Accuracy in Media

Below is a portion of a great piece at the National Review on why Christopher Columbus is important to American history and idea of American exceptionalism: One man, two narratives: 1. Born to a working-class wool weaver in the port city of Genoa, Italy, Cristoforo Colombo apprenticed as a sailor and went to sea as […]

Boston and Cleveland have proposed a change to ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’ from ‘Columbus Day’, while Cincinnati rejected the name change. Other cities, such as Phoenix, Seattle, Cambridge (Massachusetts), and Belfast (Maine), have already made the politically-correct change. Photo by edenpictures

It’s an interesting column on why a one-size-fits-all name should be offensive to Native Americans and indigenous people for putting their entire people in a general category, without giving context on their accomplishments: The emptiness of the gesture is there right in the name of the day: It’s not Tecumseh Day or Ira Hayes Day […]

Universities and others have called for the renaming or removal of Columbus Day as a federally-recognized holiday, saying it should be called ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’ instead.