A favorable biography of a politician omits certain incriminating facts about the politician that were available to anyone when the book was written  The book' s author claims that, because he was unaware of these facts when he wrote the book, he is not accountable for the fact that readers were misled by this omission
In a biographer, however, ignorance of this kind cannot be used to evade blame for misleading readers
An author of a biography should not be blamed for omitting facts if those facts would have supported the author's view.