During a "Meet the Press" interview two days after Trump's presidential inauguration, Conway used the phrase "alternative facts" to defend statements made by White House press secretary Sean Spicer regarding the inauguration's crowd size. Conway's phrase reminded liberal-leaning commentators of "Newspeak", an obfuscatory language style that is a key element of the society portrayed in George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984". Soon after Conway's interview, sales of the book had increased by 9,500%, which "The New York Times" and others attributed to Conway's use of the phrase, making it the number-one bestseller on Amazon.com.