Tag: alternative facts

But I never anticipated there would come a time when there'd be no set of basic, agreed-upon facts to start from. That's new. That's the triumph of fake news.

Giving up on facts is tantamount to giving up on freedom.

The greatest battle ever waged by a president of the United States against the media.

Authoritarianism is seductive because it saves one from having to put up with incapability, difference and ambivalence.

When we use the term post-truth or post-fact politics ... it means that we set politics without being concerned about what is true or not, what is a fact or not.

Irrefutable facts do matter. They are the foundation of sensible and responsible politics. Ignoring them can have serious consequences.

The ban is only the latest episode in the conspiracist-in-chief's chaos streak.

Sharp-tongued journalists from the White House press pool have already compared Trump's press secretary to Saddam Hussein's official representative.