[Paine in the Neck]

This has been well known for something on the order of 35 years.

Right. What's the hub-bub? I can't remember when I didn't know she was an OSS agent and I'm well over 50. This has been common knowledge in the Boston area for decades.

[Kirkwood]

Most young people today know absolutely nothing about history. I would guess that the writer is maybe in her early 20s and doesn’t know bean dip about researching a story. She probably didn’t even know who Julia Child was until someone else told her.