In Liberty Papers No. 2 (also published at Strike-the-Root.com), I made mention of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, as an example of how government controlled education can go bad. Most people think they know about this trial, but what they really know is the media depiction of the trial, including the Hollywood version Inherit the Wind, which, as entertaining as it is, doesn't even come close to depicting what happened in Tennessee in 1925.
Rick Barry, writing for AiG, brings us up to speed on what we don't know about the Scopes Monkey Trial.
"How well do you know the facts about the 1925 Scopes trial, one of America’s most famous trials of the past century? Is your knowledge based mostly on the Hollywood depiction of the “monkey” trial, or is it based on the actual accounts as recorded in the transcripts and other historical accounts?"
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n3/monkeying-with-the-media
Let's stop letting the media make monkeys out of us, and get down to the real facts!
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