A recent column by a USA Today producer raises questions about the newspaper's commitment to its own standards and guidelines. The article absurdly equates
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“We live in a time,” renowned historian Bernard Lewis wrote in his 2013 memoirs, “where great energies are devoted to the falsification of history to flatter, to deceive or to serve some sectional purpose. No good,” he warned, “can come from such distortions.”
The U.S. Department of State, which is attempting to rewrite history, would be wise to heed the late historian’s warning.
On March 30, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken unveiled the 2020 Human Rights Report, which seeks to provide “objective and comprehensive information to Congress, civil society, academics, activists and people everywhere” about the status of human rights in various countries. Regrettably, in some respects, the report fails by its own standards.
The US State Department should take Bernard Lewis’s advice
“Those who are unwilling to confront the past,” wrote the prolific historian, “will be unable to understand the present and unfit to face the future.”
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(April 9, 2021 / JNS) “We live in a time,” renowned historian Bernard Lewis wrote in his 2013 memoirs, “where great energies are devoted to the falsification of history to flatter, to deceive or to serve some sectional purpose. No good,” he warned, “can come from such distortions.”
The U.S. Department of State, which is attempting to rewrite history, would be wise to heed the late historian’s warning.