Original sentence: " The article compared Cockburn with the controversial author David Irving, because they had a friend in common: "It is always of interest to see Alexander Cockburn and David Irving, who has actually been convicted of Holocaust denial in a court of law, sharing the same affections
Edited sentence: " The article compared Cockburn with the widely-reviled author David Irving, because they had a friend in common: "It is always of interest to see Alexander Cockburn and David Irving, who has actually been convicted of Holocaust denial in a court of law, sharing the same affections