opened this thread to post the Fox5DC link, but you beat me to it.
ABC’s Steve Rudin definitely set out to deceive when he tweeted the pic showing the empty seats, without showing the crowds in the standing area at the back.
as the Fox article states:
While there are empty chairs seen in the back of the audience this year, you can still see many attendees in the standing room section behind them. The following photo was taken by FOX 5’s Lauren DeMarco during this year’s event.
that’s the photo you posted with the crowds at the back.
shame on Rudin.
BTTT
should have said abc7’s steve rudin’s tweet is in the Fox article linked from your post, but here it is anyway with the expected, mostly nasty replies. MSM disgusts me.
TWEET: Steve Rudin ABC7: The National Tree Lighting ceremony was beautiful this evening - but hard not to notice the empty seats (PIC)
https://twitter.com/SteveRudinABC7/status/936369495853228032