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In March, Anderson Cooper spent a week of his show, Anderson Cooper 360, investigating the Church of Scientology and reports of its abuses and violence. More than three months after the series, titled “Scientology: A History of Violence,” aired, the Church has decided to strike back. It has devoted an entire issue of Freedom magazine to attacking Cooper and CNN.

The Church of Scientology and journalists do not get along very well, it’s fair to say. Hard-hitting investigative reports with titles like “Inside Scientology” have become fast-track ways for journos to prove themselves; just a few weeks ago, a spokesman for Scientology stormed off the set of Nightline when Martin Bashir asked him about Emperor Xenu.