Kellyanne Conway said on Meet The Press Sunday morning that Spicer had provided “alternative facts” in his press briefing.
I just watched the clip for the first time when I embedded it in this post. She is unbelievable. If I had a news show, I would never invite her back.
Anyway, “alternative facts” became an Internet meme immediately.
In that clip Chuck Todd responded that “alternative facts” were “falsehoods.”
I agree with that, but we must be very careful here because many of the things that Spicer claimed in his press briefing were (or could be) factually correct. That’s the thing about political double-speak and propaganda: Most of the time, correct facts are used. It’s just that they are used incorrectly, or out of context, and it paints a misleading picture.
We must also be careful not to laugh at Conway, Mr. Chuck Todd. I know it’s really tempting, but that is exactly the kind of attitude that drove millions of people to vote for Donald Trump. Conservatives typically think of themselves as wise elders, and they absolutely live by the creed that you should respect your elders above everything else. People of that mindset will shut down immediately if you show disrespect for them. Kellyanne Conway knows thats, and will take advantage of that. You could see it right in that clip how she was playing the role of victim for the benefit of the Trump base.
P. S. Conway should have called them “additional facts.”
