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White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds
money.cnn.com ^ | January 21, 2017 | Brian Stelter

Posted on 01/21/2017 10:30:11 PM PST by lowbridge

"That's what you guys should be writing and covering," new White House press secretary Sean Spicer angrily lectured reporters on Saturday during his first remarks from the podium of the press briefing room.

He was referring to the delay in Senate confirmation for President Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA, Congressman Mike Pompeo, but the comment came after a long digression about how many people had shown up to watch Trump be sworn in as president.

"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period," Spicer said, contradicting all available data.

Aerial photos have indicated that former president Barack Obama's first inauguration attracted a much larger crowd. Nielsen ratings show that Obama also had a bigger television audience.

Spicer said, without any evidence, that some photos were "intentionally framed" to downplay Trump's crowd.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; cnn; fakenews; media; mediabias; medialies; msm; spicer; trump; trumpinaugural; trumpmedia
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1 posted on 01/21/2017 10:30:11 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

IT’S UP!!!!

Though I’m suing Jim for mental anguish and suffering.

I had to spend the weekend with my wife!!

I DONT KNOW why I tell her when the server’s down. :(


2 posted on 01/21/2017 10:32:28 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: lowbridge

CNN just doesn’t get it...nobody believes them.


3 posted on 01/21/2017 10:32:55 PM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: lowbridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya

The party is over for the ENEMEDIA

Behave or beware


4 posted on 01/21/2017 10:34:50 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: lowbridge
Online streaming was approximately 7 times larger for Trump than Obama. Ironic that CNN fails to report this in a report about how someone is accusing them of not reporting the whole truth.
5 posted on 01/21/2017 10:34:50 PM PST by VisualizeSmallerGovernment
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To: lowbridge

The photos the MSN used were taken hours before the actual inauguration, i know because i saw the real ones during the swearing in ceremony and as far back as you could see it was packed, except the white contrasted much more this time.


6 posted on 01/21/2017 10:35:32 PM PST by Daniel Ramsey (MAGA)
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To: vigilence
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7 posted on 01/21/2017 10:35:51 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: dp0622

...not to worry, it’s play off time...


8 posted on 01/21/2017 10:35:52 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: lowbridge

The Ministry of Propaganda completely buried the largest demonstration DC has ever seen that happened on 9/12/2009.
Try to find pictures, it’s very difficult.
There is one in particular that I can’t find, the one taken from the Capitol looking out at the crowd.
It has been scrubbed from the internet.


9 posted on 01/21/2017 10:36:35 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: lowbridge

Actually, it was on FOX tonight that the picture CNN was using was taken earlier in the day (for Trump), while it was much later in the day (for Obama).

FAKE NEWS AGAIN!


10 posted on 01/21/2017 10:36:44 PM PST by CyberAnt (Peace through Strength)
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To: Doogle

Yeah I’m covered tomorrow from 3pm on :)


11 posted on 01/21/2017 10:37:08 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: lowbridge
Donald Trump has drawn the red line with the lame-stream media.

If you lie, you will be exposed. Not in a book that comes out in a few years, but on the spot. The same day. Maybe the same hour. Maybe immediately.

12 posted on 01/21/2017 10:38:36 PM PST by UnBubba
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To: lowbridge

It wasn’t just CNN pulling this crap.


13 posted on 01/21/2017 10:41:22 PM PST by fireman15 (How many illegal aliens voted for Hillary in CA and NY alone?)
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To: lowbridge

No mention of the protesters closing down entry points, and intimidating people who wanted to attend. That would tend to drive attendance down.


14 posted on 01/21/2017 10:44:26 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: lowbridge

Original comparison pics were put out by the National Parks on their twitter account, which Trump shut down. Love that he isn’t taking flak from them. Left is whining, but truth will out. Crowd pic was from early in the day. Liars will be outed.


15 posted on 01/21/2017 10:45:16 PM PST by tioga
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The inclement weather, threats of violence by liberal leftists and the fact that HUGE NUMBERS of us could not get time off of our jobs to travel all the way to Washington makes the crowd numbers at the inauguration irrelevant. You want to see crowds? President Trump, please hold celebration rallys across the nation on Saturdays and we'll give you crowds. The media won't know what hit them. Literally.
16 posted on 01/21/2017 10:48:08 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

There was threats of violence for weeks. Media happily spread them.


17 posted on 01/21/2017 10:48:20 PM PST by lodi90
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To: dp0622

you poor boy. I don’t think its jims fault. I think it was Putin. it must be Putin’s fault according to Hillary Clinton if something happens with computers its the Russians doing it to manipulate the American people. so you can blame the Russian for having to speak to your wife.


18 posted on 01/21/2017 10:51:26 PM PST by PCPOET7
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Plus people attending Trump’s ceremony had to take time off work. ObaMao’s, not so much.


19 posted on 01/21/2017 10:56:36 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: CyberAnt
Actually, it was on FOX tonight that the picture CNN was using was taken earlier in the day (for Trump), while it was much later in the day (for Obama).

Which Fox News Channel show was this on? What time? I knew that's what CNN tried to pull, but were they really that sleazy and clumsy?

20 posted on 01/21/2017 10:58:16 PM PST by sargon (LS sez: "The Uniparty Establishment has NO idea what's about to hit them!")
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