The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, president of the Unification Church, who already owns the Washington Times has purchased the UPI wire service. Sun Myung Moon plans to keep UPI as an independent wire service. As you may know UPI has been a well respected news service for many years, and it is the service that first broke the news of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

UPI at one time had about 5,000 newspapers and broadcast clients. Former Moonie, Steve Hassan said: "As a forner leader of Moon's American branch of his empire, I am saddened to learn the venerable news service, UPI, has been swallowed up by the cult that believes that democracy is Satanic. Moon thinks he is the Messiah, (ten times greater than Jesus, Moses.. or any other leader in history) and that he is the True Parent of mankind. He preaches that 'God wants an automatic theocracy' with Moon as his sole representative on Earth."

Many of America's most brilliant newsmen are past alumni of UPI. How dreadful to see this false Christ become so powerful! [ Source: Families Against Cults, June 2000 newsletter ]