Your comment reminded me of this quote from Howard Zinn (who had his own biases, of course): But there is no such thing as a pure fact, innocent of interpretat

Your comment reminded me of this quote from Howard Zinn (who had his own biases, of course): But there is no such thing as a pure fact, innocent of interpretation. Behind every fact presented to the world—by a teacher, a writer, anyone—is a judgment. The judgment that has been made is that this fact is important, and that other facts, omitted, are not important.