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** Japan is a good example. But so are the other Imperial powers. That means, America, Britain, France, Spain and many others often get toned down.
* Various historical dictators will have their atrocities glazed over by the modern apologists, for political reasons.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110116100648/http://www.canadianlegends.ca/Products.asp This] action figure of [[wikipedia:John A. Macdonald|Sir John A. Macdonald]] comes with a brief biography (obviously written for children) in which it is stated that he and [[wikipedia:Louis Riel|Louis Riel]] "[[Understatement|did not get along very well.]]" The fact of the matter is that Macdonald and Riel fought two wars against each other at the conclusion of which Riel was executed.
* In media based on the New Testament of [[The Bible]], Pontius Pilate is often portrayed as reluctant to sentence Jesus to execution. This is unlikely given that Pilate was recalled to Rome because the ''[[The Empire|Romans]]'' though he was too brutal.
* [[wikipedia:Gilles de rais|Gilles de Rais]] was one of [[Joan of Arc]]'s companions, an [[Rated "M" for Manly|all-around man's man]], and a succesful soldier. That's the [[Theme Park Version]] anyway, the fact that he was also a serial rapist and killer of ''children'' tends not to be mentioned in kid's history books. [[Darker and Edgier|For older readers, however...]]
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