{"id":19530,"date":"2010-06-24T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T18:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=19530"},"modified":"2017-03-10T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:55:45","slug":"airbrushingrewriting-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2010\/06\/24\/airbrushingrewriting-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbrushing\/Rewriting History – UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

As the Obama Replaces McChrystal with Petraeus<\/a> story broke, Instapundit Glenn Reynolds noted<\/a> that MoveOn.org<\/a> had quickly removed its long-standing \u201cGeneral Betray-Us\u201d ad<\/a>, and snarked:<\/p>\n

Have you noticed how these people are always airbrushing? It\u2019s kind of an admission that their stuff won\u2019t sell if they tell the truth. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They are very busy bees.<\/strong> Over at Ann Althouse\u2019s site, one comment began the arduous work of re-writing history on the internet<\/a> with this forehead-slapper:<\/p>\n

The same guy who the right wing dubbed \u201cGeneral Betrayus\u201d\u2026that same guy. I do wish I was born with the short life memories possessed by the neuvo-recht<\/em>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmmm<\/a> and Hmmm<\/a>.
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\nIt is very difficult to airbrush or re-write history<\/strong> in the age of the \u2018nets. Unless, of course, you manage to increasingly regulate media<\/a> until you have have ultimate power<\/a> over it.
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\nJust One Minute<\/strong> has more about airbrushing<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong>
\nFor another side to this coin, go back to Instapundit and catch the links on how the left responds to judges who thwart their will<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the Obama Replaces McChrystal with Petraeus story broke, Instapundit Glenn Reynolds noted that MoveOn.org had quickly removed its long-standing \u201cGeneral Betray-Us\u201d ad, and snarked: Have you noticed how these people are always airbrushing? It\u2019s kind of an admission that their stuff won\u2019t sell if they tell the truth. . . . 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