Even the ‘Trailer’ for Spielberg’s Lincoln Movie Contains an Outrageous Lie

I saw Clint Eastwood’s latest film, “Trouble With the Curve” this weekend, which I highly recommend, especially to baseball fans like Lew Rockwell. Preceding the movie was the “trailer” for the upcoming Spielberg movie on Lincoln (out Nov. 16) based on a  book by the confessed plagiarist Doris Kearns-Goodwin. It’s probably less than a minute long, but it contained these words, spoken to Abe, by his wife (paraphrasing from memory): “You are beloved by all the people more than anyone else in history.” Contrast this with the writings of historian Larry Tagg, author of The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: America’s Most Reviled … Continue reading Even the ‘Trailer’ for Spielberg’s Lincoln Movie Contains an Outrageous Lie