[Texas Fossil]

How many men did Billy the Kid kill?

Well, guess we will never know.

Should this bother us? Not sure. At this point it is really not that big a thing. But with newspaper reporting in the 1800's so distorted, should we really think our "Fake News" is that new?

Well, in some ways it is. Back in the 1800's it was done to sell newspapers. Now it is done to promote an agenda.

Is that any different? Well, yes it is. Slimy reporting to sell papers comes from the public who consume the lies. Now, the Slimy reporting is paid for those who promote the agenda, a relatively small number of people.

So, the whole system is corrupted by distorted reporting today. It is on a whole other scale of offense.

[smokingfrog]

What?

They had fake news in 1880 too?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4eJhbX7gk

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Well, he DID NOT count Mexicans and Indians!

[crz]

Not as many as John Wesley Hardin, Clay Allison or Killin Jim Miller, who BTW, was lynched April 19th 1909.

Of those three, Allison, was said to have been a maniac. Pure nuts.

Not that the others were not.

[MrEdd]

Well what is the straight scoop on Big Irving?

[Stanwood_Dave]

You do know, that the picture you choose to post about "Billy the Kid," is a true "reverse" of any picture's taken with type of camera. I believe that type of camera is called a {tintype} Billy was right handed, not left handed.

Put this under the For what it's worth, and that's not much at all. :-)