Alternative Facts
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Dawna Friesen: Journalism is a pillar of democracyA 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
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Giuliani attempts to clarify ‘truth isn’t truth’ remarkDonald 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.PoliticsAug 20, 2018
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Supporters embrace Donald Trump the storyteller, everyone else scratches their headsTrump is popular because he is a storyteller, say communications professors Nicolas Bencherki and Joelle Basque.CommentaryAug 12, 2018
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How scientists are using big data to wage war on fake newsAcademics and data scientists have been tackling fake news years before such stories were suspected of helping sway the 2016 presidential election.TechFeb 6, 2017
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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."PoliticsJan 24, 2017
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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."PoliticsJan 23, 2017
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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.CommentaryJan 23, 2017
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Here’s why the picture of Donald Trump’s inauguration did not undersell crowd sizeReuters’ pictures editor Jim Bourg took to social media after “seeing a lot of inaccurate talk and allegations online.”PoliticsJan 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.PoliticsJan 22, 2017
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