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Coffee Break: "Alternative facts"

Cup of coffee with saucer.
Cup of coffee with saucer.jen / Flickr

by Anna Reed

January 23, 2017

If you happened to see the phrase "alternative facts" bounce across your social media feeds this weekend, here's why.

Yesterday in a Meet the Press interview, President Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said White House press secretary Sean Spicer's claims about the size of the crowd at Trump's inauguration were "alternative facts." Not lies. Not untruths. Not exaggerations. But "alternative facts".

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that feature lies, lying and untruths do you want to hear?

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Songs played

Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You
The Castaways - Liar, Liar
Sage Francis - Lie Detector Test
The Police - Truth Hits Everybody
Beach House - Myth
The Kinks - Lola
Fury Things - Honest
Bob Dylan - Tell Me That It Isn't True
Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
The Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes