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Former New York Gov. George Pataki went on Newsmax to call out what he rightly characterized as a creeping effort to rewrite the history of Sept. 11 and to expose glaring media double standards. Pataki reminded viewers that the freedoms which made America a beacon — and a target — are under renewed pressure from within, and he warned against any softening of the truth about that tragic day.
Pataki’s authority on this subject isn’t theoretical; he led New York through the immediate aftermath and helped guide the early work at Ground Zero, watching firsthand the courage of first responders and the unity that followed. As the nation observed the 25th anniversary of the attacks, his message was plain: honor the victims and resist attempts to sanitize or relativize what happened on Sept. 11, 2001.
This isn’t sentimentalism — it’s a matter of national memory and moral clarity. When influential institutions wobble, as with the recent CBC guidance controversy over how to label the attacks, it reveals a willingness among some in the media world to bow to ideological fashion rather than stand by basic facts. Americans have a right to demand consistency: call evil what it is, and stop letting politics rewrite grief.
The result is a toxic double standard: when conservatives defend the truth about 9/11 they are smeared, while the left sometimes turns remembrance into a partisan cudgel or looks the other way at equivocations. Republicans and patriots who insist on honoring the dead and defending the historical record are not being divisive — they are defending the moral foundation of the republic.
Pataki’s warning should be heeded: preserve the facts, protect the memory of the fallen, and hold the press accountable when it treats sacred events as negotiable. The conservative case is simple and unvarnished — truth, courage, and unity — and those values must guide how we remember Ground Zero and teach the next generation what patriotism really means.
