Did Werner Erhard lawyers threaten SF Weekly?
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ajinajan
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Date: April 05, 2019 04:17AM
Did Werner Erhard lawyers threaten SF Weekly???
SF Weekly article from March 25, 2019, original title WAS:
Yesterday’s Crimes: The Cult-Induced Confession
How a cult-like self-help seminar from the 1970s helped solve one of the Bay Area’s most notorious murders of the 1960s.
Bob Calhoun
Mon Mar 25th, 2019 1:26pm
Archived by the Internet Archive at link
[web.archive.org]
Archived by Culteducation.com at link
[culteducation.com]
Original article? GONE from its original link [www.sfweekly.com]
New article? DIFFERENT TITLE, word "cult" = removed from title. Word "cult" = removed from all mention in article itself.
[www.sfweekly.com]
NEW title is now:
Yesterday’s Crimes: The EST Confession
How a 1970s fad helped solve one of the Bay Area’s most notorious murders of the 1960s.
Bob Calhoun
Mon Mar 25th, 2019 1:26pm
NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY. No comment on the NEW article location about what happened. No letters published from the SF Weekly or anyone explaining the changes.
OTHER CHANGES -- WHOLE SECTIONS OF INFO REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
COMPARE OLD VERSION VS NEW VERSION OF EXCERPTED PORTION:
"Exactly what happened to Judy Williamson was known, but who killed her may have remained a mystery — if it wasn’t for the 1970s cult weirdness known as EST. Erhard Seminars Training (EST) was the brainchild of a Philadelphia car salesman named Jack Rosenberg, who took the name Werner Erhard from a GQ article to seem more academic. Through grueling seminars held in hotel ballrooms, EST participants were berated, humiliated, and denied bathroom breaks on their way to better understanding themselves. Chic celebs of the time such as Diana Ross, Joe Namath, and Yoko Ono were fans."
NEW VERSION:
"Exactly what happened to Judy Williamson was known, but who killed her may have remained a mystery — if it wasn’t for the 1970s phenomenon known as EST. Erhard Seminars Training (EST) was the brainchild of a Philadelphia car salesman named Jack Rosenberg, who took the name Werner Erhard from a GQ article to seem more academic. Chic celebs of the time such as Diana Ross, Joe Namath, and Yoko Ono were fans."
ENTIRE SENTENCE REMOVED WITH NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY:
"Through grueling seminars held in hotel ballrooms, EST participants were berated, humiliated, and denied bathroom breaks on their way to better understanding themselves. "
ENTIRE SENTENCE REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE, NOW GONE IN NEW VERSION:
"EST came to an end with a final session in San Francisco in 1984, but Erhard is still leading workshops on “Creating Class Leaders” — only now he allows bathroom breaks."
This sentence is now GONE from the new article. No explanation as to WHY it was removed without comment or explanation.
SF Weekly article from March 25, 2019, original title WAS:
Yesterday’s Crimes: The Cult-Induced Confession
How a cult-like self-help seminar from the 1970s helped solve one of the Bay Area’s most notorious murders of the 1960s.
Bob Calhoun
Mon Mar 25th, 2019 1:26pm
Archived by the Internet Archive at link
[web.archive.org]
Archived by Culteducation.com at link
[culteducation.com]
Original article? GONE from its original link [www.sfweekly.com]
New article? DIFFERENT TITLE, word "cult" = removed from title. Word "cult" = removed from all mention in article itself.
[www.sfweekly.com]
NEW title is now:
Yesterday’s Crimes: The EST Confession
How a 1970s fad helped solve one of the Bay Area’s most notorious murders of the 1960s.
Bob Calhoun
Mon Mar 25th, 2019 1:26pm
NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY. No comment on the NEW article location about what happened. No letters published from the SF Weekly or anyone explaining the changes.
OTHER CHANGES -- WHOLE SECTIONS OF INFO REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
COMPARE OLD VERSION VS NEW VERSION OF EXCERPTED PORTION:
"Exactly what happened to Judy Williamson was known, but who killed her may have remained a mystery — if it wasn’t for the 1970s cult weirdness known as EST. Erhard Seminars Training (EST) was the brainchild of a Philadelphia car salesman named Jack Rosenberg, who took the name Werner Erhard from a GQ article to seem more academic. Through grueling seminars held in hotel ballrooms, EST participants were berated, humiliated, and denied bathroom breaks on their way to better understanding themselves. Chic celebs of the time such as Diana Ross, Joe Namath, and Yoko Ono were fans."
NEW VERSION:
"Exactly what happened to Judy Williamson was known, but who killed her may have remained a mystery — if it wasn’t for the 1970s phenomenon known as EST. Erhard Seminars Training (EST) was the brainchild of a Philadelphia car salesman named Jack Rosenberg, who took the name Werner Erhard from a GQ article to seem more academic. Chic celebs of the time such as Diana Ross, Joe Namath, and Yoko Ono were fans."
ENTIRE SENTENCE REMOVED WITH NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY:
"Through grueling seminars held in hotel ballrooms, EST participants were berated, humiliated, and denied bathroom breaks on their way to better understanding themselves. "
ENTIRE SENTENCE REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE, NOW GONE IN NEW VERSION:
"EST came to an end with a final session in San Francisco in 1984, but Erhard is still leading workshops on “Creating Class Leaders” — only now he allows bathroom breaks."
This sentence is now GONE from the new article. No explanation as to WHY it was removed without comment or explanation.
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