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“We took great care in insuring that our work was free of all outside interference by any entity, including the Church of Scientology,” say Christopher Szechenyi, Steve Weinberg and Russell Carollo. Neil Brown, executive editor of Poynter’s St. Petersburg Times, refused to answer their questions, and says that “only upon pressing them, found out they were being paid … by the Church of Scientology.” || Related.
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