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MTV generation's 'black holes of history' blamed on Hollywood

HISTORY may be written by the victors but it is being adapted for the MTV generation by Hollywood and the media.

Widespread misconceptions, prejudice and outright ignorance about major events of the past six decades have been revealed in a major study of undergraduates in the UK, USA and Germany.

The Scottish academic who carried out the work says factually inaccurate movies and biased news reporting is skewing young peopleâ€™s grasp of recent history.

Greg Philo, professor of communications at Glasgow University, also blames a lack of teaching of history and politics in British schools for what he has dubbed "black holes of history". ...

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