Steven Hassan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===In the media=== Hassan is often described in the media as a "cult" and "mind control" expert.<ref name="salon">{{cite news |url=https://www.salon.com/2021/03/25/qanon-and-the-trump-cult-expert-steven-hassan-on-whether-they-can-be-saved/ |title=QAnon and the Trump cult: Expert Steven Hassan on whether they can be saved |work=[[Salon.com]] |date=March 25, 2021 |last=Devenga |first=Chauncey}}</ref><ref name="globe">{{cite news |last=Pennington |first=Juliet |title=Author and cult expert talks Fiji, diving, and future grand plans |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/17/lifestyle/author-cult-expert-talks-fiji-diving-future-grand-plans/ |access-date=August 22, 2021 |date=December 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="slate" /> After the 2013 [[Boston Marathon bombing]], he was interviewed by reporters to explain his view of the bombers' state of mind and how he believed mind control was involved.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.necn.com/04/25/13/Radicalism-and-mind-control/landing_features.html?blockID=838993&feedID=8498 |first1=Steven |last1=Hassan |first2=Kit |last2=Hoover |first3=Joel |last3=McHale |title=Radicalism and mind control |date=February 28, 2014 |orig-date=originally aired January 26, 2014 |work=[[New England Cable News]] |access-date=December 6, 2023}} Interview. If video does not auto-load, quickly click "Reload" in top-left of video area before the page auto-loads a new video.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://outfront.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/officials-suspect-claims-they-were-self-radicalized-on-internet/ |title=Officials: Suspect claims they were self-radicalized on Internet |first1=Steven |last1=Hassan |first2=Erin |last2=Burnett |publisher=[[CNN]] |work=Erin Burnett OutFront |date=April 23, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210325065616/https://outfront.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/officials-suspect-claims-they-were-self-radicalized-on-internet/ |archive-date=March 25, 2021 |url-status=dead}} Interview. Video no longer available, but some relevant text remains.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page