[Ads-l] "Alternative facts" for EOTY

Joel Berson berson at ATT.NET
Wed Jan 25 01:14:01 UTC 2017


A la "alt right"?

Joel


      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:02 PM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "Alternative facts" for EOTY
   
MSNBC is now using the short form "alt facts."

JL

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wrong! Wrong!
>
> Not a falsehood! It's an important alternate fact.
>
> Also note my signature line of many years standing.
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>



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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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