1.) Swamp Fox - 09/05/2020

Grampy Joe, Pander Bear:


[QUOTE]Speaking in Kenosha, Biden said, "A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison."

The Black man referenced here, Latimer, did indeed play an important role in the development and adaptation of the incandescent light bulb. So did many other inventors in the decades preceding Edison’s patent.

Edison certainly wasn’t the sole inventor. He built on the work of others.

While Biden may have a point about the need to better teach Black history, he greatly exaggerates in his example by minimizing Edison to credit only Latimer. All the evidence we’ve reviewed shows Latimer played a lesser role than Edison, and later in the process.

We define Mostly False as a statement that contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That fits here.

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