[CobaltBlue]

Your statement of facts with respect to Benjamin Franklin are correct. It's a ridiculous claim that should embarrass a high school student.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I thought it sounded a little bit suspect . . .

Whoever wrote this thing, and whoever edited it, well, they're both not very careful at all. Hopefully it was just an innocent mistake, but to me it smelled like an attempt to bend history in order to make a particular point.