At a time when there should be national unity, a media war has erupted between the size of Obama’s and Trump’s, err, Inauguration Day crowds.
The size of the crowds is being hotly disputed as a flashpoint between the Democratic Party and its supportive media, who want to delegitimize the new president, and the Trump administration, which wants the symbolism of a massive crowd on the Washington mall to defy the opposition’s narrative.
“I have a running war with the media,” Trump said, adding how he really feels, “They are among the most dishonest human beings on earth.”
Read more and see photos at the Independent Journal Review
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Trump should know by now that with crowds like with sex, size does not matter, but what matters is how you use what you got.. The hundreds of thousands size of the peaceful demonstrations seems not as relevant to the media as the size of the 400 protesters. Both sides have missed the point.
In 1970 the city of D.C. was 70% Black,,,now down to about 49%. Latest 2015 census showed total population of 672,000 so that ads 335,000 blacks available to flood the streets, more from the surrounding counties that have grown more and more Democrat as the blacks fled to the suburbs. The Metro DC Area is the second-most popular destination for African-born immigrants, after New York City. More than 161,000 African-born people live in DC and nearby suburbs ,,,,,,,People will brace cold wet weather to locally watch their family members perform. Not so with their racially different neighbors.The media should be noting that had Obama NOT out crowed and out-crowded Trump,,,,THAT should have been the news. Can we move on to something relevant like Obamacare, our military and our taxes?
As far as comparing things to the NAZI’s,,,,it was their media that focused on the size of the Nuremburg rallies that mattered, not the content of what they were saying, and it was the Nazi doing the BOYCOTTING of the Jewish shops.,,,So just which party reflects their tactics?
Truth be told, the media wants to pick a fight and what ever anyone in the Trump administration said would have been picked to piece and held up as being wrong.
The media’s game plan, as always, force a Republican to concede a point, then demand an apology, once they have the apology demand they be removed from office
They have no intention of playing fair, so just cause them to meltdown by not agreeing with anything they say
The fact is, using the photo above for this article does look like a crowd every bit as big as Obama’s
Of course, they show photos which are completely dishonest. The photos they show for Obama’s inauguration were taken at peak attendance, those for Trump’s inauguration they plainly say were 45 minutes before, if one reads what they wrote rather than just look at the pictures
So there can NEVER BE ANY POINT to agreeing with them because they never intend to honestly disagree
I was watching Spicers press conference today where one reporter asked him “Are you going to be honest with us”, and his response was Yes to the extent I get correct/truthful info”.. And he called out a # of press instances where THEY were proven wrong and made retractions (something we see LESS and LESS these days even WHEN its proven they were wrong)..
YES people get bad info. Does it mean they are a liar cause they tell people what was in the intel brief they got? No they are not liars..
However, i also commend spicer for NOT being as “Um, Err, Ahh” as his predecessor was…
As Bill Muray said in the movie “meatballs” -it just doesn’t matter,it just doesn’t matter.
Who cares?
The comparative crowd size pictures that the fake news media immediately put on the screen was preplanned by the fake news media and did not represent the actual crowd in attendance during President Trump’s Inauguration speech. The fake news media had chosen to use pictures taken before or after President Trump’s Inauguration speech to misrepresent total attendance in inclement weather. Most attendees had head coverings on during President Trump’s Inauguration because it was raining. The fake news media has been caught in another lie.
Just like they took pics of the empty seats either BEFORE people were let in, or after they started filing out, at some of his rallies, to make it seem he wasn’t getting as many people as Hillary..
Another prime example of how the media does not report the news but rather makes and influences the news! They are still operating for the LEFT!
Anytime the media does not report truthfully or OBJECTIVELY, they need to have their WH press credentials revoked for a period of time. Kinda like grounding your child when they wrong…
The DAY of the week can also impact alot. January 20, 2013 was a SUNDAY (people off of work). Jan 20, 2009 was a Tuesday. I’m not sure which day they are saying Obama had more, and honestly I don’t care.
(1) Republicans and Conservatives don’t tend to GUSH and OGLE over their candidates like the Dems/Liberals did over Obama.
(2) People with JOBS tend to go to work.
(3) Fear of the lunatic protestors might have kept some people home as well.
The media have always juggled numbers for their own causes. Every year, the March for Life turns out several hundreds of thousands of people, old and young, male and female, but the media, if they bother mentioning the annual march at all (and few do), state that there were merely “thousands” and usually show more pictures of the dozen or so protesters than the crowds of marchers. But when there’s a feminist or racialist event, the media exaggerate the attendance figures and even take photos from inside a small group of participants to make them seem like a large crowd.
At twelve noon on a Friday, what is the average conservative doing?
Most are at a job earning a living for their family. Some are fortunate enough to get the day off and attend.
As to the average liberal, they have no job to go to. Those that do have jobs are probably employed at useless jobs where they can take the day off and nobody will notice.
These facts conveniently explain the disparity in attendance.
To justsayin: I didn’t see your comment before posting. We hit the same nail with different hammers.
That;s a good point Rick. Many Conservatives who voted for trump couldn’t attend due to work (or kids in school).. SO for all those thousands upon thousands of protestors, how many had ‘authorized time off work, or were (as i figure) all were on welfare??