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  • 2017-03-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Betsy DeVos Say History Textbooks Should Be Based on the Bible? (en)
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  • On 5 March 2017, PoliticalGarbageChute.com published an article reporting that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos had announced that history textbooks will be revised to exclude all information not found in the Bible: DeVos was further quoted as saying, Nothing that has happened in the last two thousand years is really all that important, not enough to teach our kids about, anyway. However, both of these shocking quotes, along with the rest of article in which they are found, are completely fictitious. As the name of the web site implies, Political Garbage Chute traffics in political satire. This and other posts on the site are clearly labeled Humor/Satire, and a disclaimer on the site says: The article riffs on DeVos' reputation as a churchgoer and advocate of private (including home and faith-based) schools who once said that her goal is to confront the culture in which we all live today in ways which will continue to advance God’s kingdom. We have found no instances of her making public statements to the effect that history textbooks ought to be based on the Bible, however. Like a previous Political Garbage Chute spoof holding that President Trump signed an executive order declaring himself the winner of the popular vote in the 2016 election, it's a prime example of fake news. (en)
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