One protester’s altered sign said “God Hates [ ]” while another’s warned, “This [ ] Grabs Back”
Photo: Handout/The National Archives and Records Administration The National Archives apologized on Saturday for using a censored image from the 2017 Women’s March on which it had digitally obscured mentions of President Trump and women’s anatomy on marchers’ protest signs. The non-partisan federal agency — which is tasked with documenting, preserving, and providing public access to U.S.
As a result, one protester’s sign said “God Hates [ ]” while another’s warned, “This [ ] Grabs Back.” Historians and archivists who were reached by the Post and New York Times for comment about the image were aghast over the agency’s actions — as were many more instant experts on Twitter. The National Archives “foolishly compromised the public’s sense of its independence,” insisted a Post editorial, while Rinku Sen, the president of the Women’s March board, called agency’s move a “symbol of the degradation of democracy.
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