The Big Reveal: Bathtub Hoax

• Why does he say he wrote the bathtub history?- He claims it had to do with easing war tensions in the beginning.
• Where was the bathtub information showing up?- It was becoming present in documents, claiming that this was real history. He even was referenced in congress as a verifiable source.
• What does he say about the wars and history books?- He says that what begins as a guess or assumption about something can become the truth in history. He says that war books could be inaccurate but when people question them, they are considered to be unpopular.
• What does he say about journalism and journalists?- He says that when they get all of the truth, not all of it is ever published. He says they use the "romantic lie" to make events more interesting (exaggeration).
• What examples does he give to prove that "history is bunk"? - When he says bunk, he means nonsense. By saying that history is bunk, he is claiming that it is nonsense that anyone could believe. History is never the whole truth, and could even be changed. An example being exactly what he did. He re-wrote- or re-created an entire history of the bathtub.