"Alternative facts" is a phrase used by U.S. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway during a Meet the Press interview on January 22, 2017, in which she defended White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's false statement about the attendance numbers of Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States. Conway's use of the phrase "alternative facts" to describe demonstrable falsehoods was widely mocked on social media and sharply criticized by journalists and media organizations, including Dan Rather, Jill Abramson, and the Public Relations Society of America. Conway later defended her choice of words, defining "alternative facts" as "additional facts and alternative information". Kellyanne Conway. Since Trump's inauguration, Conway has been embroiled in a series of controversies, including using the phrase "alternative facts", making reference to a "Bowling Green massacre" that never occurred, claiming Michael Flynn had the full confidence of the president hours before he was dismissed, and publicly endorsing commercial products associated with the president's daughter Ivanka Trump.
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