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Originally Posted by KevWind
Yes not only the idea of eye witness accounts being notoriously inaccurate and or varied, but add to that the concept of history typically being written by the winners,,,, and it can be a real question mark at best.
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Also, of course, we get a 're-visioning' of history by modern filmmakers. I think the most extreme example of such filmmaker bias I've ever seen was Mel Gibson's The Patriot. The 'goodies' were all blessed with right-on late 20th century sensibilities, the 'baddies' with the most abject 18th century ones.