[See NewsBusters for more.] A week later and USA Today is still being roundly mocked for a ridiculous — and false — “fact check” claiming that Democrats didn’t start the Civil War and found the Ku Klux Klan. We here at NewsBusters fact checked the fact check, showcasing just how unhistorical the idea really is. On Fox News, Monday night, Laura Ingraham asked historian Craig Shirley to weigh in. Shirley quickly debunked:
USA Today Mocked Again for Saying Democrats Didn’t Found KKK, Start Civil War
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