Trump team attacks the media for accurate stories; give false rebuttal

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In case you missed it, Press Secretary Sean Spicer was upset that the media accurately reported on the crowd size at the inauguration. His first press conference as the White House spokesman consisted of him spending 5 minutes without taking questions giving outright lies about the inauguration, at times yelling at the crowd and telling them what they should be reporting on.

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

Media outlets quickly fact checked him.


Kelly Anne Conway appeared on Meet the Press today. When asked by Chuck Todd to justify this blatant disregard for facts, she first suggested that it was ok because one reported incorrectly stated that an MLK Jr bust was removed from the Oval Office (they later corrected themselves) and that the one reported speaks on behalf of the whole press corp. She then later said that Spicer's lies were "alternative facts".

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-alternative-facts-kellyanne-conway-defends-press-secretary-860186691666

This all comes after Trump referring to critics as his "enemies" and blasting the "dishonest media" multiple times in the last two days. He took a speech in front of the CIA meant to discuss his relationship with the intelligence community and talked about the crowds at his inauguration and the media, something that made former CIA chief John Brennan speak out against.

Reince Preibus suggested that the media was working to "de-legitimize" Trump and said that they will work to fight the media "every day and twice on Sunday" because they are "attacking" Trump.