I swear I heard the following sentence drip from the anchorwoman's pearly pink lips: "Cleopatra is remembered as a raving beauty who made Caesar fall in love with her and brought down the Roman Empire..."
Proof that the media are imbeciles.
I mean, nothing in that sentence is accurate. Except that Julius Caesar did fall in love with Cleopatra -- however, she didn't "make" him do this, and it wasn't because of her looks, which were rather ordinary.
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Date: 2007-02-14 02:21 pm (UTC)"Cleopatra is remembered as a raving beauty who made Caesar fall in love with her and brought down the Roman Empire..."
Proof that the media are imbeciles.
I mean, nothing in that sentence is accurate. Except that Julius Caesar did fall in love with Cleopatra -- however, she didn't "make" him do this, and it wasn't because of her looks, which were rather ordinary.