Here’s a disconcerting reality: The fate of truth in American public discourse could end up resting with Rupert Murdoch
Over the weekend, the new administration spouted one lie after another. Speaking at the CIA headquarters on Saturday, President Donald Trump said his inauguration crowd on Friday “looked honestly like a million and a half people.” Later in the day, his White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said the president drew “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration—period—both in person and around the globe.” And on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway defended Spicer, saying her colleague offered “alternative facts” about the crowd size.
“Alternative facts are not facts,” host Chuck Todd replied. “They’re falsehoods!”
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