Sure. The main thing is not what Rockefeller did, but what prompted his actions and the people that he was up against. First, while describing them as simple,

Sure. The main thing is not what Rockefeller did, but what prompted his actions and the people that he was up against. First, while describing them as simple, honest businessmen, she somehow forgot that her father and his compatriots firebombed Rockefeller's pipelines and production facilities, prompting a large part of his response. They would attempt to destroy his ability to do business, and he responded by driving them out of it. Second, she did extensive research on the Rockefellers, it's true, though she never actually interviewed them. Rockefeller Sr., in fact, refused to go to the press and refute most of her statements, and didn't let anyone else do it for him. So, you only get one side. I don't think it's good journalism to portray a large corporation as evil and its competition as good simply by virtue of size. She didn't actually show that the independent producers were innocent in this, merely that they lost. She then would wax poetic about the noble nature of their business ownership, and how Rockefeller was attempting to destroy and pervert that nobility. It's kind of like how Native Americans were portrayed up till the 1970's; they were savage, and we were noble. Not really true, though much of what they were accused of doing was accurate. Now, we know that Rockefeller would offer stock or cash for the ownership of these refineries or fields, and we also know that the stock or cash offering would almost always be far more than it was worth. Further, the railroad companies accused of colluding with Rockefeller would routinely gouge him; it's why he built pipelines in the first place. He built a monopoly. That's true. It's also true that it drove down costs to 5% of the initial cost of Kerosene when he started. He ruthlessly crushed his competition and he definitely engaged in what are currently illegal business practices. It's just her portrayal of him as the villain and her father's compatriots as noble american heroes I take issue with.