CBS to air Trump-sponsored American history competition for America's 250th anniversary, raising concerns over historical bias
By
Ray Flook
22h ago· 5 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article expresses concern over CBS airing an American history competition sponsored by former President Donald Trump and Department of Education head Linda McMahon, framing it as a potential platform for Trump's "alt-history" narrative ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations. The author views this as problematic, suggesting it could be used to promote a revisionist or politically motivated version of American history rather than objective historical content.
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With America's 250th birthday on the way, you can expect to see a whole lot of celebrating – in a whole lot of different ways – going down between now and July 4th (and a few days after).
That means you can expect to see a whole lot of red, white, and blue on your television screens.
With America's 250th birthday on the way, you can expect to see a whole lot of celebrating – in a whole lot of different ways – going down between now and July 4th (and a few days after). That means you can expect to see a whole lot of r
