The New Republic71%
Smithsonian’s First Black Chief Pushes Back on Everything Trump Said 88%
By Malcolm Ferguson68%
7/10/2026, 4:55:26 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and In-Group Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 61.4% saturation with 221 hits. Analysis detected 1,786 faulty-reasoning hits from 360 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 81.2% and a BS Rank of 88% (2,539 of 21,174 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 88.00% of the article peer group.
Smithsonian’s First Black Chief Pushes Back on Everything Trump Said
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch responded to President Trump’s most recent attack, framing the White House’s hostile 162-page July 4 report as a gross misrepresentation of what the storied cultural institution actually does.
“While there will always be room for improvement, this report is not a fair characterization of the work and totality of the National Museum of American History,” Bunch said in an internal letter obtained by ABC News .
“At the Smithsonian, our work is driven by scholarship, accuracy, and an uncompromising commitment to tell the fullness of America’s story.
… As public servants and the keepers of this institution, we are charged with helping a nation find understanding, hope, and clarity and as part of that duty, we are dedicated to excellence, reflection, and growth.”
The White House’s Domestic Policy Council essentially called the Smithsonian an extremist, anti-white, anti-American organization, writing that the museum “has become subject to institutional capture by a radical, activist ideology that is fundamentally opposed to telling the noble, honest story of the great country we know and love.”
“As it stands today, it would benefit most Americans, especially parents bringing their children for a tour, if the Smithsonian’s flagship history museum had a label at every entrance that reads: ‘Warning: the exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don’t want you to love your country,’” the report concluded.
Bunch, who is the Smithsonian’s first Black chief and whose time leading the institution may very well be limited, encouraged his staff to continue to use their work to “find understanding, hope, and clarity.”
How much can you really love America if you’re not willing to see all sides of its history, from its most triumphant moments to its most abhorrent ones?
Everything contained in the Smithsonian museums—from the National African American History and Culture Museum to the American Art Museum—is there because it had an outsize impact on American culture.
It seems that the right just can’t handle hearing anything negative about this country at all, regardless of how truthful it is.
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