Alternative Facts

[scorza]

Alright then how about this real-world example:

Gov: the facts are that there's a clear link between cannabis use and mental illness.
Alternative fact: While there is a relatively small risk of psychotic illness, cannabis ranks as the 11th most harmful drug, behind tobacco (9th) and alcohol (5th).

Someone got sacked for publishing that alternative fact (along with other inconvenient alternative facts).

 

[sigma]

This is an alternative post.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Alright then how about this real-world example:

Gov: the facts are that there's a clear link between cannabis use and mental illness.
Alternative fact: While there is a relatively small risk of psychotic illness, cannabis ranks as the 11th most harmful drug, behind tobacco (9th) and alcohol (5th).

Someone got sacked for publishing that alternative fact (along with other inconvenient alternative facts).

No, they are both facts, it different way to interpret them.

The alternative facts Trump is trying to push are ALL OUT LIES with no supporting evidence.

Like his "fact" that Trump's inauguration was the Largest ever....the sentence before that was..."there were no numbers"

If there were no numbers, how did he know it was the largest ever?

Eh?

 

[benjii]

£350M a week to the EU was a good example.

Ah yes, the same alternate fact that stated we could give that money to the NHS instead. That went well.

 

[Tefal]

No, they are both facts, it different way to interpret them.

The alternative facts Trump is trying to push are ALL OUT LIES with no supporting evidence.

Like his "fact" that Trump's inauguration was the Largest ever....the sentence before that was..."there were no numbers"

If there were no numbers, how did he know it was the largest ever?

Eh?

with internet expansion and the fact that trumps inauguration had massive marches against it around the world. He is actually probably right that more people around the world watched his inauguration than any other in history.

 

[Raymond Lin]

with internet expansion and the fact that trumps inauguration had massive marches against it around the world. He is actually probably right that more people around the world watched his inauguration than any other in history.

It was not a reference to the TV numbers but the crowd attendance. You know this.

 

[Tefal]

It was not a reference to the TV numbers but the crowd attendance. You know this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/823151124815507460

Wow, television ratings just out: 31 million people watched the Inauguration, 11 million more than the very good ratings from 4 years ago!

alternative facts from you there mr lin?

 

[Raymond Lin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/823151124815507460

alternative facts from you there mr lin?

Nice attempt to try to bend the fact to suit your agenda.

Date of inauguration, Friday 20th

Saturday 21st press conference.

http://www.vox.com/2017/1/21/14347812/trump-press-briefing-sean-spicer

Tweet 22nd - trying to back track!!!

Keep digging.

 

[dowie]

see Raoh's posts in this thread:

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18766024

example:

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=30418963&postcount=21

 

[FrenchTart]

We already have Trump and Brexit threads.