At the Lecture, Jennifer L. Hochschild spoke on the topic of “Do Facts Matter”. She went on to say that facts are different depending on the person, somethings are obvious truths to some, which create alternative facts. Psychologically speaking the difference between facts can be perception, how one sees the world based on their experiences. She breaks it down, with three ideas: The Jefferson idea, The inactive informed and the active misinformed. These three I find to accurately sum up the kinds of people out there that are spreading information to the masses. Trying to be politically correct some deviate from the truth and use it. Hochschild says that the Jefferson Idea is when someone uses correct information to educate. The inactive informed
