(screenshot from Newseum.org)

Update:

On Saturday, Newseum spokesperson Sonya Gavankar confirmed in an emailed statement that the museum has stopped selling “you are very fake news” t-shirts at the store’s gift shop and online.

“We made a mistake and we apologize. A free press is an essential part of our democracy and journalists are not the enemy of the people,” Gavankar said.

However, the museum will keep all its Trump merchandise. “As an organization that celebrates the rights of people from all political spectrums to express themselves freely, we’ve historically made all types of political merchandise available for our guests to purchase,” Gavankar said. “That has included former and current presidential slogans and imagery and merchandise from all political parties. We continue to do so in celebration of freedom of speech.”

Original:

A museum dedicated to showcasing the importance of journalism and journalistic accomplishments throughout American history is now selling “fake news” T-shirts at its online gift shop.

Also available for purchase: Make America Great Again hats and more Trump-related apparel. Poynter was the first to report on the sale of these items at D.C.’s Newseum, which says on its website that its mission “is to increase public understanding of the importance of a free press and the First Amendment.”

The Newseum—which has had significant financial struggles since moving into its flagship building near the National Mall—sells merchandise (buttons, notebooks, pens) with political figures on them. But Trump appears to be the only political figure, besides JFK and Ben Franklin, with apparel being currently sold online. Still, the shirts do express a variety of political viewpoints, including this “The World is Too Small for Walls” T-shirt and an “alternative facts” shirt, which defines the term as “a false statement delivered with deliberate intent to mislead or to deceive.”

“As a nonpartisan organization, people with differing viewpoints feel comfortable visiting the Newseum, and one of our greatest strengths is that we’re champions not only of a free press but also of free speech,” Sonya Gavankar, director of public relations for the Newseum, told Poynter.

President Trump has used the term “fake news” to discredit both specific reporting about him and the news media more widely. CNN has been a particular target of his ire and has consistently been branded as fake news in his tweets and public comments. He has also tweeted that the New York Times, NBC News, ABC, CBS, and CNN are “the enemy of the American people.”

Journalists have been sounding the alarm since President Trump’s campaign about his anti-press rhetoric, including that time he tweeted a video of himself body-slamming and hitting a person with a CNN logo placed over their face.

This isn’t the first time the Newseum has appeared to celebrate Trump; in 2017, the museum threw him a lavish inauguration party.

It’s unclear whether other presidents also had apparel sold at the Newseum gift shop during their presidencies. It’s also unclear how long this specific apparel has been sold at the museum. The Newseum did not respond to DCist’s request for comment by the time of publishing.