Joe has it history wrong! The light bulb itself was invented by Thomas Edison, but the innovation used to create longer-lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament came from African-American inventor Lewis Latimer.
"People fear that's, which, that which is different. We gotta, for example, why in God's name don't we teach history in history classes? A black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison." @JoeBiden spreads a false meme: https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/01/fake-news-meet-the-black-man-who-did-NOT-invent-lightbulb-or-telephone.html …pic.twitter.com/XcCPUjgwg1
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I think you'll find that Joseph Swan invented an incandescent light bulb before Edison
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The light bulb itself was invented by Thomas Edison, but the innovation used to create longer-lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament came from African-American inventor Lewis Latimer.
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Orwell said" we would rewrite history"
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Especially as an incandescent light bulb was invented by a Mr. Joseph Swan before Edison.
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This is getting way out of hand
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