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Civil War Interactive Discussion Board > Civil War Talk > General Civil War Talk > ABC News Quiz on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23rd, 2012 12:17 am |
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Against my better judgement, I decided to look at a new quiz on Lincoln and the war that appeared on the ABC News website today. Here it is: Quiz: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War - ABC News The first question asked what Jefferson Davis' occupation was before the Civil War. The answer of course is: "U.S. senator." He resigned from the Senate in January of 1861. This was one of the choices given, but the answer to the question given by ABC was: "Doctor." This completely ended my interest in ABC's quiz. Jefferson Davis graduated from West Point and was a soldier, a politician, and a planter. I don't know what medical school ABC thinks that he attended. This is what happens when journalists write history and only proves to me that the current day: "Journalistic malpractice" goes beyond news and politics but extends to the Civil War as well.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25th, 2012 07:01 am |
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Hellcat Person 
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It makes you wonder if there was another Jefferson Davis who was a doctor. But with some of what ABC has done lately this doesn't surprise me
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25th, 2012 01:43 pm |
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Old Blu Member
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Here is another Davis but no indication of him being a doc. http://www.nps.gov/peri/historyculture/colonel-davis.htm
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