Ed Stetzer in Christianity Today here makes Kellyanne Conway own "alternative facts" like a Democrat would, or a fundamentalist, whereas a Lutheran would "put the best construction on everything", cut her some slack for the oxymoron, and grant that competing crowd estimates are just that, estimates, not facts (every reasonable person knows that's what Conway meant, but Ed's not being very reasonable, he's being a literalist):
Yet the Trump Administration is starting with a new version of facts—called “alternative facts” by Trump’s spokeswoman. That’s not helpful. This is a bad start and a problem for the Trump administration.
The Eighth Commandment: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
What does this mean?--Answer: We should fear and love God that we may not deceitfully belie, betray, slander, or defame our neighbor, but defend him, [think and] speak well of him, and put the best construction on everything.
