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Were any of the individual Pullman marches larger than the Blair Mountain one? Since you would expect the Smithsonian to have a good grasp of history, a charit
by GavinMcG 5y ago
Were any of the individual Pullman marches larger than the Blair Mountain one?
Since you would expect the Smithsonian to have a good grasp of history, a charitable reading would imagine a reason that they would say "largest" even though they could certainly do the math to compare 10,000 to 250,000.
- AlbertCory 5y ago> "even though they could certainly do the math" Could, but didn't. The headline isn't "Largest Labor March". It's "Largest Labor Uprising". Why are you trying to defend an obvious mistake? Is that where you work or something?
- GavinMcG 5y agoGood lord. I'm arguing for charitable reading because the quality of public discourse has gotten so bad/uncharitable that you're here accusing me of a serious bias, and for what? Pointing out a legitimate alternative reading! Such deep cynicism is really an awful thing to see.
- AlbertCory 5y agoIt's not a "charitable reading." It's a rewriting. They screwed up. It happens in journalism. Let it go.
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