Historians, the media, and accuracy

"DANIEL P. Tompkins" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.education.classics
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Here is a good essay
<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Foutlook%2F2019%2F03%2F19%2Fwhen-bad-actors-twist-history-historians-take-twitter-thats-good-thing%2F%3Fnoredirect%3Don%26utm_term%3D.8b999d1eba83&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7Cfdb445367f844a5b2dfc08d6aca112ae%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C636886205144946266&amp;sdata=dK0RTiH2wvMz1R0YilWFUQknz3S2rtAHb8Gnjkh4hNI%3D&amp;reserved=0>
by
Waitman Wade Beorn (UVa) on historians' use of social media in the interest
of accuracy, crediting ancient historian Sarah Bond for:

highlight[ing] the very real implications of false views of ancient history
as white, writing that it “provides further ammunition for white
supremacists today, including groups like Identity Europa, who use
classical statuary as a symbol of white male superiority.”

and reminding readers of Dinesh D'Souza's own shortcomings.  Good work!

Dan
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