CNN’s Dana Bash spread some fake news on Tuesday’s edition of Inside Politics and not of the fun April Fool’s variety. Bash, together with Africana Studies Prof. Clarissa Myric-Harris White, burned multiple straw men on President Donald Trump’s executive order on the Smithsonian.
At the beginning of the segment, Bash reported, “In the order, the president says, quote, ‘museums in our nation’s capital should be places where individuals go to learn — not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history.’”
Later, she welcomed White and asked, “this executive order says, that the goal of this tie between Smithsonian funding and the policy that they want to promote, and it is, quote, ‘prohibit expenditure on exhibits or programs that degrade shared American values or divide…
