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bullwinkle428

(20,631 posts)
Wed May 26, 2021, 08:27 AM May 2021

School apologizes for stating falsely in yearbook Trump was not impeached

NOTE : This took place in Bentonville, Arkansas - home of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

A school principal in Arkansas has apologized for “political inaccuracies” in a yearbook falsely stating that Donald Trump was not impeached and that last year’s racial protests in the US were “Black Lives Matter riots”.

Josh Thompson, principal of Bentonville’s Lincoln junior high school, admitted that some of the contents of the yearbook, which also included a photograph of the deadly 6 January insurrection in Washington DC captioned: “Trump supporters protest at the Capitol,” were “both biased and political”.

The letter did not address how the false statements and political opinions came to be published, but promised the school would “evaluate its vetting process for all yearbook content to ensure future publications are of the highest quality”.

The Lincoln yearbook featured a photograph of an unidentified group next to an overturned car, with the caption: “Black Lives Matter riots Started in Minneapolis in may of 2020 [sic]”; and a separate photograph of the former president with his fists clenched and the caption: “President Trump WAS NOT impeached.”


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/26/arkansas-junior-high-school-yearbook
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School apologizes for stating falsely in yearbook Trump was not impeached (Original Post) bullwinkle428 May 2021 OP
Earth flat? Climate change a hoax? Earth 6000 years old? NoMoreRepugs May 2021 #1
Just a few alternative facts. MuseRider May 2021 #2
So schools no longer have to teach facts? PJMcK May 2021 #3
Aren't MAGATs always complaining that their kids are victims of bullwinkle428 May 2021 #4
Why was anything about the election even included in the yearbook? LiberalFighter May 2021 #5
how history is written stillcool May 2021 #6
We had nothing political in my yearbook and how glad I am jimfields33 May 2021 #7

NoMoreRepugs

(9,474 posts)
1. Earth flat? Climate change a hoax? Earth 6000 years old?
Wed May 26, 2021, 08:36 AM
May 2021

Men riding dinosaurs? January 6th Insurrection a capitol tour that got exuberant?

I am just sooooo tired of all that BULLSHIT.

MuseRider

(34,129 posts)
2. Just a few alternative facts.
Wed May 26, 2021, 08:41 AM
May 2021

No harm no foul, we want our children to have many different ideas about everything right?

Choices!

Edumacations are important.

bullwinkle428

(20,631 posts)
4. Aren't MAGATs always complaining that their kids are victims of
Wed May 26, 2021, 08:53 AM
May 2021

"liberal indoctrination" when they're in school? That's pretty much the entire mindset behind their meltdowns over "critical race theory".

jimfields33

(15,988 posts)
7. We had nothing political in my yearbook and how glad I am
Wed May 26, 2021, 09:32 AM
May 2021

It’s supposed to be about seniors primarily and the other three classes supporting.

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