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From: John Saillant <oieahc@YAHOO.COM>
List Editor: John Saillant <oieahc@YAHOO.COM>
Editor's Subject: Wrongly Attributed Statements [B Carp]
Author's Subject: Wrongly Attributed Statements [B Carp]
Date Written: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:26:13 -0400
Date Posted: Thu, 16 Oct 2013 08:26:13 -0400

While we're debating invented Samuel Adams quotes, I'm surprised no one
has linked to this recent Chronicle of Higher Education article by Corey
Robin on the "Wrongly Attributed Statement," which then became a segment
on NPR:

http://chronicle.com/article/Who-Really-Said-That-/141559/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=225023371

Cheers,

--Benjamin Carp

Benjamin L. Carp
Associate Professor
Department of History
Tufts University
East Hall, On the Green
Medford, MA 02155
(617) 627-2543
Benjamin.Carp@tufts.edu<mailto:Benjamin.Carp@tufts.edu>

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