[Ads-l] "Alternative facts" for EOTY

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 23 23:25:04 UTC 2017


On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

> the public is going to think that alternative facts = lies.


If Facebook is a reliable indicator, that's exactly what's happening. E.g.
in a meme, George says, "I cannot tell a lie... but, perhaps I can interest
you in an alternative fact."


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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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