Jackie Robinson made headlines earlier this week for all the wrong reasons when a web page honored the great league -baseball -star was removed from a defense site department dedicated to athletes serving in the military.

The media jumped on it as an example of Donald Trump’s anti-Dei policies running crazy.

Several ESPN personalities, for example, immediately attacked removal, provided the poor intention of Trump administration.

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Jeff Passan said the people who removed the Robinson article were “Ghouls,” Mina Kimes claimed that Dod was trying to “delete” Robinson from the story, and Stephen A. Smith said that removal was not at all “an honest mistake.”

Now Outkick has learned how it happened. According to a Defense Ministry with knowledge of the situation, on February 27, a group of DOD employees were instructed to mark any pages considered DEI content.

These employees got about a week to examine thousands of documents. Due to the condensed timeline, several errors were made throughout the process, which included marking the Jackie Robinson article, among others as DEI.

Sean Parnell, the United States Assistant to the Defense Secretary of Public Affairs, confirmed just as much in a statement published on Thursday.

“Over the past few weeks, we have taken steps to identify and archive the DEI content from our sites and social media platforms,” ​​said Parnell.

“Without a doubt, this task was a tough but incredibly important business. We enforced an aggressive timeline for our dead services and agencies to fight through a wide range of content, while ensuring that our strength remains clear and deadly.”

In March 4, 1946, File Photo Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals Baseball team shows in Sanford, FLA. Already at the head of the 75th anniversary of Breaking Baseball’s Color Barrier, Jackie Robinson’s life, Legacy and Impact are honored as part of 2022 Baseball All-Star Game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File)

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Once the articles were marked, “DEI” was added to the URL so that automated software could later remove all marked pages. According to the Department of Defense Source, there was little oversight of the people who made the review, which contributed to the errors.

While Parnell claimed that “AI tools” were the primary contributing factor to the errors, the department’s official noted that the original source of marking came from departmental employees.

“Occasionally, because of the reality of AI tools and other software, somewhat important content was incorrectly drawn offline to be reviewed,” Parnell said.

The department’s official said the Robinson article was mistakenly removed, but Parnell suggested that some of the other content that was drawn may not be the result of a mistake.

“When the content is either mistakenly removed or if it is malicious removed, we continue to work quickly to restore it,” said Parnell.

The Robinson article with many others has since been restored to the Department of Defense Web site.

American professional baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) by Brooklyn Dodgers, dressed in a road uniform, hangs off the base and prepares to catch a ball, 1951. (Keystone/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Washington Post has reported that a spokesman for the Senior Department of Department, John Ullyot, has been removed from his role and is expected to be awarded to be issued a questionable statement in the wake of the Robinson situation.

The statement included: “Discriminating equity ideology,” shares the strength, erodes the unity’s cohesion and interferes with the core war mission of the service. “