RE: [cpsig] Preserving an accurate historical record...

  • From: "Chris Bennett" <cjbennett@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 16:54:34 -0500

Certainly, news reports (especially mass media) of subjects with a technical
component (like the recent VIA wreck) are usually very badly butchered,
mangled, incorrect and over simplified. I once was told by a friend who is a
serious student of history that history is NEVER recorded without a spin. I
would add that, history is almost never recorded by anyone qualified to tell
it correctly.

Chris Bennett

-----Original Message-----
From: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Andrew Jeanes
Sent: March 3, 2012 3:52 PM
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cpsig] Preserving an accurate historical record...

---snip

Are newspaper reports from the past more reliable than newspaper reports
from today, or should historians who cite old newspaper articles >in their
writing make sure to include a huge disclaimer about potential inaccuracies.
How many histories-popular or academic-actually do >that?


Regards,
Andrew



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