40 Years Ago To The Day, ‘Doctor Who’ Predicted ‘Alternative Facts’

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On Sunday, President Trump senior adviser Kellyane Conwayjoined Chuck Todd on NBCs Meet the Press to discuss the size of the presidents crowds.

One day prior,White House press secretary Sean Spicer had falsely claimed in his first statements from his new briefing podium thatthis was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. It was not.

Asked to contend with Spicers factually inaccurate claim, Conway wiggled her way out with an Orwellian turn of phrase.

Youre saying its a falsehood. And theyre giving Sean Spicer, our press secretary gave alternative facts, she said.

Conways startling claim, which flies in the face of what a fact is, as Merriam-Webster pointed out later that day, left many mouths agape due to its shamelessness. But its very concept is not new. George Orwell, author of the anti-authoritarian dystopian novel1984, wrote in his 1946 essay Politics and the English Language about the misuse of words by the powerful to distract citizens from objective truth:

Political language and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

But there is actually another, more recent quote that more accurately describes the underlying issue at hand with Conways alternative facts phrasing. And of all places, it appeared on the British sci-fi show Doctor Who exactly 40 years to the day before Conways appearance on Meet the Press.

In The Face of Evil: Part Four, which premiered on Jan. 22, 1977, the Doctor tries to make peace between the Saveteem and Tesh tribes. In the middle of the episode, the Doctortells his future companion Leela:

You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They dont alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit the views.

Of course, whether or not you think the quote summarizes the current political climate is a matter of opinion. Thats how opinions work. But the the facts are and will remain the facts. And heres one fact for which there is no alternative: The audience on Friday was not the largest one to ever witness an inauguration, period.

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