The next day Kellyanne Conway, her aggressive posture during the campaign turning more and more to petulance and self-pity, asserted the new president's right to claim alternative facts. As it happened, Conway meant to say alternative information, which at least would imply there might be additional data. But as uttered, it certainly sounded like the new administration was claiming the right to recast reality. Which, in a sense, it was. Although, in Conway's view, it was the media doing the recasting, making a mountain {hence fake news} out of a molehill {an honest minor exaggeration, albeit of vast proportions
Kellyanne Conway, soon after the election, displayed a shift in demeanor from aggressive campaigning to one marked by petulance and self-pity. She defended President Trump’s assertion of "alternative facts," a phrase she mistakenly used instead of "alternative information," which could suggest the existence of additional perspectives or data. This miscommunication implied a troubling willingness of the new administration to reshape reality.
Conway perceived the media as the real manipulators, exaggerating minor truths into significant falsehoods. Through her lens, the administration's slight distortions were merely being blown out of proportion by the press, which she labeled as "fake news." This conflict illustrates the broader theme of contention between the Trump administration and the media landscape, leading to a charged environment regarding information and its representation.
