The phrase "alternate facts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about differing interpretations of information or events, often in a political context.
Example: "The spokesperson presented alternate facts to support their argument, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary."
Alternatives: "alternative truths" or "differing narratives".
Recently, some of my friends have spoken of "alternate facts," and others of "alternative facts".
"Alternate facts" would refer to two facts in rotation with each other.
Congress, tech companies, algorithms or legislation can't save us from fake news, alternate facts or hate speech.
To read the new conviction report in detail is to enter a kind of alternate reality, where concrete facts appear ignored and alternate facts are seemingly plucked from the air.
The only reliable way to protect citizens from fake news, alternate facts, or hate groups is for all of us to learn how to navigate digital information with discernment and skepticism.
To clarify, if such a thing is possible: according to Webster's, a fact is "something that has actual existence". "Alternate facts" would refer to two facts in rotation with each other.
"Alternate," as in, say, "alternate fact checker," refers to a fact checker who takes turns with another fact checker: six months on, six months off.
None of these actual facts prevented Trump from positing the alternate fact that the permitting process was "done". That's right – "done". By now, this should surprise no one.
I believe the recent bump in the sales of 1984 by George Orwell, when the unfortunate phrase "Alternate Fact" entered the lexicon, was a signal that we need to educate ourselves quickly on the ways that propaganda and newspeak are being used against us.
I wasn't conflicted about the message that was so powerfully true for me that day and every other day- that women in this country are still not treated equally (the wage gap is not an alternate fact, it's just a fact), that women still bear the tremendous burden of bearing children with a paltry if any paid leave to rear them, that women are still being objectified and body shamed on the daily.
But maybe New York wouldn't be New York without the police department living in some alternate reality, with their alternative facts.
