Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:39 PM
underpants (105,621 posts)
Publisher pulls Jefferson book over inaccuracies (David Barton's "The Jefferson Lies")Last edited Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:39 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
Source: MSNBC
A best-seller about Thomas Jefferson by an influential Tea Party and evangelical figure has been recalled after the publisher announced on Thursday that it has detected factual inaccuracies in the book. Nashville-based evangelical publisher Thomas Nelson is no longer shipping any copies to retailers of “The Jefferson Lies’’ by David Barton and is recalling existing copies from brick-and-mortar retailers. It also has requested to online booksellers that they no longer sell the e-book version and has removed the book from its own website. The book is still being sold on Amazon. Barton argues in the book that Jefferson was an orthodox evangelical and not an anti-Christian secularist. In addition to the book by Throckmorton and Coulter refuting that claim with historical evidence, religious scholar Greg Forster wrote a piece, “David Barton’s Errors,” that details the errors in the book and says Barton’s “inability to write reliable history stretches beyond ideological cheerleading into outright incompetence.” “It’s clear that even the evangelical community is starting to see David Barton for what he is — a propagandist who distorts history for political and ideological purposes,’’ TFN President Kathy Miller told Daily Kos. “The question is now, will politicians and pundits who have promoted his views have the integrity to follow suit and repudiate Barton?" Read more: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48617599/ns/today-books/ 
Author David Barton at the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York. David Barton on The Daily Show http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-may-1-2012/david-barton
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 Publisher pulls Jefferson book over inaccuracies (David Barton's "The Jefferson Lies") (Original post) |
underpants | Aug 2012 | OP |
| mzteris | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| Smilo | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| KamaAina | Aug 2012 | #3 | |
| JackRiddler | Aug 2012 | #10 | |
| randome | Aug 2012 | #44 | |
| KamaAina | Aug 2012 | #47 | |
| JackRiddler | Aug 2012 | #48 | |
| Politicalboi | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
| ErikJ | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| TheMadMonk | Aug 2012 | #29 | |
| xchrom | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| SoapBox | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| underpants | Aug 2012 | #15 | |
| Curmudgeoness | Aug 2012 | #8 | |
| underpants | Aug 2012 | #14 | |
| Curmudgeoness | Aug 2012 | #23 | |
| bucolic_frolic | Aug 2012 | #9 | |
| bedazzled | Aug 2012 | #38 | |
| southernyankeebelle | Aug 2012 | #11 | |
| GoneOffShore | Aug 2012 | #18 | |
| southernyankeebelle | Aug 2012 | #21 | |
| DeSwiss | Aug 2012 | #12 | |
| valerief | Aug 2012 | #27 | |
| WinstonSmith4740 | Aug 2012 | #13 | |
| underpants | Aug 2012 | #16 | |
| Sherman A1 | Aug 2012 | #17 | |
| ThomThom | Aug 2012 | #19 | |
| underpants | Aug 2012 | #20 | |
| ThomThom | Aug 2012 | #26 | |
| heaven05 | Aug 2012 | #28 | |
| alp227 | Aug 2012 | #40 | |
| ThomThom | Aug 2012 | #43 | |
| LiberalFighter | Aug 2012 | #46 | |
| underpants | Aug 2012 | #50 | |
| tanyev | Aug 2012 | #22 | |
| Historic NY | Aug 2012 | #24 | |
| heaven05 | Aug 2012 | #25 | |
| DeSwiss | Aug 2012 | #30 | |
| Citizen Worker | Aug 2012 | #31 | |
| Uncle Joe | Aug 2012 | #32 | |
| Judi Lynn | Aug 2012 | #33 | |
| ronnie624 | Aug 2012 | #37 | |
| Godot51 | Aug 2012 | #34 | |
| Jack Sprat | Aug 2012 | #35 | |
| caveat_imperator | Aug 2012 | #36 | |
| rucky | Aug 2012 | #39 | |
| and-justice-for-all | Aug 2012 | #41 | |
| and-justice-for-all | Aug 2012 | #42 | |
| WinkyDink | Aug 2012 | #45 | |
| 47of74 | Aug 2012 | #49 |
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:40 PM
1. my dog knows more about real history than Barton.
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:43 PM
3. Shame on TDS for promoting that bilge
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I'm surprised to find out the publisher wasn't Simon and Schuster (owned by Viacom, as is Comedy Central). That's usually where his crappiest guests come from.
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Response to KamaAina (Reply #3)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:55 PM
10. TDS mostly promotes bilge, did you just discover that?
Response to randome (Reply #44)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 08:51 PM
47. That's just it. They aren't necessarily Jon's guests.
Response to Politicalboi (Reply #4)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:52 PM
ErikJ (2,691 posts)
7. What? In the national park Bookstore?
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:50 PM
6. Rinse and repeat...rinse and repeat...rinse and repeat...
Response to SoapBox (Reply #6)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:09 PM
underpants (105,621 posts)
15. I saw someone reading it at our pool 2 months ago
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:53 PM
Curmudgeoness (10,502 posts)
8. The publisher should have checked facts
Response to Curmudgeoness (Reply #8)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:06 PM
underpants (105,621 posts)
14. Hey! Look! we edit but....we don't really edit it ifyouknowwhatI'msayin'
Response to underpants (Reply #14)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:36 PM
Curmudgeoness (10,502 posts)
23. LOL, I have an idea for a book.....I think I found the publisher
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:55 PM
9. Seriously flawed logic and interpretation
Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #9)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:06 AM
bedazzled (638 posts)
38. i remember a book being recalled - it was about george w. bush
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:56 PM
southernyankeebelle (10,725 posts)
11. I sure hope this is the beginning of the end of this guy Barton. What a liar.
Response to southernyankeebelle (Reply #11)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:15 PM
GoneOffShore (11,129 posts)
18. Zoological Shame.
Response to GoneOffShore (Reply #18)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:29 PM
southernyankeebelle (10,725 posts)
21. Yes your right.
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:59 PM
12. So it took these IDIOTS at Thomas Nelson.....
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Last edited Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:59 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) ...five months AFTER they published this garbage to find factual errors in it???
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Response to DeSwiss (Reply #12)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:54 PM
valerief (35,681 posts)
27. Fact-checking is soooooo 20th century.
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Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:03 PM
13. Let's see if I have this right.
Response to WinstonSmith4740 (Reply #13)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:10 PM
underpants (105,621 posts)
16. I would say that you have it right
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:15 PM
Sherman A1 (11,560 posts)
17. I listened to a review of this book
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:17 PM
19. another example of the right trying to rewrite history
Response to ThomThom (Reply #19)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:24 PM
underpants (105,621 posts)
20. I would bet you $100 the Texas School Board buys this book in massive numbers
Response to underpants (Reply #20)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:45 PM
26. I don't think I can take that bet Pants
Response to ThomThom (Reply #19)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:55 PM
28. sad
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very, very sad and dangerous common practice by the right wing. textbook publishers are purging the Vietnam conflict at the behest of RWers. I've got to talk to more high school students but I was very surprised they did not have it mentioned in class or text. They only know because of old farts like me.
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Response to ThomThom (Reply #19)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 12:38 PM
40. Did you hear NPR's hard hitting profile of Barton?
Response to alp227 (Reply #40)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 08:37 PM
LiberalFighter (31,082 posts)
46. I heard it this week.
Response to alp227 (Reply #40)
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 07:44 AM
underpants (105,621 posts)
50. Huckabee wants Americans to be forced to listen to Barton at gun point
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:32 PM
tanyev (22,103 posts)
22. He should repudiated just for the hideous shirt he's wearing in that photo.
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:39 PM
Historic NY (19,737 posts)
24. Well Bartons going to be in courts but he is going to be heavily discredited..
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:14 PM
31. Rightfully this should end Barton's career as an expert witness in any court proceeding.
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:18 PM
Uncle Joe (24,997 posts)
32. Kudos to Thomas Nelson for pulling the book., distorting history serves no good purpose.
Response to underpants (Original post)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:24 PM
Judi Lynn (77,643 posts)
33. That picture you've attached is impossibly ugly! The Texas Republican Party must be unbelievable.
Response to Judi Lynn (Reply #33)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 03:00 AM
37. Local candidates for office openly brag about being "Tea Party approved" in their campaign ads.
Response to underpants (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:38 AM
Jack Sprat (2,500 posts)
35. Unsurprised about the distortion of history
Response to underpants (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:12 AM
36. This charlatan has a collection of 100000 documents from before 1812.
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How many of them has he altered or destroyed because they show his view of American history is entirely wrong?
I'm concerned for those papers.  |
Response to underpants (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:19 AM
rucky (35,003 posts)
39. At least the title of the book was accurate
Response to underpants (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 04:12 PM
41. A Teahadist trying to rewrite history??
Response to underpants (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 07:25 PM
WinkyDink (37,068 posts)
45. They will SAY ANYTHING.
Response to underpants (Original post)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:17 PM
47of74 (6,661 posts)
49. I suggest the books be converted into the following substance...
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