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Mainstream Media's Veil Has Been Lifted And It Isn't Pretty
“We have…alternative facts,” said Kelly-Anne Conway, a senior advisor to President Trump, during a televised interview with Chuck Todd on NBC’s Meet the Press.
By Erika Naomi9 min read

It was January 2017, and Conway was being questioned on one of the administration’s first scandals post-inauguration: Press Secretary Sean Spicer, after being sent to the podium for the first time, claimed that Trump had “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.” Todd pressed Conway on Spicer’s statement by sharing evidence that seemed to contradict his claim — ultimately prompting the now infamous quote. Todd responded emphatically, “Alternative facts aren’t facts, they are falsehoods.”