Trump administration removes critical language about Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
The Trump administration removed language criticizing the Confederacy and referencing slavery from the web page of a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Archived versions of the page show the changes. The memorial had previously been removed from the cemetery and the altered language pertains to its historical description.
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2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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CNN
'What are they scared of?' Trump admin sanitizes language about slavery at Confederate Memorial Site
sanitizing slavery language · negative
Reuters
Trump administration cuts criticism of Confederate statue that stood at Arlington Cemetery
removal of critical language · neutral
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CNN frames the change as sanitizing language about slavery and asks what are they scared of?, while Reuters neutrally reports the removal of criticism from the memorial's web page.
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“Trump administration cuts criticism of Confederate statue that stood at Arlington Cemetery”
“'What are they scared of?' Trump admin sanitizes language about slavery at Confederate Memorial Site”
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The Trump administration altered language on the Arlington National Cemetery Confederate memorial web page to remove criticism of the Confederacy and references to slavery
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