[quote=slidekellyslide;783419]Clearly then the fault lies with competing consultants.../quote]
On that we'll have to agree to disagree - a historian will always be confronted with experts who differ (that is certainly the case with how much continuing segregation was the fault of Landis - experts do disagree).
In this case Burns or his producer made a bad choice - the fact that experts disagree should mean you don't portray the photo as positively identified - you find another photo that everyone agrees on or you just skip it. I have advised some authors to do just that.
Last edited by bmarlowe1; 02-17-2010 at 01:47 PM.
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