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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Just because a source is contemporary does not necessarily mean that they are truthful or accurate. It was not the time of fast global news as now and not everyone was concerned with writing the truth..indeed it might well be dangerous to put an independent viewpoint forward..
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But when the contemporary sources say the same thing in spite of supporting different sides and tally with independent foreign accounts especially when it's potentially detrimental to them how much more proof is actually needed.