alternative facts

Video of the Week: Viral video addresses ‘alternative facts’ about black history

The “Because of Them We Can” campaign has put out a video for Black History Month, and it’s gone viral with its message showing just what kids think about “alternative facts.”

2017 isn’t ‘1984’ – it’s stranger than Orwell imagined

by John Broich

In Orwell’s Oceania, there is no freedom to speak facts except those that are official. In 2017 America, at least among many of the powerful minority who selected its president, the more official the fact, the more dubious.

Sales of ’1984’ surge after Conway talks ‘alternative facts’

The iconic book, published nearly 70 years ago, is the sixth best-selling book on Amazon as of Tuesday morning.