Bill O’Reilly’s ‘Lincoln’ book banned from Ford’s Theatre because of ‘mistakes’

[alp227]

Source: Wash. Post

Of all the places you’d expect to find Bill O’Reilly’s new history “Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever,” Ford’s Theatre — the site of the dreadful act — should rank right at the top. But you’d do better to search for the bestseller on Amazon because it has been banned from the theater’s store.

The crime? O’Reilly and his co-author Martin Dugard have displayed a serial disregard for historical fact.

For a purported history of the assassination — an “unsanitized and uncompromising ... no spin American story,” as the authors put it, “Killing Lincoln” is sloppy with the facts and slim on documentation, according to a study conducted by Rae Emerson, the deputy superintendent of Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, which is a unit of the National Park Service.

Other Lincoln experts also have sounded off. In a review published in the November issue of “North & South — The Official Magazine of the Civil War Society,” historian Edward Steers Jr. cites many instances where the book strays from documented history, then asks, “If the authors made mistakes in names, places, and events, what else did they get wrong? How can the reader rely on anything that appears in ‘Killing Lincoln’”?

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bill-oreillys-lincoln-book-banned-from-fords-theatre-because-of-mistakes/2011/11/11/gIQAhJpyFN_singlePage.html

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O'Reilly can't even stop lying about AMERICAN HISTORY?? And to think that conservatives like him love America and are true patriots.

[Ian David]

1. The IMPORTANT thing is it's about killing a President who was a Senator from Illinois.

And Bill O'Reilly wants as many people to think about that as possible.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Ding Ding Ding

We have a winner, ladies and gentlemen!

[JaneQPublic]

4. errr, Congressman, not a Senator.

Lincoln was a Congressman briefly before running for president, but never a U.S. Senator.

[Ian David]

6. So? It's close enough for an O'Reilly book. n/t

[rpannier]

17. All Shill O'Lielly needs to know is that he once stepped foot

in, near, within 1000 miles of Illinois

[UpInArms]

3. O'Liely has always distorted information and disregarded facts

why would anyone - anyone - think that this time it would be different?

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Haha. It won't even show up at Buck-A-Book.

Straight to the dumpster this time, ballon head.

[alp227]

7. I saw this book on sale at Costco today and wanted to inquire about it at DU,

then discovered this Wash. Post story. Case locked shut: O'Reilly=O'Liely.

[onehandle]

8. I saw a woman in an IHOP in North Carolina reading it while waiting for a table.

She looked like she thought she was reading something smart.

[rurallib]

9. Probably in shock over 'never before revealed facts.'

[frogmarch]

10. oh geez

snip from the article:

The sales of “Killing Lincoln” attest to the fact that TV celebrity and strong storytelling trump accuracy. Since its publication the book has been riding at the top of the bestseller list, and soon after its release O’Reilly signed a contract to write two more books, one of which will be another presidential history.

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I am speechless.

[Kennah]

11. When shown the truth about American history, O'Really remarked ...

... "Fucking thing sucks!"

[demmiblue]

12. K&R

[Thor_MN]

13. Have to give him points for not just lending his name o a ghostwritten book

If they are saying it is full of inaccuracies and shows serial disregard for historical fact, you know that Billious actually participated in the writing.

[alp227]

14. that book has a 2 star average on amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Lincoln-Shocking-Assassination-Changed/dp/0805093079/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321220365&sr=1-1

[Crowman1979]

15. Faux News is the same network that called for secession in 2009.

You would get a lot more factual information out of a 5'th grade essay, than you could from reading O'Liely's waste of paper. :evilgrin:

[and-justice-for-all]

16. Dont like hostorical facts, just make up your own...nt