of 2004. Weiner's wife Elayne was
devastated.
Oddly enough, not only has James not
criticized his "friend" for breaking up a marriage, but
Jennifer's (now ex) husband Robert Ellis, continues to do a radio show
with Christian Media as though nothing had happened.
Of course, having a Christian Media "friend" sharing a bed
with a radio station owner has not resulted in a rebuke. Of
course, such an arrangement could only serve Lloyds purposes. Hypocrisy is Lloyd's stock in trade. Records show that after
Weiner's divorce from his wife Elayne was finalized, Alan
and Jennifer were married in July of 2007, on Alan's
birthday.
In another example of Lloyd
peddling his deceit, he calls one David Wilson on November
29, 2006, trying to
manipulate Mr. Wilson, presumably to influence Mr. Wilson's
inevitable testimony in the case.
In that telephone call, which
was captured on Mr. Wilson's "Call-wave" device (pictured to
the right), Lloyd nervously slanders defendant Craig
Portwood, falsely telling Mr. Wilson that the defendant was
trying to implicate Mr. Wilson and another individual as
well. The tactic backfired on Lloyd.
This type of back alley
maneuvering is not the kind of thing one would expect to see
from a "vessel of honor" as James is fond of calling
himself, yet this is exactly the quality of "research" which
goes into any given smear published on Christian Media
research. In essence, Lloyd believes anything which
dovetails with his agenda driven theories and once self
convinced, he pursues them as though his theories were
proven fact.
What
is even more telling of Lloyd's agenda driven conclusions in
this episode, is the fact that Portwood did not accuse
anyone, nor did he name any individuals, but merely
forwarded two documents to Lloyd's
lawyer (The pertinent portions of these documents are
highlighted. To read that document, click on the thumbnail
at the left).
The first was a copy of a forum
page, which Lloyd asserted contained postings made in
Lloyd's name by Portwood. That document shows the internet
protocol (ip) numbers, indicating the location from whence
the postings were made.
The second document forwarded to
Lloyd's lawyer (To read that document, click on the
thumbnail at the Right) shows that the internet protocol (ip)
numbers which appeared on the posts, trace to a company
called SEI DATA, which is located, not in Oregon where
Portwood lives, but in South East Indiana. James knows that
both Mr. Wilson and one Greg Jones (referred to in the audio
clip) live in SEI DATA's service area, South East Indiana.
Thus, rather than seeing that he
was wrong about who posted these silly things, Lloyd
deceitfully told Mr. Wilson that Portwood was trying to
implicate Mr. Wilson, when in reality, it was the data itself
and not any statement Portwood had made, which was
implicatory. This tactic of
distorting data to suit the purposes and agendas of James
Lloyd doing business as Christian Media Network is a common
Lloyd maneuver.
Another individual slandered is
Craig Portwood (mentioned above). The very day (October
18, 2002) Lloyd launched a premeditated an unprovoked attack
upon Mr. Portwood, one of James Lloyd's slander pieces on
Steve Quayle stated that Portwood
"...left Christian Media on satisfactory terms" (Click on
thumbnail to read the reference). Yet while this article was
on the internet (a
copy of that page can also be viewed at the internet
archive.), Lloyd began telling his radio listeners
that Portwood had been "discharged" from Christian Media
for "adultery".
The question naturally arises:
was Lloyd lying in the article?
"Breathing out threatenings and
slaughter"
In
one incident, James Lloyd personally threatened one Steve
Zychal (aka Steve Z),
accusing him of defaming Lloyd, even as Lloyd had slandered
Steve calling him a "...slimy little Sleazebag of the worst
kind" (click on thumbnail to the right).
In that threat dated August 1,
2005 (see thumbnail to the left), Lloyd told Steve in
essence "I know where you live" as Lloyd had hired
investigators to find him. Lloyd also said that he wanted to
"make an example" of Steve. Lloyd also promised to contact
Steve's employer (no doubt to slander Steve in an attempt to
interrupt his employment) and to release a "publicity
package", which would no doubt slander Steve as had been
done on the Christian Media "research" site.
In that threat, Lloyd also
demanded that Steve do as Lloyd said or Lloyd would publish
Steve's address, unlisted telephone number, birthdate, and
other information which identity thieves regularly use to
ruin people financially. This information was to be
sent to "hundreds" of Yahoo forums in the event that Steve
did not submit to Lloyd's self perceived authority. Steve
did submit to Lloyd's perceived "authority" and the slander
piece on Steve was removed from Lloyd's slander website.