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Judge and Fox News contributor Andrew Napolitano came to Stewart's attention for his Feb. 14 appearance on the Fox Business channel by argueing that former President Abraham Lincoln’s Civil War was unnecessary — and may not have even been about slavery, anyway!
"At the time that [Lincoln] was the president of the United States, slavery was dying a natural death all over the Western world," Napolitano said. "Instead of allowing it to die, or helping it to die, or even purchasing the slaves and then freeing them — which would have cost a lot less money than the Civil War cost — Lincoln set about on the most murderous war in American history."
On the March 11 Daily Show, Napolitano appeared as a guest to plug his book and to have a spirited discussion with Jon Stewart about his controversial claims (see part 1 and part 2).
However, after the debate Napolitano stayed for a mock gameshow segment, in which Stewart quizzed him and co-host Jessica Williams (dressed up as Abe) about the key points of the interview ..... and then had a panel of three history professors fact check him.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-11-2014/exclusive---the-weakest-lincoln
Needless to say that this was highly entertaining. And I actually can't praise Napolitano enough for agreeing to take part in this, knowing beforehand that his Fox News quality research will have to stand up to live, professional fact checking.
I wish news channels would adopt this novel idea of fact checking the statements of their guests and contributors while they are still there ....
"At the time that [Lincoln] was the president of the United States, slavery was dying a natural death all over the Western world," Napolitano said. "Instead of allowing it to die, or helping it to die, or even purchasing the slaves and then freeing them — which would have cost a lot less money than the Civil War cost — Lincoln set about on the most murderous war in American history."
On the March 11 Daily Show, Napolitano appeared as a guest to plug his book and to have a spirited discussion with Jon Stewart about his controversial claims (see part 1 and part 2).
However, after the debate Napolitano stayed for a mock gameshow segment, in which Stewart quizzed him and co-host Jessica Williams (dressed up as Abe) about the key points of the interview ..... and then had a panel of three history professors fact check him.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-11-2014/exclusive---the-weakest-lincoln
Needless to say that this was highly entertaining. And I actually can't praise Napolitano enough for agreeing to take part in this, knowing beforehand that his Fox News quality research will have to stand up to live, professional fact checking.
I wish news channels would adopt this novel idea of fact checking the statements of their guests and contributors while they are still there ....
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