Historians, the media, and accuracy
"DANIEL P. Tompkins" <[email protected]>
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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&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7Cfdb445367f844a5b2dfc08d6aca112ae%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C636886205144946266&sdata=dK0RTiH2wvMz1R0YilWFUQknz3S2rtAHb8Gnjkh4hNI%3D&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