Editor:
During Trump I, Kellyanne Conway famously called falsehoods “alternative facts.” Now, with Trump II, alternative facts are in vogue again. An example is in the news today (Feb. 19). Despite abundant evidence to the contrary, Trump claimed in an executive order that everybody is either male or female. Today, the NY Times reports that JFK Jr. is claiming the same thing. Also today, the Washington Post reports medical experts explaining why this is false, are saying that close to 2 percent of the population does not fit neatly into the male/female binary. Sadly, Trump’s alternative facts are so common that the media treats them as ordinary.
John Williams, Petrolia
This article appears in ‘Breathing Room’.