President Trump, who frequently denounces accurate journalism he dislikes as “fake news,” is demanding that national parks, monuments, museums and other federal sites replace facts about our past and our environment with fiction — fake history and fake science.
The president wants to turn national treasures that have educated millions of people into propaganda instruments portraying America in a positive light, even when the portrayal is false. This has led his administration to order the censoring of factual information about ugly parts of American history.
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Because Trump has called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated” — contradicting scientific facts — his administration is also barring displays about climate change on federal property. In one of many examples, the Interior Department has removed material at Glacier National Park explaining how climate change is melting the glaciers.
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Americans are sharply divided based on our political views, but we must recognize that objective facts exist. If we can’t agree on what is factual and what is fictional, our divisions are bound to increase, harming our nation.
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