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2024-10-31 21:46:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 661E3DEA66D75AA96E196A89A40575C468D119FDDCDC2F7A9B49980D63CDBD4D
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David Irving was feted in mainstream media from the 1970s. https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/7701/metropolitan-police-and-mr-david-irving His status ended in 2000 when he sued historian Deborah Lipstadt for libel. The court found he distorted, misrepresented & suppressed evidence of the Holocaust at a level not explained by mere incompetence. https://www.hdot.org/trial-materials/trial-transcripts/
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