David Barton’s sidekick Rick Green has introduced his readership to a law of online discourse: Godwin’s Law of Nazi Analogies. After evangelical publisher Thomas Nelson hit the ‘unpublish’ button last week on Barton’s latest book, The Jefferson Lies, Green took to his blog to defend his WallBuilder’s Live co-host. Green goes after the “leftwing bloggers, […]
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David Barton’s Very Bad Week in Review
The decision by Thomas Nelson Publishers to drop David Barton’s book, The Jefferson Lies, was, as we said, commendable. What it wasn’t is something that came out of nowhere. No, the tide against Barton had been building for some time as even those in Barton’s core audience began to sound the alarm. The backlash culminated […]
Breaking: Evangelical Publisher Pulls Barton’s Book on Jefferson
More to come on this, but huge news today as Thomas Nelson Publishing “decided to cease publication and distribution of David Barton’s controversial book, The Jefferson Lies.” Here is TFN’s press release. TFN COMMENDS THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHING FOR PULLING DAVID BARTON’S DISTORTED BOOK ON THOMAS JEFFERSON Barton’s The Jefferson Lies was the subject of a […]
It’s Barton By A Nose
The results from last week’s History News Network poll are in and it’s David Barton winning by a nose. HNN this morning published the final results of an online poll that asked readers to vote for what they felt was the least credible history book currently in print. By nine votes, Barton’s “The Jefferson Lies” […]
Barton Peddles Lie That Obama Administration Calls All Abortion Opponents ‘Terrorists’
Despite claiming to be a Bible-believing Christian, David Barton seems to have no qualms about breaking the biblical commandment against bearing false witness. Today, for example, Barton tweeted the following nonsense: “Apparently protecting life makes you a terrorist now: Obama Admin Calls Pro-Lifers Terrorists Again” Barton’s tweet then links to an article on the anti-abortion […]
