Alternative Facts

• Dawna Friesen: Journalism is a pillar of democracy

  A well-functioning democracy requires free and diverse news media capable of keeping people informed and holding powerful people to account, Dawna Friesen says.

  Nov 13, 2018
  
• Giuliani attempts to clarify ‘truth isn’t truth’ remark

  Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, says he wasn’t trying to make an existential point when he declared “truth isn’t truth" in a recent interview about the Russia investigation.

  Politics

  Aug 20, 2018
  
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• Supporters embrace Donald Trump the storyteller, everyone else scratches their heads

  Trump is popular because he is a storyteller, say communications professors Nicolas Bencherki and Joelle Basque.

  Commentary

  Aug 12, 2018
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• How scientists are using big data to wage war on fake news

  Academics and data scientists have been tackling fake news years before such stories were suspected of helping sway the 2016 presidential election.

  Tech

  Feb 6, 2017
• George Orwell classic ‘1984’ gets sales boost after Trump advisor coins ‘alternative facts’

  Sales are soaring for George Orwell's 1984 since Donald Trump aide Kellyanne Conway coined the phrase "alternative facts."

  Politics

  Jan 24, 2017
• Sean Spicer, White House press secretary: ‘Our intention is never to lie’

  "When we're wrong, say we're wrong. But it's not always wrong and negative."

  Politics

  Jan 23, 2017
• The new era of ‘alternative facts’

  We seem to be entering a time when not only is the United States deeply divided politically, there’s not even a basic agreement on what is truth and what is a lie. What is fact, and what is fiction.

  Commentary

  Jan 23, 2017
• Here’s why the picture of Donald Trump’s inauguration did not undersell crowd size

  Reuters’ pictures editor Jim Bourg took to social media after “seeing a lot of inaccurate talk and allegations online.”

  Politics

  Jan 23, 2017
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• Timeline of Donald Trump’s 1st weekend as president: Missteps, two-steps and ‘alternative facts’

  This is how Donald Trump’s first weekend as president unfolded.

  Politics

  Jan 22, 2017