New documentary claims Lincoln was gay
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No, this is what documentaries always were. They were always designed with a narrative first, and then the details picked and chosen to support that for the entire run time. Sometimes they'll even throw in a counter point to give the appearance of neutrality despite stacking the deck.
This is just one of the times where you know its wrong, so you can see the strings. But this is how they've always operated, across all fields from paleontology to biographies.
By default a documentary has to have a narrative. Why is the author bothering with this person/subject matter? What's the point? That part doesn't bother me and yeah, it's used by the left for the propaganda all the time "Whoee, let's look into the life of super-hero woman Ruth Bader Ginsberg!"
My comment here is that this isn't even "propaganda documentary" level - it's bad tumblr fan-shipping fic level!
I mean... Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is probably more factual!