Scientology Story of the Year -- The Vote Is In! - 2011-12-28

As we continue our year-end celebrations, we've come to a big moment. We asked voters to decide which story had the most impact on Scientology watching this year. We chose five finalists that we think had lasting importance as well as immediate punch.
There were many other stories worth covering of course, but these five did seem to generate a passionate response -- voting in this category was much closer than in the other two (for video and shoop of the year). There was no one story dominating the others -- only a small percentage separated all five of these big stories.
So let's go through them to see which ones moved you the most!
Wikipedia cite:
{{cite news | author = Tony Ortega | title = Scientology Story of the Year -- The Vote Is In! | url = http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/scientology_sto_2.php?page=all | work = Runnin' Scared | publisher = Village Voice | date = December 28, 2011 | accessdate = January 14, 2017 }}
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