Assertion: conscientious historian | /r/CapableOf | manipulate historical evidence
Facets:
value: to support his political views
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It was Irving's failure as an "objective historian" not his right-wing views that caused him to lose his libel case, as a "conscientious historian" would not have "deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence" to support his political views.