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HAB911

(8,864 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 03:02 PM Dec 2016

Scottie Nell Hughes: Theres no such thing, unfortunately, anymore of facts.

n an appearance on NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show on Wednesday, Trump spokesperson Scottie Nell Hughes asserted that in today’s information landscape, “There are no such things as facts.”

She was appearing alongside Atlantic editor James Fallows, Politico‘s Glenn Thrush and Margaret Sullivan of the Washington Post in a discussion of the role of journalists in a prospective Donald Trump presidency.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trump-booster-scottie-nell-hughes-gets-blasted-on-npr-after-saying-theres-no-such-thing-as-facts/

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Scottie Nell Hughes: Theres no such thing, unfortunately, anymore of facts. (Original Post) HAB911 Dec 2016 OP
in the rightwing propaganda world, she is correct Skittles Dec 2016 #1
and that's about as close to the "truth" as i've seen lately 0rganism Dec 2016 #2
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0rganism

(23,912 posts)
2. and that's about as close to the "truth" as i've seen lately
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 03:34 PM
Dec 2016

in this brave new world, facts are measured by their convenience and proximity to one's own current world view
kudos to her for putting it out there

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