Rewriting wrongs?

riting in the in December, historian and broadcaster () declared: “Historians should repeatedly point out that the ‘rewriting of history’ is not some act of professional misconduct but literally the job of professional historians.” Other Twitter historians agreed, in strident terms. (), for instance, responded with an all-caps “LITERALLY OUR JOB.” Another () concurred, issuing the rallying cry that “it’s time to fight for the soul of the discipline – misinformation is destroying history’s credibility”. () made the important point that “if we want historians to share their research or assist institutions without being fashioned into targets for hatred, intimidation and smear campaigns we need to act. Today it’s someone else. Tomorrow it could be you.”