The Thanksgiving holiday is manufactured propaganda and has been used for further “racial exclusion,” the left-wing Axios claimed on Thanksgiving Eve.
outlet claim that Americans need to reject the Thanksgiving myth and better understand the holiday, because “as our country becomes more diverse, we need new voices to tell our nation's history.” This is because there is.
Most of the articles focus on race, blaming not only white Pilgrims but also white abolitionists and even families watching football.
Axios acknowledges: American Thanksgiving On November 1, 1777, the 13 colonies united to celebrate their victory. [sic–it was the American victory over the British] “The British at Saratoga” credits the holiday to the public relations efforts of abolitionist Sarah Josepha Hale.
Axios notes that Hale's public relations efforts to adopt “a national Thanksgiving holiday as a means of unity” ultimately convinced a war-weary President Abraham Lincoln to establish the holiday in 1863. states. The article then attacks Hale, an ardent abolitionist, for “support.”[ing] The idea was that free black people would leave the United States for “colonies” in Africa. ”
The Axios article notes that “until the 1950s, many black Americans were prohibited from attending college games or attending games in non-segregated settings,” which is why they played football on Thanksgiving. It also includes a rebuke to America's tradition of watching movies.
The outlet wanted to get its own turkey and eat it too, while at the same time “hungry pilgrims who landed in what is now Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, received the help they needed from friendly Wampanoag members.” It attacks conservatives like Axios, challenging the traditional Thanksgiving narrative of “I got something.'' , did not agree with that story. The report states:
conservative, Like the late Rush Limbaugh, they attacked what they called Thanksgiving historical revisionists and dismissed anything that challenged the myth. Before passing away in 2021, Limbaugh made false allegations Native Americans had “little, if any, to do with the prosperity” that the Pilgrims experienced.
Axios, founded by former journalists from another left-wing publication Politico, is in trouble.
In August, Axios laid off 10% of its workforce (about 50 people). Jim VandeHei, Axios co-founder and CEO, blamed the layoffs on “changes in the media business.”
“This is the most difficult moment in our lifetime for media,” he lamented in an email to staff. obtained According to the New York Times.
A week before Election Day, with Trump leading in polls and early voting numbers, VandeHei and Axios' Mike Allen reported that theybroken glass election. “
“Mainstream media’s dominance in shaping narrative and reality in presidential elections” Collapse in 2024” they wrote. “How and where Americans get their information has fragmented into many fragments, from young men on Joe Rogan's podcast to suburban women following Instagram influencers.”
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos acknowledged in October that legacy media is suffering from a “lack of credibility.”[m]”We are having a conversation with ourselves,” he wrote – and must work to regain the trust of the American public, Axios appears to have a different view.
A few days before Thanksgiving, VandeHei went on a social media rant in what many called a “rambling rant” and a “meltdown,” in which he said, “Everything we do is under fire.” They complained, belittled emerging media for undermining the gatekeeper position of established media, and attacked those that did not. They don't understand the importance of journalism and journalists.
“Every day, or today, Elon Musk sits on Twitter with X and says things like, ‘We are the media!’” You guys are the media! ” VandeHei said. “My message is, Elon Musk Ha: “Bullshit!” You are not the media! ”
“For example, what we do, what journalists do…do you declare yourself a reporter? That's nonsense,” he added. “Being a reporter is hard, it's really hard. You have to care. You have to do a hard job. You have to wake up every day and say, 'Fearlessly, without favoritism, to be the closest to the truth. You have to say, 'I want to be close to things.'
With media outlets like Axios and traditional media losing influence, President Trump is considering rescheduling his White House press conferences, potentially leaving establishment media out to dry.
Donald Trump Jr. revealed on Monday's podcast Activate! His father thinks it's a “great idea” to shake things up and create space for new media in the briefing room.
Only 49 qualified reporters are reserved seats in the White House briefing room, and the White House controls which media outlets are eligible. Currently, the independent White House Correspondents Association decides who sits where, but no White House has yet voiced serious and long-term opposition to this established order.
The name Axios, translated from Greek, means “worth”, but it is not clear from the name what this publication is “worth”.
Bradley Jay is Breitbart News' Capitol Hill correspondent. Follow him on X/Twitter. @BradleyAJay.
