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Trump facts from the Face of Evil part 4
Jan 24th, 2017 at 5:29pm  
Altering the facts to fit the view:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doctor-who-alternative-facts_us_58860d95e4b0...

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But there is actually another, more recent quote that more accurately describes the underlying issue at hand with Conway’s “alternative facts” phrasing. And of all places, it appeared on the British sci-fi show “Doctor Who” exactly 40 years to the day before Conway’s appearance on “Meet the Press.”

In “The Face of Evil: Part Four,” which premiered on Jan. 22, 1977, the Doctor tries to make peace between the Saveteem and Tesh tribes. In the middle of the episode, the Doctor tells his future companion Leela:

You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit the views.
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Re: Trump facts from the Face of Evil part 4
Reply #1 - Jan 25th, 2017 at 8:18am  
Tony Schwartz (writer of 'The Art of the Deal'), scrambling to justify Trump's inconsistencies and outright lies, coined the term 'truthful hyperbole'.

This kind of cynical self-assault on his journalistic integrity destroyed his reputation (by his own admission) among his peers and he has been apologising for it ever since.

Whether it was an error on Conway's part (intending to say something like 'alternative opinion') or an instruction from Trump (attempting his own form of 'Schwartzian' euphemism for lies) is yet to be revealed...

The world will have to wait for the answer after Conway falls out with Trump...
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