Several things going on here.
WT loves to rewrite it's own history right before the eyes of it's members.
They're gaslighting apostates, critics and any that have clear memories of that time.
They're cementing the new reality into the minds of the ones who were not around or were too young to remember that time.
They're effectively creating a "mandela effect" ie two versions of reality or IOW pulling a swifty.
Thankyou WT aka Bastards Inc.