Newt Gingrich said the New York Times project that claims to contextualize the history of slavery in America is “propaganda.”
“The NY Times 1619 Project should make its slogan ‘All the Propaganda we want to brainwash you with’.it is a repudiation of the original NY Times motto,” the former House speaker said Sunday on Twitter.
The NY Times 1619 Project should make its slogan “All the Propaganda we want to brainwash you with”.it is a repudiation of the original NY Times motto.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) August 18, 2019
The Times started the 1619 Project last week, which seeks to “reframe” American history 400 years after the first slave ship came to North America.
The paper says the project “aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.”
The 1619 project has been panned by critics as an attempt to reduce the entirety of American history to a lesson on slavery and race.
The Times said they plan on using the series throughout different parts of the paper’s news sections, including sports, business, and travel.
Last week, a leaked transcript from a Times meeting of editors and staff reveal the paper wants to rebuild its coverage over the next two years to focus on writing “more deeply about the country, race, and other divisions.”
