Kellyanne Conway has defended her "alternative facts" gaffe, saying everyone makes mistakes - even the Oscars.
The White House senior adviser addressed the controversy in an interview with Norah O'Donnell on this weekend's CBS Sunday Morning, comparing her own flub to the one that saw last Sunday's Oscars crown La La Land best picture instead of Moonlight.
Asked about the meaning of "alternative facts," a phrase she uttered while trying to defend false information put out by the Trump administration about the inauguration crowd size, Conway said, "Well, it was alternative information and additional facts. And that got conflated.
"But, you know, respectfully, Norah, I see mistakes on TV every single day and people just brush them off. Everybody thinks it's just so funny that the wrong - the wrong movie was, you know, heralded as the winner of the Oscars."
O'Donnell asked Conway if she believes the gaffe hurt her credibility. "Well, I think the question presumes that it did and so now you've got that in the ether," she answered.
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