Wokeness, paired with unhinged hatred of President Donald Trump, can infect even a respected filmmaker’s work.
According to Jonathan Barth, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, filmmaker Ken Burns might have suffered that fate.
Barth on Thursday posted a lengthy thread on X that thoroughly debunked one of the more outrageous insinuations to appear in the opening scenes of Burns’ latest docuseries, “The American Revolution.”
Adam Johnston of The Federalist had previously posted a now-viral clip from Burns’ series . As of Friday afternoon, the clip had more than 6.3 million views.
In other words, Americans care deeply about the presentation of our history — as we should.
“Less than 3 minutes into the Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution, and we
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