We were running out of superlatives. We called a tall tale of false creams and revisionist history. That is certainly what we saw. We did 25 separate claims of false or misleading state that fact check as false and misleading statement the president made. And that was probably just scratching the surface. We have wrote a whole book on what we call his assault on the truth and his propensity to say false and misleading things. He certainly lived up to our expectations in his reputation, as someone who will say things that are often not based in any reality. Jonathan glenn, that reminds me listening to the president s speech, im wondering for you as a fact checker, did you hear anything new that needed to be fact checked . Wefactcheck factcheck the democrats on a daily basis. He had a line about cash bail where he was criticizing biden for supporting a policy that governor Chris Christie of new jersey has implemented. That popped up in the past week, but we were prepared because we had s
A Campaign Stop in manchester, hampshire. Watch live at 6 p. M. Eastern on cspan, online on cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. The fourday Republican National convention ended last columnist today reviewed President Trumps acceptance speech topics included Fact Checking the president s commitments as well as his use of the white house for the campaign speech. We are going to get right into it. Welcome. Since you probably had the latest night im going to start with you. Give us an overview of your factcheck of last night. We were running out of superlatives during the Republican National convention. One night, we called it a tsunami of untruths. For trump, we a title wave of tall tales, false claims and revisionist history. That is certainly what we saw. We had 25 separate claims of false or misleading statements that the president made that was just scratching the surface. Trumpte a whole book can on trump and what we call his assault on truth and his propensity to
Washington for the at National Action network is hosting this rally followed by a margin commemoration, the march is called get your knees off my neck, in response to the death of george floyd in minneapolis. Serving as a contributor to , from 1 00pton show to 4 00 monday through friday. Because of her dedication to the activism, and lifetime outside of her career, in 2016 the president barack obama Lifetime Achievement order. At welcome marco host, please welcome our cohost, ebony. Ebony thank you. Before i begin i want to quote some of the words from the late john lewis that he said in 1963. He said my friends, let us not forget that we are involved in a serious social revolution, by and large american politics are dominated by politicians who build their careers on immoral compromises and ally themselves economic, and, social expectation. I will ask the same question that he asked, where is the Political Party that will make it unnecessary us to keep having to march on washington .
Abraham lincolns hand. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this took place virtually, and the New York Historical society provided the video. Good evening, everyone. It is my absolute delight and pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with my good friend and professional colleague Harold Holzer. And as we said, please feel free to use the q a button at the bottom or the top of the screen and well get to as many questions toward the end. Lets turn our attention to some objects that help us describe the civil war. And might we see the cover of our book, civil war in 50 objects. In the museum realm, particularly the history museum, the art, objects, and documents on display have the power to stand in for a larger historical narrative conveying so much more than what is structurally defining of that object itself. But harold, what about our book civil war in 50 objects . How did this come about, and how effective is it at conveying the narrative of the civil war in 50 objects . Its kind of
Objects. Now in the nume realm, particularly the history human, the art, objects, and documents on display have the power to stand in for a larger historical narrative, conveying so much more than what is structurally defining of that object itself. But what about our book, civil war in 50 objects . How did this come about, and how effective is it at conveying the narrative sweep of the civil war in 50 objects . Well, its kind of a tactile history that brings you closer to the lived experience of the civil war. Thats because i was thats what made it so exciting for me. And if youre asking how it happened, it happened because of louise mayer. Louise asked me if i would be doing in this kind of a chronicle for publication, and she said, why dont you come in . I think you were there that first day of review. Why dont you come in, and ill put some of the objects i have in mind on a few tables in the Administrative Offices of the historical society. And what i saw during that the historical