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Dear Editor,
Readers of your October 29 article on the Smithsonian Inspector General's report on the travel and expenses of W. Richard West, Jr., the founding director of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) would have trouble discerning that the report largely exonerates Mr. West of the charges contained in your newspaper’s original sensationalized articles and that it places far more blame on the Smithsonian than on Mr. West.
Unfortunately, your article on the OIG’s report is of a piece with your earlier stories that ignored basic facts and the context of Mr. West’s important work.
Readers of your October 29 article on the Smithsonian Inspector General's report on the travel and expenses of W. Richard West, Jr., the founding director of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) would have trouble discerning that the report largely exonerates Mr. West of the charges contained in your newspaper’s original sensationalized articles and that it places far more blame on the Smithsonian than on Mr. West.
Unfortunately, your article on the OIG’s report is of a piece with your earlier stories that ignored basic facts and the context of Mr. West’s important work.
