Monday, January 20, 2020
Dumb
This smacks of George Orwell's "1984" and the memory hole in which facts are changed to suit the whims of a dictatorial state. The National Archives of all agencies should know better. It is tasked with faithfully preserving the nation's historical documents without change so citizens and historians can consult them to understand the times and their impacts on the democracy. That the agency saw fit to obscure criticism of President Trump in a photo was foolish, and predictably, it didn't get away with it. The Archives acknowledged a "mistake" without elaborating, which it should have done. Maybe the next time it will handle its historical images better.
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