[Cicero]

I think the answer to your question is that the road to power, fame, and wealth in academia is to say what the politically correct want to hear, not to speak the truth. Belisle would have known that a book of this kind would be warmly welcomed and rewarded by the academic establishment--as indeed it was, and still is, even after it has been shown to be full of lies. This isn't the only instance. Professors who write bad but politically correct books do better in their careers than professors who write good but politically incorrect books. That is a fact of life, which is obvious to the careerists who infest academia today.

[FreeTally]

You very well may be correct. This instance just seems a little different to me. Its not the same as some environmental wack job writing a book that references questionable "science". Its not the same as some leftist writing about mental health or sexuality. He fabricated himself much of his references and "evidence". Its probably not the first time, but just that this is the first case to become this public. I just thought it was really odd that someone would go so far out of their way to fabricate references and evidence, that he himself knows would be so easily debunked. Maybe he is so arrogant that he thinks we are all that dumb. That could be the answer as it is the case with many leftists.