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| NYT rewrites history again with Nikole Hannah-Jones |
| 2025-12-31 |
| [Jonathan Turley] Former New York Times reporter and Howard University professor Nikole Hannah-Jones has long been controversial as a writer who expressly rejects objectivity and neutrality in journalism. That was most evident in her "1619 Project," which was ridiculed by historians and law professors in claiming that slavery was the driving force behind American independence. Nevertheless, the project was awarded the Pulitzer Prize despite glaring historical errors. Yet, this month, Hannah-Jones is back on the pages of the New York Times again rewriting history. This time, she is praising cop-killer and 1960s revolutionary Assata Shakur (left). Hannah-Jones has been a lightning rod in her writings, from declaring "all journalism is activism" to spreading conspiracy theories against the police. Yet, mainstream media, including the Times, has run interference for Hannah-Jones, including the dean of the University of North Carolina trying to shut down criticism by reminding a reporter that they must all defend Hannah-Jones. Hannah-Jones’s latest project of historical revision is a sorrowful memorial to Shakur, which shows the same disregard for facts in favor of a preferred narrative. Born JoAnne Deborah Byron (and later adopting the names of Joanne Chesimard and Shakur), the violent revolutionary was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. In 1977, she killed New Jersey police officer Werner Foerster, 34, a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran who left behind a widow and a young son. She later escaped prison and fled to Cuba, where she died earlier this year. In 2005, she was declared a domestic terrorist. In 2013, the Obama Administration put her on the most wanted list. You would know little of that from the New York Times column. After all, all journalism is activism, according to Hannah-Jones, and, if the facts do not fit the narrative, the facts have to go. Related: Nikole Hannah-Jones 08/24/2025 ‘Sloppy scholarship': New book refutes claim early U.S. economy was built on slavery Nikole Hannah-Jones 05/21/2025 The Ongoing Failure Of Affirmative Action Nikole Hannah-Jones 11/14/2023 The Federal ‘Kill Switch' Signals Our Surrender To Tech Overlords Related: Assata Shakur 10/31/2025 Venezuelan Narco Regime Provided Over $20 Million to Fund Black Lives Matter - Gateway Hispanic Assata Shakur 09/29/2025 Chicago Teachers Union Praises Terrorist who died in Cuba Assata Shakur 07/16/2021 BLM blames 'cruel and inhumane' US embargoes for Cuban unrest and praises the communist regime for granting 'Black revolutionaries' asylum |
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