The Newseum in Washington, D. C., is an interactive museum that celebrates the role and history of the media in America. So, what are among\u2026<\/b>
\nThe Newseum in Washington, D. C., is an interactive museum that celebrates the role and history of the media in America.
So, what are among the top-selling items in the museum\u2019s gift shop and through its online store? Red caps that say \u201cMake America Great Again,\u201d and T-shirts that say \u201cYou Are Very Fake News.\u201d
But the popularity of items associated with President Trump has been irritating many members of the media, Poynter.org, the website for a media think tank, reported .
\u201cYour \u2018fake news\u2019 t-shirts aren\u2019t funny, @Newseum(.) They make a mockery of the reporters, whose name you have inscribed on your walls, who died for their vocation,\u201d reporter Leigh Giangreco tweeted .
The mission of Newseum, a nonprofit enterprise, is to \u201cincrease public understanding of the importance of a free press and the First Amendment,\u201d according to its website.
As for sales of merchandise at the museum, Sonya Gavankar, a Newseum spokeswoman, told Poynter that \u201cthe MAGA hat and the FBI hat are two of our best-selling items.\u201d
She added that the merchandise offered for sale shows how the museum tries to foster an environment that encourages free expression.
\u201cAs a nonpartisan organization, people with differing viewpoints feel comfortable visiting the Newseum,\u201d she said, \u201cand one of our greatest strengths is that we\u2019re champions not only of a free press but also of free speech.\u201d
But a member of the White House press corps, on condition of anonymity, objected to the Newseum selling political merchandise, adding that \u201cfake news\u201d apparel was an \u201cinsult to journalists,\u201d Poynter reported.
\u201cI go to the Newseum a lot and actually saw these T-shirts previously,\u201d the reporter told Poynter. \u201cI remember commenting to my friend how inappropriate I thought it was to sell this anti-press material at a museum that celebrates our industry.
\u201c\u2019Fake news\u2019 is a phrase that undercuts our profession and the hard-working journalists who practice the craft,\u201d the reporter continued. \u201cSelling clothing that is blatantly anti-press further promotes hatred towards journalists.\u201d
Another reporter Valerie Insinna, tweeted that she will no longer be visiting the museum.
\u201cI won\u2019t be recommending it to visitors, and I will not be taking my family and friends there ever again,\u201d she wrote .
Other Newseum visitors who object to the Trump-related merchandise might consider just buying a Republican or Democratic coffee mug. The Newseum has those, too.<\/p>\n

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