Conspiracy theorists opposed to vaccination were linked to Kellyanne Conway's notorious "alternative facts" in the pages of The New York Times on Saturday.
Columnist Frank Bruni wrote, "This isn’t just a public health crisis. It’s a public sanity one."
Bruni said, "the anti-vaccine crowd (or anti-vaxxers) aren’t trafficking in anything as concrete, mundane and quaint as facts. They’re not really engaged in a debate about medicine. They’re immersed in a world of conspiracies, in the dark shadows where no data can be trusted, nothing is what it seems and those who buy the party line are pitiable sheep."
"They choose their own alternative facts. Take Darla Shine, the wife of Bill Shine, who just announced his resignation as the White House communications director. Last month, amid alarms about new cases of measles, she took to Twitter with the cockamamie claim that not being vaccinated and coming down with measles or mumps was a big-picture plus, a hardiness builder that could help a person fight cancer down the line," he wrote.
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CNN chyron: "'ALTERNATIVE FACTS' ARE LIES"
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Conway was roundly criticized for her "alternative facts" contention.
Watch Stephen Colbert on Conways facts:
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