When Deborah Lipstadt, historian of the Holocaust, called David Irving, the bard of the Third Reich, a Holocaust denier, Irving sued.(Brief article)

When Deborah Lipstadt, historian of the Holocaust, called David Irving, the bard of the Third Reich, a Holocaust denier, Irving sued. His case was thrown out of court--in Britain, mind you, where libel is easy to prove--and Lipstadt has written a book on the experience, History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving. C-SPAN wanted to cover Lipstadt's book, but also thought to give airtime to Irving, to present the unsuccessful plaintiff's view. The glory of CSPAN is its air of omnivorous ...