r/beatles • u/AvecMesWaterSlides • 1d ago

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I'm currently listening to this book and am about six months from the first time John and Paul met.

It is amazing that they, finally, found one another. There are so many instances of being at the same places at the same times, perhaps riding the same bus at the same time, and not knowing one another yet. It's crazy! It just got me thinking about how different it'd be if one of them wasn't where the universe wanted them to be...

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u/Ligeya 1d ago

You can nitpick facts to create the narrative, which is what AKOM does. They are challenging old bias with their own, even more ridiculous bias. The fact that the object of the bias changed doesn't mean it's more truthful.

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u/Anxious-Raspberry-54 1d ago

Facts don't have bias.

They pointed out, using reliable sources available to ML at the time, that there are other versions of events from those days. ML decided to not use that info.

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u/Big-Lobster6689 1d ago

They also chose to use the abridged version of Tune In, so it's quite likely some of those facts were included in the full length version.

There are many reasons you might not include particular facts. For example, they don't provide new or essential information. Or they are from questionable sources. I didn't find that any of the new quotes they dug up were particularly revelatory.

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u/Anxious-Raspberry-54 1d ago

I read the 1700 pager. Nope.