This is bad even though they admitted it and will use the real photo.
National Archives Apologize For Caving To Trump With Doctored Pics
I think that is fairly reasonable. Imagine a great picture of the 1963 March on Washington but there’s one guy with a placard that says “Fuck Kennedy!” There’s kids that are going to see the picture, and the purpose of the picture isn’t to degrade Kennedy (or as she stated to preserve a completely authentic picture), so what do you do?
I can see the argument for keeping the picture as is or not displaying it at all. I can also see a reasonable argument for altering the picture for the purposes that the spokeswoman stated. I don’t think this is some grand design to protect Trump.
If they used this as promotional material and kept it unaltered, there would be complaints of young children seeing the words “pussy” and “vagina” on the giant picture, and more complaints that they were engaged in a political hit job on Trump as they did not display rallies that were approving of the President. Really a no-win situation.
But… the edited picture kept the word “fuck” fully readable, but blurred the word “Trump.” Your concern for the children makes no sense.
The director of NARA should resign.
My apologies, I misremembered the picture. Other vulgar words were indeed edited out.
The boss should still resign.
Doesn’t matter that the guy was appointed by Obama it’s still a big mistake.
That’s not a reasonable distinction.
I’d say this guy’s head should roll, but this being the Trump era, odds are overwhelming that his replacement would be a total Trump stooge who’d be happy to alter as much of the historical record as necessary to please Dear Leader.
amazing Trump did not fire the guy when he took office but maybe now he will since he has an excuse to use. Or maybe the guy is a Trump donor.
"Alterations included removing the president’s name from a sign that read “Trump & GOP — Hands Off Women”, and blurring out the word “vagina”, the newspaper reported.
In a statement to the Washington Post, spokeswoman Miriam Kleiman said the National Archives, as a “non-partisan, non-political federal agency”, had blurred the president’s name “so as not to engage in current political controversy”.
The decision to blur references to women’s genitals was made because the words could be perceived as inappropriate to students and young people visiting the museum, it said.
The American Civil Liberties Union hit out at the move to alter the image, saying: “The government can’t airbrush history or erase women’s bodies from it. It is the job of the National Archives to document history, not alter it to serve the president’s ego.”
So, one person on the team was an Obama appointee? And how many were Trump appointees, and did that one Obama appointee have any part in this decision?
And “provide records without engaging in political controversy”? The political controversy is what they’re providing records of.
I’ve explained to our son that “vagina” is not a dirty word but he still needs a different name for his hamster.
Trump U doctorate, utility belt full of Sharpies?
Paging Mr. Orwell, Mr. George Orwell.
What exactly is everyone fearful of happening if kids see and/or hear the word “fuck”? Will their heads explode, killing them? Will they turn into demons? Stop eating vegetables? 
They might vote for a liberal when they turn 18!
Or worse yet, they may start to engage in [DEL]dancing[/DEL] critical thinking! :eek:
A co-worker once told me a story about catching his son listening to rap music, saying “I told him I didn’t want that kind of fucking language in my house.”
I suggested he might be sending his son mixed signals.
Yes, philosophical discussions often break out when 11 year old boys see the words “fuck” and “pussy”. :rolleyes:
According to George Carlin, it will “infect your soul, curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.” 
Not really about the horse race. Off to GD.
So, you know that one photo of Stalin with a few political friends that, over time, turned into a photo of Stalin period ?
Yes, that.
ETA : also, when government agencies knowingly publish fakes ; who the hell can one trust ?