A look at the source code of the original description found through internet archives confirms that lead essayist Nikole Hannah-Jones [shown] and the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project removed the line “understanding 1619 as our true founding,” from the description of the project sometime after August 2019.
Phil Magness, a historian, observed the newspaper’s deceptive edits on Twitter.
“Can the @nytimes‘s #1619project get any more dishonest? They appear to have edited their own website to remove the claim that 1619 was America’s “true founding” some time between August 2019 and @nhannahjones‘s denial today that she ever intended to claim that,” Magness wrote.
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Investigative Issues: NY Times Deceptively Edits False Claim at Center of 1619 Project
