Tag: Alternative Facts

• Republicans And Magical Thinking

  Kellyanne Conway – Donald Trump’s staff Crypt Keeper lookalike – famously said that Trump World preferred “alternative facts” to actual facts. That was a remarkable statement when Kellyanne made it. We still hadn’t gotten used to the idea of Trumpanistas always saying the quiet stuff out loud. But, that’s what Kellyanne did: she articulated a…

  A L Katz

  September 13, 2023

  American News Media, Climate Change, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Racism, Religion, Republicanism, Trump

  Alternative Facts, Both Sides Do It, Cancelled, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, God of the Gaps, Gun Control, Joe Biden, Kellyanne Conway, Problem-Solving, Republican Party, Trumpism

• Welcome To Propaganda’s Golden Age

  Kellyanne Conway – of all people – nailed Trumpism’s biggest contribution to American culture (it’s what makes The Big Lie possible). In response to a question about whether Trump’s then press-secretary had lied to the press, she claimed (on Meet The Press, January 22, 2017) “You’re saying it’s a falsehood and Sean Spicer, our press…

  A L Katz

  September 28, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Russia, The Nature of Evil, Treason

  Alternative Facts, American Culture, American News Media, Fox News, Golden Age, Kellyanne Conway, Meet The Press, Open Society, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, Sean Spicer, Trumpism