Episode 121: Kevin Kruse And Rebekah Jones Are The Heroes And/Or Villains A Divided America Needs

After the hosts discuss Katie’s trip to L.A. to go on Real Time with Bill Maher, they talk about the stories of two liberal darlings who face accusations of professional wrongdoing: Kevin Kruse and Rebekah Jones. To discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers go here.Show notes/Links:Kevin Kruse, history’s attack dog: https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-kevin-kruse-became-historys-attack-dog/An example of one of his in-depth threads, on the history of racism in the GOP: And another, again responding to Dinesh D’Souza: And here’s a finely aged take on Jussie Smollett: Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?: https://reason.com/2022/06/14/twitter-famous-princeton-historian-kevin-kruse-plagiarist/Comparison:Kevin Kruse, plagiarism disliker: More plagiarism idsliking:Chronicle coverage: https://www.chronicle.com/article/this-historian-doesnt-shy-away-from-fights-online-now-hes-on-the-defensivePlagiarism Today coverage: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2022/06/27/kevin-kruse-and-the-peak-political-plagiarism-scandal/Magness’s anti-1619 book: https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Critique-Phillip-Magness/dp/1630692018Magness harshly criticizing Kruse’s scholarship: https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1512Responses/Responses to the responses/Other background and fighting:https://loradawnburnett.medium.com/is-it-plagiarism-9daa44a24057(background on Burnett: https://www.thefire.org/lawsuit-fired-for-criticizing-mike-pence-and-campus-covid-19-response-a-collin-college-history-professor-sues-to-protect-faculty-rights/)https://philmagness.com/2022/06/when-activist-historians-redefine-plagiarism-to-protect-their-own/Rebekah Jones:Jones’ op-ed: https://www.miamiherald.com/article247897180.htmlTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/florida-coronavirus-data-rebekah-jones.htmlNot great: https://www.wuft.org/news/2020/07/22/criminal-stalking-case-against-fired-florida-health-data-scientist-to-drag-into-august/The Covid whistleblower who wasn’t: https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt/Suspended from Twitter: https://www.forbes.com/sites/augustinefou/2021/06/07/the-curious-case-of-rebekah-jones-suspension-from-twitter/Andy Signore: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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