{"id":1161,"date":"2003-11-01T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-01T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp-a_lawler\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2021-06-22T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:13:04","slug":"lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Something happened at the Iraqi museum, but not what you read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something happened at the Iraqi museum, but not what you  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columbia-journalism-review"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lifting the Fog of the Bias War &#8226; Andrew Lawler<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Something happened at the Iraqi museum, but not what you read.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war:-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War &#8226; Andrew Lawler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Something happened at the Iraqi museum, but not what you read.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war:-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Andrew Lawler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AndrewLawlerAuthor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AndrewLawlerAuthor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2003-11-01T20:22:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-22T15:13:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AndrewLawler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"AndrewLawler\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.semanticscholar.org\\\/paper\\\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\\\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"AndrewLawler\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbc9a5140b6f2e4922d45f0726e70022\"},\"headline\":\"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War\",\"datePublished\":\"2003-11-01T20:22:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-22T15:13:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":18,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbc9a5140b6f2e4922d45f0726e70022\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Columbia Journalism Review\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.semanticscholar.org\\\/paper\\\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\\\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16\",\"name\":\"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War &#8226; Andrew Lawler\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2003-11-01T20:22:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-22T15:13:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Something happened at the Iraqi museum, but not what you read.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.semanticscholar.org\\\/paper\\\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\\\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.semanticscholar.org\\\/paper\\\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\\\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.semanticscholar.org\\\/paper\\\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\\\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Andrew Lawler\",\"description\":\"Andrew Lawler is author of four books\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbc9a5140b6f2e4922d45f0726e70022\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbc9a5140b6f2e4922d45f0726e70022\",\"name\":\"AndrewLawler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/ST-LawlerJacketPic-1x1.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/ST-LawlerJacketPic-1x1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/ST-LawlerJacketPic-1x1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1920,\"caption\":\"AndrewLawler\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\\\/content\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/ST-LawlerJacketPic-1x1.jpg\"},\"description\":\"Andrew Lawler is author of three books, Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World\u2019s Most Contested City, The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a national bestseller, and Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. As a journalist, he has written more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles from more than two dozen countries. His byline has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many others. He is contributing writer for Science and contributing editor for Archaeology. Andrew\u2019s work has appeared several times in The Best of Science and Nature Writing.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.andrewlawler.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AndrewLawlerAuthor\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/andrew-lawler-9b5a064a\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/LawlerAndrew\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCsliIwdDC_wPYE01Se2zzAw\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War &#8226; Andrew Lawler","description":"Something happened at the Iraqi museum, but not what you read.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war:-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War &#8226; Andrew Lawler","og_description":"Something happened at the Iraqi museum, but not what you read.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war:-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16","og_site_name":"Andrew Lawler","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AndrewLawlerAuthor","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AndrewLawlerAuthor","article_published_time":"2003-11-01T20:22:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-22T15:13:04+00:00","author":"AndrewLawler","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"AndrewLawler"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war\/"},"author":{"name":"AndrewLawler","@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cbc9a5140b6f2e4922d45f0726e70022"},"headline":"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War","datePublished":"2003-11-01T20:22:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-22T15:13:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war\/"},"wordCount":18,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cbc9a5140b6f2e4922d45f0726e70022"},"articleSection":["Columbia Journalism Review"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war\/","url":"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16","name":"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War &#8226; Andrew Lawler","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2003-11-01T20:22:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-22T15:13:04+00:00","description":"Something happened at the Iraqi museum, but not what you read.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Lifting-the-fog-of-the-bias-war%3a-something-happened-Lawler\/beaee399a989fa65a570063939b33c1edb9d8d16#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lifting the Fog of the Bias War"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/","name":"Andrew Lawler","description":"Andrew Lawler is author of four books","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cbc9a5140b6f2e4922d45f0726e70022"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cbc9a5140b6f2e4922d45f0726e70022","name":"AndrewLawler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ST-LawlerJacketPic-1x1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ST-LawlerJacketPic-1x1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ST-LawlerJacketPic-1x1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1920,"caption":"AndrewLawler"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ST-LawlerJacketPic-1x1.jpg"},"description":"Andrew Lawler is author of three books, Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World\u2019s Most Contested City, The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a national bestseller, and Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. As a journalist, he has written more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles from more than two dozen countries. His byline has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many others. He is contributing writer for Science and contributing editor for Archaeology. Andrew\u2019s work has appeared several times in The Best of Science and Nature Writing.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AndrewLawlerAuthor","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-lawler-9b5a064a\/","https:\/\/x.com\/LawlerAndrew","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsliIwdDC_wPYE01Se2zzAw"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}