Historians copying verbatim word of mouth reports from far-flung newspapers (LIKE IN BOSTON!). Bosses knew how to get their story out 1st & workers didn’t. Even worse historians from the 50s attributing newspaper op-Eds as “statements” from this or that group. Once an early source gets it wrong
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