Remember this morning when veteran journalist Mark Knoller came under lefty fire for accurate, by-the-book reporting?
We’re gonna go ahead and assume that those same lefties won’t be outraged about PBS NewsHour journalist Yamiche Alcindor’s brazen display of ant-journalism:
Pres Trump gearing up to attack 1619 in his speech today. He is expected to say, “Critical Race Theory, the 1619 Project, and the crusade against American history is toxic propaganda—an ideological poison that, if not removed, will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together.”
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) September 17, 2020
Oh no!
show me the lie https://t.co/SnwwuonPGB
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) September 17, 2020
they're all in the 1619 project
— Jessica (Fletcher) O’Donnell (@heckyessica) September 17, 2020
Oh, snap.
Yamiche Alcindor being Yamiche Alcindor, she’s got a “note” to add, of course:
An important note that as President Trump gears up to attack the 1619 project, @nhannahjones is a national treasure who put in context how America came to be, the black enslaved people it exploited and the way forward. We should all be grateful for the 1619 Project.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) September 17, 2020
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a national treasure! And we should all be eternally grateful for her error-riddled and thoroughly discredited take on American history!
An important note that the 1619 Project has been torn to pieces by historians — from minor details to the project's entire thesis.https://t.co/WQHqtRtYWO
And fact-checkers for the project have come out publicly that they were ignored. https://t.co/rQjN67kxBI https://t.co/t3jCvNWLbO
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) September 17, 2020
The 1619 Project has been widely criticized by dozens of historians for its inaccuracies. We should bar any federal funding for schools that teach it.
Is this journalism or activism? https://t.co/1sFV1vu42n
— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) September 17, 2020
Yamiche this isn’t journalism, this is editorializing – there have been numerous, credible criticisms of the accuracy of the 1619 project, and @nhannahjones has responded extremely defensively, attacking her critics each time.
— HARUMPH (@HARUMPH2020) September 17, 2020
The 1619 Project is deeply flawed, ahistorical, and ideologically driven. https://t.co/8cZF4wB5JN
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) September 17, 2020
But national treasure. Just like Yamiche herself.
Yamiche calls herself a journalist while also saying this. https://t.co/S9YTOHAQkM
— eric (@eriContrarian) September 17, 2020
Insane. Insane! https://t.co/GDJjutp3sY
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) September 17, 2020
The 1619 Project isn't history.
Defund PBS.
— Max Nordau (@MaxNordau) September 17, 2020
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