White House press secretary Sean Spicer met the press for the first time in the briefing room. He walked out, denounced them for refusing to report that inauguration crowds were the biggest ever (and for other failings) then turned on his heel and walked out without taking a question or permitting anyone to challenge him. You need to watch this to believe it. Prepare for a fake-news post-truth alt-right crybaby presidency:
(Go to 1:33:28 if it doesn't start there.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjjVMAdWm4&t=93m28s
I can see this all blowing up in the new right wing movements face. There was a conference in Koblenz yesterday where members of the ENF faction met, including AfD's Frauke Petry, Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders. One of the first things they did was to ban a number of press outlets because they don't believe in free speech (actually their take on it was that they're not in the press often enough so lets ban them at our conference!)
(Go to 1:33:28 if it doesn't start there.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjjVMAdWm4&t=93m28s
I can see this all blowing up in the new right wing movements face. There was a conference in Koblenz yesterday where members of the ENF faction met, including AfD's Frauke Petry, Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders. One of the first things they did was to ban a number of press outlets because they don't believe in free speech (actually their take on it was that they're not in the press often enough so lets ban them at our conference!)
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