When ‘alternative facts’ Trump the reality

The contentious relationship between the new US president and the media over who is telling the truth will not benefit either and will not serve democracy, says Peter Apps.

By the middle of the first day of Donald Trump’s US presidency, the Washington Post front-page was refuting his claims of what the weather had been like 24 hours earlier.

Trump’s relationship with the media seems set to be uniquely toxic and that will serve neither party’s interests, and certainly not those of readers, viewers, or democracy.