I'll paste a comment I made in an HN thread a few days ago, since this seems to be the same blog post:

Not exactly the "full story" when it omits the facts that support differing conclusions. That's sort of the opposite of "full story".

Some moderating details:

* Documents were damaged by a mold that is hazardous to health

* State archivist claims the documents were of "low historical value"

* Archivist claims some were confidential, and couldn't be legally released to 3rd party

http://www.wral.com/historians-lament-destruction-of-frankli...