Last week, Barton appeared on a right-wing radio program called “The Patriot and The Preacher,” hosted by Mark Anthony – a former tech sector worker with a self-described “passion” for history – and the Rev. Ben Kinchlow – a former co-host on Pat Robertson’s “The 700 Club.”
The segment got off to a rocky start as the show claimed Barton was once named by Time magazine as “America’s Historian.” It turns out that never happened. Not even close. In 2005, Barton was named by the magazine as one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in America, but nowhere in that article did the publication bestow any sort of title on him.
It didn’t get better from there. First, Barton attacked President Barack Obama for apologizing to the Japanese for America’s use of nuclear weapons during World War II. Just one problem: Obama made a point of not apologizing during his recent visit to Hiroshima.
But Barton was on the warpath that day and decided next to go after academics who have criticized his shoddy work. (Thanks to Right Wing Watch for the transcript.)...
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/barton-bunk-religious-right-historian-claims-people-who-criticize-him-hate
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