tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post2215941753717874537..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: John McCain's family link to Robert the BruceRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-42111033379242115032008-03-27T10:53:00.000-07:002008-03-27T10:53:00.000-07:00Great post about a terrible Guardian article!Well ...Great post about a terrible Guardian article!<BR/>Well done for tracking down Earle's descent.<BR/>I try to summarise the issue here:<BR/><BR/>The "John McCain and Robert the Bruce" controversy<BR/> <A HREF="http://humphrysfamilytree.com/famous.mccain.html" REL="nofollow">http://humphrysfamilytree.com/famous.mccain.html</A><BR/> <BR/>Let me know if any errors.<BR/>MarkMark Humphryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530850267059405182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-89444681728245940652008-03-26T09:51:00.000-07:002008-03-26T09:51:00.000-07:00Well.......didn't the New York Times run the "Gene...Well.......didn't the <B><I>New York Times</I></B> run the "General Betrayus" add from MoveOn.org? I'm inclined to think that genealogists are among the last of the few true researchers. <BR/><BR/>Question: have you ever read a genealogy which contained bias? Was that bias as obvious as the <B><I>Guardian</I></B> or the <B><I>New York Times</I></B>?<BR/><BR/>I think we should all take a pledge to report the facts as they were and not as we want them to be. We all value Integrity in the lives of our forebears, so let's continue the tradition.<BR/><BR/>Happy Dae.<BR/>http://www.ShoeStringGenealogy.comHappyDaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04960993272772122243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-24110053507680866782008-03-24T10:11:00.000-07:002008-03-24T10:11:00.000-07:00I was going to say (somewhat ironically) that the ...I was going to say (somewhat ironically) that the Guardian doesn't have the reputation of, say The New York Times, for accuracy. I don't think it's quite as bad as British Tabloids.<BR/><BR/>The BBC is probably the best British news source, though politically biased. The McCain ancestry issue is mentioned on their website, but only in a blog, with a link to the Guardian article, and little commaentary.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874952946606709532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-9035535264293724662008-03-23T23:11:00.000-07:002008-03-23T23:11:00.000-07:00Good points, Randy.But asking English newspaperrep...Good points, Randy.<BR/>But asking English newspaper<BR/>reporters to do genuine research <BR/>that would mean they can't use a<BR/>good juicy sensational headline?<BR/><BR/>Everytime I hear someone complain<BR/>about American newspapers and<BR/>newscasts I think of how bad they <BR/>could really be if they were like <BR/>mostof the british press.Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.com