And my point is that historical research generally involves picking through lots of bits of archival material, weighing each bit's validity, and constructing a

And my point is that historical research generally involves picking through lots of bits of archival material, weighing each bit's validity, and constructing a balanced historical narrative. The title of the piece made me expect that, and when I found that it only looked at one specific article, I was somewhat disappointed. Instead it ended up a breathless piece with an "the internet changes everything" when in fact, it doesn't. Before the internet, newspapers were available in libraries on microfilm. It took more effort, but the same information was available.