I chose this clip from Meet The Press for the obvious reason that 'alternative facts' described by Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway parallel the theme of Tonypandy within The Daughter in Time. The manipulation of information is not only prevalent in news media and White House press briefings today, but was also prevalent in the Medieval ages, and was a tactic utilized by many to oust previous rulers.
Ultimately, I agree with Grant's claim that King Richard III's portrayal as a monstrous-hunchback-mass killer is a distortion of the truth. The Tudor regime ascended to the throne by way of riding the coattail of a falsehood that King Richard III had maliciously tortured and eradicated his only opposition to the crown. When in reality, Henry VII rescinded the Titulus Regius Act and spread 'alternative facts' in order to ensure that his ascension to the crown would not be disputed, despite the fact that he may have been the product of a long line of illegitimacy.
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