January 22, 2017 🟡 Significant

Kellyanne Conway coins "alternative facts" to defend crowd size lies

Defending Sean Spicer's falsehoods on *Meet the Press*, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway famously argued that Spicer didn't lie but merely offered "alternative facts." Chuck Todd shot back, "Alternative facts are not facts. They're falsehoods."

"Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts." — Meet the Press interview

Categories

Offenses:
disinformation
Domains:
media democracy
Tags:
#alternative-facts#kellyanne-conway#gaslighting