Secondly, 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. This was the first time in our nation's history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass on the Mall. That had the effect of highlighting any areas where people were not standing, while in years past the grass eliminated this visual. This was also the first time that fencing and magnetometers went as far back on the Mall, preventing hundreds of thousands of people from being able to access the Mall as quickly as they had in inaugurations past.
Inaccurate numbers involving crowd size were also tweeted. 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.
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Where are my numbers coming from? Neilsen ratings. Are they not eutral enough for you?
Nearly 31 Million Americans Watch President Donald Trump's Inauguration
Spicer pointed out how many people each section held but the sections were not full. I already posted up the earthcam shot from the 12:15 time frame but I will do it again. Is earthcam not neutral enough for you? There is a readable timestamp in the lower left.
If you want I can do up a composite of that up against the other pics floating around showing they were taken about the same time and not "hours before" as it is trying to be framed. They were definitely druing the ceremony.
Here is another one I took from a "Trump Friendly" feed yesterday (feed was provided by nragt.com) that shows the crowdbut the angel is a higher angle then the dais so you can see some of the openings that you cannot see from the dais level shots. This is from 3 minutes into the speech. I have posted the youtube link in at least one other thread and I am not going to waste time tracking it down.
The reporter that said the MLK bust was gone was corrected and apologized for getting it wrong on Friday. He also apologized to all the reporters that ran with the story. They do sometimes get shit wrong, ya know?
Spicer tweeted he accepted the apology on Friday. Didn't stop him from framing it differently on Saturday now did it?
Sean Spicer gets apology DAY 1 from TIME reporter over incorrect MLK Jr. bust tweet – twitchy.com
I am done. I have posted plenty of proof of the crowd size pictures with verifiable times associated with them.
Those of you toting the Trump administration's line on this mess are not going to admit to anything being true. Tuesday is Wednesday. Black is White. Apples are Oranges.
Trump's crew made a big deal of nothing and refuse to back down when proven wrong. That is not a good way to start.
As I said. Done.
Have fun.
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