Ignorance no barrier as president begins to put out approved version of history that ignores American failures
  • Ogmios@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Under an executive order issued in January, the president has started to churn out his own approved version of US history that professional historians fear will resort to the tried and tested authoritarian playbook of airbrushing out inconvenient and inglorious chapters that do not align with his vision of American greatness.

    The executive order is literally just planning for celebrating the 250th anniversary, and this is the whole of the reasoning behind the alarmist headline. But it’s all okay, since getting people to hate Trump more is the goal, so if you have to bend the truth a bit over your knee to achieve that, who can blame you right?

    “Journalism”

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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      1 day ago

      ne of those was under way last month when the first of a series of short videos, entitled “The Story of America”, was posted on the White House 250 website. The videos were produced in partnership with Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian institution in Michigan.

      In the opening video, the college’s president, Larry Arnn – a former research director for Winston’s Churchill official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert – drew similarities between Lincoln and Trump, citing the current president’s signature slogan “Make America Great Again”.

      Like many of his orders one or more may be a common one from previous presidents but he does it in a dipshit manner. This is why hournalism is better than internet comments.