Oops: Time.com Makes a Few Errors in Feature Recounting Politicians’ Historical Gaffes

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In a feature entitled “Don’t Know Much About History: Epically Wrong Politician Accounts of Yesteryear,” Time magazine's Swampland blog crew promised to break down “nine egregious examples of the type of revisionist flub you can expect in 2012,” starting with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) arguing John Quincy Adams was a Founding Father. Time made sure to toss in President Obama and Vice President Biden in the mix, the list was predominantly comprised of Republican 2012 presidential hopefuls. On some counts, Time was spot on, but in others the magazine was either inaccurate, patently unfair in its criticism, or both. Deriding Sarah Palin for her inartfully-put account of Paul Revere's midnight ride, Time.com echoed MSNBC's Chris Matthews by snarking that she was shoehorning a pro-gun rights talking point into her later explanation of the historical event:

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