White House Press Secretary Rips Reporters In First Briefing Room Appearance

[OKIsItJustMe]

Source: The Huffington Post

[div classexcerpt][font faceSerif][font size5]White House Press Secretary Rips Reporters In First Briefing Room Appearance[/font]
[font size4]He accused them of inaccurately reporting the size of Donald Trumps inaugural crowds.[/font]

01/21/2017 05:58 pm ET
Sam Levine Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post

[font size3]White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer used his first appearance in the White House briefing room to unequivocally rebuke the press and accuse reporters of misreporting the size of the crowd at Donald Trumps inauguration.

Spicer claimed that photos of the inaugural crowd on the National Mall did not accurately reflect the number of people who attended the event. However, photos of Trumps inauguration showed that the crowd was significantly smaller than it was at Barack Obamas inauguration in 2009.

Spicer also criticized a report from White House reporters saying Trump had removed a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. from the Oval Office. The report was later corrected.[/font][/font]


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sean-spicer-white-house_us_5883e474e4b0e3a735698d9d

[liberal N proud]

1. The media needs to start doing their jobs while they still can

They created this mess, they need to clean it up.

[lancelyons]

40. Sometimes they get things wrong but in general they do a good job

Except the part of covering trump himself

[OKIsItJustMe]

48. You know... they tried...

But they hesitated to flat out call him “a liar.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-slams-shameful-tweets-for-downplaying-trumps-inaugural-crowd-size-232820494.html

[font face=Serif][font size=5]He took no questions from reporters and he did not give a specific number of how many people the White House believes attended the inauguration. He said three large sections of the Mall that each held at least 200,000 people were “full when the president took the oath of office.”[/font]

Colin Campbell
Yahoo NewsJanuary 21, 2017

[font size=3]In striking comments, White House press secretary Sean Spicer used his first official statement on Saturday to castigate the media for what it claimed was “deliberately false reporting,” including reporting on the attendance at President Trump’s inauguration.

Spicer was particularly incensed about photos shared on social media by members of the press comparing the crowd at Trump’s ceremony with those at inaugurations past.

A number of reporters posted side-by-side photographs of the crowds amassed for the inauguration of Trump on Friday and for Barack Obama eight years before. Trump is famously focused on the size of his crowds, and he commented regularly on the attendance at his rallies during his campaign.

“Photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way, in one particular tweet, to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the National Mall,” Spicer said.

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OK Sean, show us properly framed photos then. Maybe everyone was hiding under the trees!

[Yorkist]

93. With respect......

......there's only so far you can lay this at the door of the media.

Trump was exposed to literally hundreds of hours of media coverage during the campaigns. To say nothing of the hundreds more he's exposed himself to via reality tv and "celebrity" in general.

He is well known to the public via the media, his personality or views haven't been surpressed or misrepresented afaik.

And yet he still got elected anyway.

The problem, surely, lies elsewhere ?

[OKIsItJustMe]

102. Absolutely

But, then, we have the problem of defining “the media.”

Is this site part of “the media?” Is “Breitbart News?” Were Trump voters watching those “literally hundreds of hours of media coverage?” Did they trust them? Trump said that they were the “dishonest media.”

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Aw, fuck him, too.

Another deplorable that fellated his way into new job.

[2naSalit]

3. Ruh Roh...

isn't that like a "Double Dawg Dare"?!

[yallerdawg]

4. We read that book, jackass!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

73. .....

[OKIsItJustMe]

5. White House spokesman blasts media over crowd sizes in first statement

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315494-white-house-spokesman-blasts-media-over-crowd-sizes-in-first

[font face=Serif][font size=5]White House spokesman blasts media over crowd sizes in first statement[/font]

By Jordan Fabian - 01/21/17 05:58 PM EST
[font size=3]

White House @PressSec on the crowd at Trump's inauguration: "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period." pic.twitter.com/MmV3kzq38W
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 21, 2017

White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday unleashed a blistering attack on the media for its coverage of President Trump’s inauguration.
Spicer used his first official appearance in the James A. Brady Press Briefing Room to denounce news organizations’ focus on the inaugural crowd size as “shameful and wrong.”

"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe,” Spicer said.

CNN airs this comparison graphic after Trump @PressSec claimed “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.” pic.twitter.com/m7nJKof4CT
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) January 21, 2017

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[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Send Spicer over to count yesterday's turds in the Don's Johns.

That should disprove his numbers.

[True Dough]

53. Every time I think I'm done laughing at that idea

I start busting a gut again!

[keithbvadu2]

69. That would work? ..... No shit?

[OKIsItJustMe]

104. It would work reasonably well

Of course, the populations were slightly different. I suspect (for example) that the “marchers” were (on the whole) younger and more active.

[Kali]

84. !

[OKIsItJustMe]

7. I was actually impressed with the nerve it took to come out and lie in such a big league way

Amazing…

[cstanleytech]

12. You mean after all the other lies? Like his lie that he did not mock someone who was disabled?

Or maybe it was the lies he told on his campaign about making mexico pay for the wall or that there is massive voter fraud even though he won?

[OKIsItJustMe]

14. Yeah, I know...

They simply don’t cease to amaze me.

[George II]

29. It's second nature to them now.

[Cha]

63. Why do you think he was hired? he only gets the best liars like conway

[Mr.Bill]

8. What needs to happen to this asshole is

for him to walk into the briefing room next time and find nobody there.

[OKIsItJustMe]

9. That won't help

He’ll just make the same statement to an empty room.

[Raven123]

42. Don't report it or put it in the Comics section

[pangaia]

81. That is perfect.

Ridicule them and laugh at them while fighting back..

[LuckyLib]

90. My mantra -- what if they had a "press conference" and nobody came?

Or only the RWNJ "journalists"?

[OKIsItJustMe]

105. Then they would not be held accountable

No, the reality-based media need to be present as witnesses to the lies.

[avebury]

10. Link to Press Briefing

http://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-live-sean-spicer-holds-first-press-conference-from-white-house-briefing-room/

Somebody needs to take some valium. He won't last long if he doesn't learn to calm down.

[True Dough]

56. No f*cking wonder!!

The "real" story here is the stalled confirmation of Mike Pompeo as head of the CIA. That's what the media should be reporting on! Don't worry the Propaganda Minister will soon be installed too (not sure if Spicer will report to him or he will report to Spicer). Either way, this shit in the media will get straightened out real fast!

[KewlKat]

87. perhaps spicer is afeared his master may hit him with a golden shower?

that would make anyone scared shitless and nervous.

[OKIsItJustMe]

11. Donald Trump's press secretary attacks media over 'shameful and wrong' inauguration attendance repor

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/president-donald-trump-press-secretary-attacks-media-inauguration-attendance-sean-spicer-a7539776.html

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Donald Trump's press secretary attacks media over 'shameful and wrong' inauguration attendance reports in first White House briefing[/font]

Feliks Garcia New York | @feliksjose

[font size=3]…

He launched into a lengthy explanation as to why photos on social media, contrasting the attendance of the 2017 inauguration to the attendance at Barack Obama's 2009 swearing in, claiming that Mr Trump had the "largest audience".

"Photographs of the inauguration process were intentionally framed in a way ... to minimise the enormous support that had gathered on the National Mall," he said. "This was the first time in our nation's history that floor coverings had been used to protect the grass on the Mall that had the effect highlighting any areas where people were not standing, while in years past, the grass eliminated this visual. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period – both in person and remote."

Estimates place attendance of Mr Trump's inauguration at 250,000. In 2009, about 1.8 million people attended.

"These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong,"

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[cstanleytech]

13. What it should be is "Trump press secretary attacks media for doing its job and telling the truth"

[George II]

32. Bottom line - it was the GRASS' fault!

[Grammy23]

89. Every word of that quote is a lie. Demonstrably false. Sigh....

[JohnnyRingo]

15. This is especially funny.

The new role of press secretary is now reinforcing Trump's eggshell of an ego.

He had to actually order Spicer to go out and do his best impression of Baghdad Bob. hahaha

[OKIsItJustMe]

16. Trump's press secretary lashes out at press, calling crowd coverage 'shameful and wrong'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/21/trumps-press-secretary-lashes-out-at-press-calling-crowd-coverage-shameful-and-wrong/

[font face=Serif][font size=5] Trump’s press secretary lashes out at press, calling crowd coverage ‘shameful and wrong’ [/font]

By John Wagner January 21 at 6:16 PM

[font size=3]President Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, on Saturday used his first media briefing to angrily lambaste the press for its coverage of the new administration, claiming reporters had deliberately sought to minimize the “enormous” crowd at Trump’s swearing-in on Friday.

“This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period — both in person and around the globe,” Spicer said. “These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong.”

Channeling Trump’s frequently voiced disdain for the media, Spicer said that there has been a lot of talk about holding the new president accountable for his actions. But Spicer said that “goes both ways.”

…

Spicer’s comments on crowd size echoed those of his boss a couple of hours earlier, when Trump appeared at the CIA headquarters in Virginia. Trump said that the “dishonest” media had underreported a crowd that, from the dais, he said “looked like a million, a million and a half people.”

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[TomCADem]

17. Those Lying Photos!!!

Amazing. They are absolutely shameless about lying.

[OregonBlue]

18. It's time for the press to start making fun of them. They are coming apart and it's time to

laugh.

[OKIsItJustMe]

23. That won't work. If the dishonest media are disrespectful, that just supports the Trump narrative

They’ll be kicked out of the White House, forced to fight with the Right-Wing bloggers…

[dhol82]

37. I actually thought I heard someone laughing at one point

Thought there would be more joining in but was disappointed.

[Feeling the Bern]

19. 1st press meeting. . .waaah! You gave me butthurt

Six months, the press will all stand and salute when Spicer walks in. that is are bought off spineless media.

[OKIsItJustMe]

20. Trump's Press Secretary Slams Media Over Inauguration Crowd Size Coverage

https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/president-trump-sean-spicer-inauguration-1201966193/

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Trump’s Press Secretary Slams Media Over Inauguration Crowd Size Coverage[/font]

Ted Johnson
Senior Editor @tedstew

[font size=3]President Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer, making his first statement in the White House briefing room, slammed the news media on Saturday for trying to “lessen the enthusiasm” of Trump’s inauguration through reporting on crowd size and a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oval Office.

In a combative tone, Spicer insisted that Trump’s swearing in was “the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period.” But photos clearly show that the crowds did not stretch all the way to the Washington Monument, a contrast to Barack Obama’s 2009 swearing in, when an estimated 1.8 million people attended. Ratings also were lower for Trump’s swearing in than they were in 2009.

Spicer challenged press accounts that compared the size of the crowd on the National Mall for Trump’s inaugural to the numbers who showed up for Barack Obama’s swearing-in in 2009.

Spicer claimed some of the media was engaged in “deliberately false reporting.”

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[Tikki]

21. 'Those People' need to be held accountable for their many lies...should be held to the..

results of lie detectors and for every lie revealed they should have to donate 10% of their
salary to one of a charity listed on a public forum.

That might stop them quickly.

Tikki

[Stonepounder]

22. When he does one of these things, the media should take turns asking:

"Do you have anything actually truthful to say today?"

If he starts to bloviate again, they should just stand up and walk out. And the headline of every newspaper and Cable News program should be "Trump's Press Secretary can't stop lying".

Rinse and repeat.

[OKIsItJustMe]

24. He stormed out without taking any questions

No chance for a rebuttal…

[OKIsItJustMe]

25. Krauthammer: Spicer's 'Weird' Press Conference 'Basically Over Ratings'

Holy crap! Even Krauthammer…

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/21/charles-krauthammer-sean-spicer-weird-press-conference-ratings-trump

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Krauthammer: Spicer's 'Weird' Press Conference 'Basically Over Ratings'[/font]

[font size=3]Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's weekend news conference, calling it a "surreal" event.

At the presser, Spicer blasted the media over its coverage of President Trump's inauguration as well as a dispute over the placement of a bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Oval Office.

Krauthammer said the conference was "just plain weird", in that Spicer called the press to the White House to criticize them "basically over ratings".[/font][/font]

[OKIsItJustMe]

26. Press Coverage of Inaugural Crowd Size Gets Angry Rebuke From White House

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/White-House-Media-Crowd-Size-Dispute-411424745.html

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Press Coverage of Inaugural Crowd Size Gets Angry Rebuke From White House[/font]

[font size=4]Sean Spicer took no questions at his press briefing, which came hours after Trump told CIA officials in Langley that the media was inventing a feud between him and the intelligence community[/font]

[font size=3]The new White House press secretary used his first press briefing to launch a furious tirade against media coverage of President Donald Trump's inauguration, calling it "shameful and wrong" for focusing on the fact that it was noticeably smaller than Barack Obama's in 2009.

Sean Spicer harangued the media for not taking the administration's point of view on how to cover Trump's inauguration, and claimed that the National Mall was full during the president's oath of office when photographs from multiple vantage points showed that it wasn't.

"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe," Spicer said. "These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong."

Spicer took no questions at the briefing, which came hours after Trump told CIA officials in Langley that the media was inventing a feud between him and the intelligence community, despite suggesting the intel community leaked information to the press and comparing it to something that would be done in Nazi Germany.

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[orangecrush]

27. THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@#!!##***!

What the hell is it going to take to put a stop to this?

[Archae]

28. I just had a 1972 flashback...

Nixon's press secretary slamming the Washington Post and saying basically any scandals from the White House were nothing.

I wonder how that turned out?

[OKIsItJustMe]

31. I don't remember it being this animated

He was practically spitting and fuming.

[OKIsItJustMe]

30. White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds

http://www.kitv.com/story/34314647/white-house-press-secretary-attacks-media-for-accurately-reporting-inauguration-crowds

[font face=Serif][font size=5]White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds[/font]

Posted: Jan 21, 2017 6:33 PM EST
By Brian Stelter

[font size=3]…

And he said "we're going to hold the press accountable," partly by bypassing major news outlets and going directly to the public through social networking sites.

Spicer, at times almost yelling while reading a prepared statement, took no questions.

Some longtime White House correspondents were stunned by the tirade.

Glenn Thrush of The New York Times wrote on Twitter, "Jaw meet floor."

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[retrowire]

33. IM SO THANKFUL

That our new administration is on the real issues! YAAAAY

[mdbl]

77. Yes the real issues

like defunding the affordable care act
like defunding planned parenthood
gutting the EPA so we won't be able to breath in another few years
gutting laws that protect the public from unscrupulous banksters
getting rid of social security and medicare

Who was the asshole that voted for Trump, Ryan and McConnell again?

[Retrograde]

34. They lie even when the truth isn't all that bad for them

Yes, Obama had bigger crowds at both his inaugurations. A smarter, non-despotic administration would -if they felt they had to comment at all - merely note that there was a good turnout considering the weather or something like that. But Boss Tweet has to have the biggest, the best, and the most of everything, so bye-bye reality.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. He'd better get used to it.

And focusing on these details, what a waste of time. They're gonna write
what they think, that's their job.

[George II]

36. I just watched it again to confirm that he really did say:

"220,000 who used the DC Metro compares to the 317,000 who used it for Obama's inauguration"!!!!

HOLY SHIT! With math like that no wonder trump is more than a billion dollars in debt and filed for bankruptcy more than once.

[OKIsItJustMe]

39. Well, Obama's supporters came by metro. Trump's supporters came by limo.

Seriously, there was such a mess for Obama’s, Trump’s supporters found different modes of transport.

Yup! Record shattering crowds, in spite of the crappy weather! If the weather had been better, he probably would have drawn three million [font size=5]BILLION[/font]!

However, the claim was that 420,000 Trump supporters used the metro.

[OKIsItJustMe]

38. Trump spokesman lashes out at media over inauguration reporting

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/01/21/trump-spokesman-lashes-out-media-over-inauguration-reporting/ey1IngPs9UMUxwBHOa0zuN/story.html

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Trump spokesman lashes out at media over inauguration reporting[/font]

By Justin Sink and Margaret Talev Bloomberg News January 21, 2017

[font size=3](Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, took to the White House briefing room for the first time on Saturday to lash out at news organizations and accuse them of false reporting on the size of the crowd at Trump’s inauguration the day before.

“This was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the world,” Spicer said. “These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong.”

Spicer said that the National Mall “was full” from the foot of the Capitol to the Washington Monument “when the president took the oath of office.”

He took no questions from reporters and he did not give a specific number of how many people the White House believes attended the inauguration. He said three large sections of the Mall that each held at least 200,000 people were “full when the president took the oath of office.”

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[Solly Mack]

41. and then he fled. If the Press simply takes the abuse, they'll get more.

[Greywing]

43. I wonder what lies he will spew on trump's orders

about the size of the marches today

[OKIsItJustMe]

50. He already started today

“No one had numbers! because the National Park Service, which controls the National Mall, does not put any out!—By the way, this applies to any attempts to try to count the number of protestors today in the same fashion…”

[Blue Idaho]

44. "Who you gonna believe - me or your lyin' eyes?

Pathetic Sean Spicer attempts to convince the world that black is white and up is down. It's sad to think that rather than solving America's problems Trump and his cronies are obsessed with trying to convince the media his crowd was bigger than Obama's and the Women's March on Washington.

The apparently necessary ego stroking going on is just more proof the big giant baby does not belong in the White House.

[bdamomma]

88. That

fucking gas lighting will not work with us, go to Russia to peddle that shit.

[Eyeball_Kid]

45. This is great news and a wonderful development. Here's why:

1. Trumpy is looking for open conflict. He's making a huge error. He thinks he can bully a large group of people into thinking that they work for him. Who's your Daddy? Eh?

2. The news media DOES have a say in this. They (some channels/networks) want viewers who expect that the media tell the truth. It could be more than economics; that would be a bonus.

3. Either the news media bends over or they don't. Trumpy won't allow equivocating. He wants "black and white". That's what he'll get.

4. The center-left has awakened. People are starting to pay attention.

[Jacob Boehme]

46. Why yes... ATTACK!

That's surely the way to ingratiate tRump and his cabinet to the American public, the press and everyone else around the world who's watching.

Hell Spicer, why don't you come down on the floor and kick one of the male reporters in the balls and grab one of the females by the crotch... then you'll really be the star of this shit show!!!

[Raven123]

47. They should learn from this and next time get up and walk out while he is bloviating

[OKIsItJustMe]

49. They couldn't have gotten out of the room before he was done.

They delayed for close to two hours, and then he spoke raved for about six minutes.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

51. tRump gang looking at crowd from the front. More accurate to look from the back.

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/21/14347298/trump-inauguration-crowd-size



But from the back, we can see the real story:










For comparison also: today's Women's March: http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/1/21/14336068/photos-womens-march-vs-trump-inauguration

[OKIsItJustMe]

52. But, but, the flooring!

It was all the flooring!

[BumRushDaShow]

62. Spicer blamed the grass

for showing up more in Drumpf's pics and immediately insisted the people in Obama's pic were also grass and not people.

After that, I had to cut it off because I couldn't stand to listen to anymore of his insane rant.

[OKIsItJustMe]

54. Trump press secretary declares war on the press and reality itself

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-press-secretary-declares-war-on-the-press-and-reality-46fb1def9bfc#.3039l0uqq

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Trump press secretary declares war on the press and reality itself[/font]

[font size=4]Sean Spicer simply refuses to accept that Trump’s inauguration wasn’t the best attended event of all time.[/font]

[font size=3]During his first appearance before the press as President Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer attacked the media for accurately reporting that Trump’s inauguration was attended by a relatively small crowd.

Spicer also went after a Time magazine journalist for a mistake he made in a tweet about a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. that sits in the Oval Office.

In the latest sign that the Trump administration plans to wage war on reality, Spicer refused to accept that attendance for Trump’s inauguration was smaller than for President Obama’s in 2009.

“This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration. Period,” Spicer said. “Both in person and around the globe.”

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[C_U_L8R]

55. In a losing battle with facts

Trump's crashing before he's even started.

[OKIsItJustMe]

59. Enough people believed Trump's previous lies that he won

Oh, yes, Hillary won the popular vote, but almost half of the voters voted for him!

[Little Tich]

57. The White House obviously want the press to report what they're told, not the truth. n/t

[dalton99a]

61. Just like in Russia.

[paleotn]

71. Well, sorry Spicer, we don't do that here.

[OKIsItJustMe]

106. Apparently you werent watching the media in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq

They reported exactly what they were given to report.

[secondwind]

58. Never a dull moment with the Donald... sheesh

[True Dough]

60. This was the most-watched presidential inauguration ever. PERIOD!

It was when you count the number of loyal Russians watching back home on their TV screens!

[NeoConsSuck]

64. For a second, I thought

he was going to jump off the podium and physically attack members of the audience. He seemed totally unhinged.

Was this a grade school bully attempting to intimidate the media??

[Akacia]

65. Cannot wait to see what they say about the March. nt

[iluvtennis]

66. They won't say anything...because in their alternate reality, everyone loves the #TraitorTrump nt

[OKIsItJustMe]

67. From today's rant

“No one had numbers! because the National Park Service, which controls the National Mall, does not put any out!—By the way, this applies to any attempts to try to count the number of protestors today in the same fashion…”

[LudwigPastorius]

68. Next week I look for Spicer to bark at the press...

that the president shot 18 holes-in-one during his weekend golf round.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

70. Tiny crowds, tiny hands

tiny........

[briv1016]

72. For context, here is Robert Gibbs' first press briefing on Jan 22, 2009.

It was about the economy.

[OKIsItJustMe]

74. And he took questions!

What a concept!

Transcript here: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/press-briefing-12209

…
Thanks, guys, see you tomorrow.
END 2:29 P.M. EST

[chillfactor]

79. what a clear contrast....

between Gibbs' first press conference and the idiot who went crazy today.

[keithbvadu2]

75. "million, a million and a half people ... Why so few wanted to sit down?

[Javaman]

76. joseph goebbels nt

[mn9driver]

78. Loony Tunes

There is apparently no connection at all to reality. We are so fucked.

[AgadorSparticus]

80. Wow. They are scared. And they should be.

The sentiment I heard all around me is that people are ready to roll up their sleeves and do their part. This is not a one day thing.

They have woken the sleeping giant.

[OKIsItJustMe]

82. Not scared enough

They think it will all blow over, just as it did during the campaign…

[AgadorSparticus]

83. Oh I think they are. If they weren't scared, they wouldn't have been so swift in putting it down.

Numbers always equal power. They know THAT.

[WinkyDink]

85. Trump and Spicer will rue the day they tossed down this gauntlet. The MSM will now be FANATICAL

about fact-checking----them!

[KewlKat]

86. I thought bagdad bob had died? is he working for the Con now?

This scenario brings to mind the day the thousands of Iraqies pulled down Saddam's statue. Up close photos published to media to make it appear bigly crowds, but when you pull back you see just how few were there. Anyone besides me remember that Con job?

[mrmpa]

91. He threatened the Press...........

that's not the way it works,The press is supposed to be a threat to you

[TomCADem]

92. He Took No Questions. Unbelievable.

A press conference where the press secretary berates the media for failing to repeat the accepted talking points. Are you fucking kidding me? I guess Steve Bannon is maneuvering to give Breitbart exlusive access.

[riversedge]

94. On Day 2 of his presidency, Trump wages war with the media over the size of his inauguration crowd

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/21/on-day-two-of-his-presidency-trump-wages-war-with-the-media-over-the-size-of-his-inauguration-crowd/?update&utm_term=.279ff369fe41



On Day 2 of his presidency, Trump wages war with the media over the size of his inauguration crowd


By Philip Bump January 21 at 6:04 PM

President Trump took advantage of a visit to the American intelligence community to insult the intelligence of the American people.

Speaking at CIA headquarters in Virginia on Saturday, Trump challenged media characterizations of the crowd size at his inauguration a day earlier. In doing so, he presented preposterous arguments about the actual attendance.


Trump's full speech at CIA headquarters
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President Trump addressed CIA employees at the agency's headquarters, on Jan. 21 in Langley, Va. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post)



“We had a massive field of people, you saw that. Packed,” Trump said to the audience. “I get up this morning, I turn on one of the networks and they show ... an empty field. I said, wait a minute, I made a speech! I looked out, the field was ... it looked like a million, a million-and-a-half people. They showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there. And they said, 'Donald Trump did not draw well!' ”


................“So, we caught them,” he said, apparently referring to the media. “And we caught them in a beauty and I think they're going to pay a big price.”

This is simply nonsense.....................

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

95. It's the first press conference of a new administration ...

... and they use it to whine about attendance estimates. It must be a great day when that's the most press-worthy issue.


What a bunch of thin-skinned weasels.

[OKIsItJustMe]

96. White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/21/media/sean-spicer-press-secretary-statement/

[font face=Serif][font size=5]White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds[/font]

by Brian Stelter @brianstelter January 21, 2017: 6:41 PM ET

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His statement included several specific misstatements of fact in addition to the overarching one.

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In fact, coverings were used for Obama's second inauguration in 2013.

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In fact, a United States Secret Service spokesperson told CNN, no magnetometers were used on the Mall.

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Spicer's number for ridership on Friday was actually low -- the correct number, according to Metro itself, was 570,557. But there were actually 782,000 trips taken for Obama's second inaugural in 2013.

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[Inkfreak]

97. Blaming the media will be the "go to" move every time Trump needs a distraction.

His supporters eat that stuff up.

[Paladin]

98. Maybe this kind of treatment will cause the media to develop some guts.

Better late than never, I guess.

[NancyRose]

99. and... add the laugh track

Spicer's bald-faced lies were topped by the laugh track added to Trump's speech at CIA, especially the fake laughs whenever Trump lambasts our free press. It sounds so fake, I'm astounded that the speech was given any airtime. It's as fake as trying to claim that the inaug. crowd was yuge.

[EllieBC]

100. These people act like my 7 year old.

If they can't take being wrong about crowd size or being disappointed by crowd size, how the hell is the Trump crew planning on dealing with real issues?

They are acting like children. This isn't a game. This job isn't a tv show. They are going to screw up the whole world.

[heaven05]

101. they better get used to

this type of treatment. They were/are a large part in creating this frankenpotusfuhrer and his surrogates, so they deserve everything coming their way....they didn't press the issue of this potus and his taxes, they didn't stay on and investigate the sexual harassment charges from many, many women about this potus and his own remarks about women. They are not pressing the issue of a KNOWN anti-semite and racist as chief WH strategist for frankenpotus....there were many, many 'distress flags' sent up during the campaign about this unqualified individual seeking the highest position of leadership in this country, yet the push for ad revenue and ratings pushed the truth about this potus into the dark corner(s) of hidden truth where they remain...come on folks do you damn job!!!!!

[alarimer]

103. "Rips"? You mean, lies his fucking ass off.

Trump HATES that he is so unpopular. But, fuck him, we HATE him. Not dislike, not indifferent. We fucking HATE him.

[OKIsItJustMe]

107. Spicer earns Four Pinocchios for false claims on inauguration crowd size

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/22/spicer-earns-four-pinocchios-for-a-series-of-false-claims-on-inauguration-crowd-size/

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Spicer earns Four Pinocchios for false claims on inauguration crowd size[/font]

By Glenn Kessler January 22 at 11:40 AM

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[font size=5]The Pinocchio Test[/font]

[font size=3]This is an appalling performance by the new press secretary. He managed to make a series of false and misleading claims in service of a relatively minor issue. Presumably he was ordered to do this by Trump, who conjured up fantastic numbers in his own mind, but part of a flack’s job is to tell the boss when lies are necessary — and when they are not.

Spicer earns Four Pinocchios, but seriously, we wish we could give five.[/font]

[font size=5]Four Pinocchios[/font]


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