And however the Governor proposes to actually DO anything with a Confederate History Month, the folks in my field are damn well going to take the initiative to stick their noses into it and see that it's done right. Because that's our job, whether we're technically being invited to do it or not.

I think the current Texas textbook fiasco shows, that politicians are not interested in the opinions of historians. As the article notes,"There were no historians, sociologists or economists consulted at the meetings, though some members of the conservative bloc held themselves out as experts on certain topics." Corporate news and popular culture often ignores historians as well.