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I feel like jabs at conservative politics are the norm now with a lot of journalism. A few weeks back an article [1] I read, from reddit, started with:

    …the dastardly Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor seem to be a great gift to the Alt-Right’s xenophobic nationalists.

Interesting article, but unnecessary (and daresay incorrect?) jab at the start.

[1] http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-american-who-buried-a-kamik...

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If you're going to quote an article, you shouldn't leave out context that changes the meaning of the sentence you're quoting -

  "The 75th anniversary commemorations of the dastardly Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
   seem to be a great gift to the Alt-Right’s xenophobic nationalists."

It's the 75th anniversary commemorations that seem to be a gift - not the attack itself (obviously).

Ah yes you're quite right! Apologies to all. I'd misread that, although I think my point still stands: I'd like to read about the story and not hear about politics in a foreign (to me) country.

Indeed. It was exactly the other way around, as many nationalists (including the KKK) did not want to get into the war and held a lot of sway right up until Pearl Harbor.

After Pearl Harbor, there was no keeping USA out of the war.

Hitler was working hard on PR to keep the US out. Recent I saw a map the Nazis had made with the proportion of the population of German descent for each US state, created for propaganda purposes.

The wrong form of the verb 'seem' in that sentence betrays your incredibly dishonest attempt at selective quoting.

By the time I'd realised my mistake I couldn't delete or edit the comment.

Sorry for implying intent above, we all make mistakes. I have spend some time in journalism, and it sometimes gets to me how much that profession is vilified these days, when my experience was that these are the most fair-minded, diligent, and altruistic people I've ever met.

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