look, alternative facts are not facts. [glass cracking] [dramatic music] [indistinct chatter] - i was previously employed with the oath keepers, which is one of the largest militia organizations in the world. [engine rumbling] they re the ones that we saw heading up the stairs of the capitol building, in a stacked wedge formation. [people shouting] messaging and storytelling has the power to kind of disconnect our higher functions with decision-making and critical thinking. cognitive dissonance, if you will. - well, people like to get riled up now when they re consuming news and information. they almost want to be angry at the other side, and it works. controversy sells. - fuck antifa!
- you re saying it s a falsehood, and they re giving sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. but the point remains - wait a minute. look, alternative facts are not facts. [glass cracking] [dramatic music] [indistinct chatter] - i was previously employed with the oath keepers, which is one of the largest militia organizations in the world. [engine rumbling] they re the ones that we saw heading up the stairs of the capitol building, in a stacked wedge formation. [people shouting] messaging and storytelling has the power to kind of disconnect our higher functions with decision-making and critical thinking. cognitive dissonance, if you will. - well, people like to get riled up now when they re consuming news and information.
and then getting a quote from another perspective, you end up amplifying some of these talking points. and then people will interpret these talking points as the truth. - disinformation feeds polarization. - fake news has many consequences, and we ve seen that in spades recently. - i follow the facts, and i follow information. - rampant election fraud has been happening. - no, no, no, no. - and there s so much evidence of it this year. - this is what i m talking about. - you re saying it s a falsehood, and they re giving sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. but the point remains - wait a minute. look, alternative facts are not facts. [glass cracking] [dramatic music] [indistinct chatter] - i was previously employed with the oath keepers, which is one of the largest militia organizations in the world. [engine rumbling]
and they re giving sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. but the point remains - wait a minute. look, alternative facts are not facts. [glass cracking] [dramatic music] [indistinct chatter] - i was previously employed with the oath keepers, which is one of the largest militia organizations in the world. [engine rumbling] they re the ones that we saw heading up the stairs of the capitol building, in a stacked wedge formation. [people shouting] messaging and storytelling has the power to kind of disconnect our higher functions with decision-making and critical thinking. cognitive dissonance, if you will. - well, people like to get riled up now when they re consuming news and information. they almost want to be angry at the other side,
- you re saying it s a falsehood, and they re giving sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. but the point remains - wait a minute. look, alternative facts are not facts. [glass cracking] [dramatic music] [indistinct chatter] - i was previously employed with the oath keepers, which is one of the largest militia organizations in the world. [engine rumbling] they re the ones that we saw heading up the stairs of the capitol building, in a stacked wedge formation. [people shouting] messaging and storytelling has the power to kind of disconnect our higher functions with decision-making and critical thinking. cognitive dissonance, if you will. - well, people like to get riled up now when they re consuming news and information.