memeorandum: Trump Attacks News Media Over Reporting on Crowd Sizes (Glenn Thrush/New York Times)

12:35 PM ET, January 22, 2017

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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:

Trump Attacks News Media Over Reporting on Crowd Sizes — WASHINGTON — President Trump and his staff spent their first full day in the White House waging a bitter war against the news media over depictions of the crowd at the inauguration on Friday. — In a pair of angry public appearances …

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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:

Trumpism Corrupts: Spicer Edition — White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks in the press briefing room on January 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C.. — The first official White House press conference is on Monday, but Sean Spicer called a Very Special Presser Saturday evening. Why?

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds — “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.

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Trump wages war against the media as demonstrators protest his presidency — President Trump used his first full day in office to wage war on the media, accusing news organizations of lying about the size of his inauguration crowd as Saturday's huge protests served notice that a vocal …

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Z. Byron Wolf / CNN:

Comparing Trump's inauguration crowd to the Women's March — This post has been updated to add context. — Washington (CNN)It's going to be impossible to gauge how many people exactly attended the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017 as opposed to Barack Obama in 2009.

Bloomberg:
Trump Spokesman Accuses Media of False Inaugural Reporting

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ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript 1-22-17: Kellyanne Conway, Sen. John McCain, and Sen. Chuck Schumer — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on January 22, 2017 and it will be updated. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC HOST: Spicer then left the briefing room without taking any questions.

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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:

Conway: WH Spox Wasn't Lying, He Was Just Offering ‘Alternative Facts’ — Senior Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway said in an interview Sunday morning that White House press secretary Sean Spicer wasn't lying about crowd size at the President's inauguration—he was just giving “alternative facts.”

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Ezra Klein / Vox:

Trump's real war isn't with the media. It's with facts. — Trump needs to delegitimize the media because he needs to delegitimize facts. — Speaking at the CIA this afternoon, President Donald Trump said, “I have a running war with the media.” — Like much that Trump says, this isn't quite true.

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump attacks Time reporter for mistake about MLK bust

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Associated Press:

The Latest: Trump Changes Course After Denouncing Protesters — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST): — President Donald Trump is doing a quick about-face about the protests that swept through Washington and around the world on Saturday.

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Reuters:
UK PM May promises frank talk with Trump after women protest

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Bloomberg:
Trump Team in Talks with U.K. on Post-Brexit Trade Deal

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Christopher Hope / Telegraph:
Watch | Trumps attend interfaith prayer service

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Quinta Jurecic / Lawfare:

President Trump Speaks at CIA Headquarters — The day after his inauguration, President Donald Trump addressed CIA employees at the Agency's headquarters. Video of his remarks is available below courtesy of The Washington Post, along with a transcript courtesy of CSPAN.

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NBC News:

Ex-CIA Boss Brennan, Others Rip Trump Speech in Front of Memorial — President Trump Praises CIA, Attacks Media in Agency Visit 2:31 — Donald Trump traveled to CIA headquarters Saturday to offer reassurance to the workforce after he spent weeks criticizing American intelligence …

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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Makes Bizarre Courtesy Call At CIA Headquarters (VIDEO)

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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
At CIA headquarters, Trump boasts about himself, denies feud

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Burgess Everett / Politico:

McCain and Graham back Tillerson — After weeks of agonizing over Rex Tillerson's ties to Russia, John McCain and Lindsey Graham said Sunday that they will vote for President Donald Trump's secretary of state nominee, essentially clinching approval for Tillerson.

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McCain and Schumer: Don't end Russian sanctions without Congress

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New York Daily News:

Half a million people show up for Women's March on Washington as others flock to sister marches across globe — Anastasia Shawback boarded a 5:30 a.m. bus Friday, riding 22 hours from Illinois to join the Women's March on Washington against newly-installed President Trump.

Bloomberg:
Women's Marches Flood Cities Worldwide on Trump's First Day

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Max Kutner / Newsweek:
INAUGURATION AND WOMEN'S MARCH, BY THE NUMBERS

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Washingtonian:
Photos: Scenes from the Women's March on Washington

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Scenes from a pussy riot — Who knew President Trump's lewd 2005 “Access Hollywood” video, particularly his ugly “grab 'em by the pussy” line, would start a movement? A lot of political observers thought it would sink his presidential candidacy — wrong — but few might have predicted …

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New York Times:

Pictures From Women's Marches Around the World — Crowds in hundreds of cities around the world are gathering Saturday in conjunction with the Women's March on Washington, expected to be the largest inauguration-related demonstration in American history.

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Los Angeles Times:
Women's marches live updates: Millions march in L.A. and around the world following Trump's inauguration

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The Independent:
Donald Trump is so unpopular that there are even women marching against him in Antarctica.

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Washington Post:

Metro Inauguration Day trips top 500,000, but still lowest since 2005 … Friday's Metro ridership was the lowest in at least two presidential Inaugurations, and also was lower than that of an average weekday, the agency said Saturday. — Metro said 570,557 people took trips in the system between its early 4 a .m.

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