Lou Holtz
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Love the essay but Holtz did not write it. According to Snopes:
Origins: Shortly after President Obama gave a speech about income inequality in
December 2013, writer Bob Lonsberry published an essay on his web site titled
"Two Americas" about the "The America that works, and the
America that doesn't."
The article didn't initially gain too much
attention, but that situation changed when the text of Lonsberry's essay
started circulating via e-mail with former football coach Lou Holtz's name featured
prominently at the top in ways that inaccurately suggested he was the article's
author, such as "Lou Holtz Nails It!", "Told As Only a Coach, An
Old Coach Can," "Lou Holtz on America Today," and "Lou
Holtz's Viewpoint."
As Bob Lonsberry has confirmed, however, the
"Two Americas" essay was not penned by a famous former football
coach. It was written and originally published by Lonsberry on his own web site
on 9 December 2013.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/louholtz.asp#CXEMx2EdstMxZruS.99
Origins: Shortly after President Obama gave a speech about income inequality in
December 2013, writer Bob Lonsberry published an essay on his web site titled
"Two Americas" about the "The America that works, and the
America that doesn't."
The article didn't initially gain too much
attention, but that situation changed when the text of Lonsberry's essay
started circulating via e-mail with former football coach Lou Holtz's name featured
prominently at the top in ways that inaccurately suggested he was the article's
author, such as "Lou Holtz Nails It!", "Told As Only a Coach, An
Old Coach Can," "Lou Holtz on America Today," and "Lou
Holtz's Viewpoint."
As Bob Lonsberry has confirmed, however, the
"Two Americas" essay was not penned by a famous former football
coach. It was written and originally published by Lonsberry on his own web site
on 9 December 2013.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/louholtz.asp#CXEMx2EdstMxZruS.99
