See post #123366 for the story as it appeared in the Weekly Reader. (one typo -- paragraph 5 should say "The Post reporter.." not "report".)
--- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "dhamiltony2k5" > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > FF essayist Thom Krystofiak, who used to write frequently and post on > > FFL, has a piece published in this week's FF Weekly Reader. Entitled > > Sanitizing the Fairfield Story. About the pr-people of the TMorg > > taking the Washington Post's glowing uncritical article about > > Maharishi's MUM, Vedic City and TM- Fairfield and their taking the > > article, re-publishing it and sanitizing it further. More than a > > couple of touch-up evidently as Thom reviews further what was done. > SNIP > > I'm not familiar with how they sanitized the article, but I read the > Post article and was surprised how positive it was considering how > many different other ways it could have gone - hard to imagine the tmo > being disappointed in it. > > But I remember a few years ago when MMY was on Larry King show - prior > to the airing the tmo put out some statements attempting to downplay > the importance of the show, almost discouraging tmers from watching. > I assumed the interview (which had already been taped) hadn't gone > very well for MMY, but it turned out to have been a typical Larry King > interview in which he didn't ask any tough questions and pretty much > put MMY on a small pedestal throughout. I guess if the press doesn't > completely mimic the party line like bevan or hagelin do then the tmo > considers it didn't go that well. >
