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==Criticism of Germany's stance==

[[Image:TomCruiseDec08MTV.jpg|thumb|left|125px|Tom Cruise is one of several Scientologist artists and celebrities who have been subject to [[boycott]] calls in Germany.<ref name=Cohen1996 /><ref name=Zeit>Staff (2007-07-09). [http://www.zeit.de/news/artikel/2007/07/09/2335735.xml "Stauffenberg-Film: Rückendeckung aus Hollywood"], ''[[Die Zeit]]'' {{de icon}} </ref>]]

The United States media have taken an at least partially supportive stance towards Scientology in relation to Germany, despite a general preponderance of negative accounts of Scientology in domestic U.S. news.<ref name=Schoen>Schön, Brigitte (January 2001): [http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/schoen.html "Framing Effects in the Coverage of Scientology versus Germany: Some Thoughts on the Role of Press and Scholars"], ''[[Marburg Journal of Religion]]'', Volume 6, No. 1</ref> [[Richard Cohen (Washington Post columnist)|Richard Cohen]] for example, writing in the ''[[Washington Post]]'', said in 1996: "Scientology might be one weird religion, but the German reaction to it is weirder still – not to mention disturbing."<ref name=Schoen /><ref name=Cohen1996 />