White House slams 'shameful' media reports downplaying inauguration crowds

White House press secretary Sean Spicer blasted the media Saturday for its “dishonest” coverage of President Trump’s inauguration, accusing journalists of skewing the discussion about crowd sizes in order to downplay the number of people who attended.

“This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period,” Spicer said, highlighting the millions of people who watched the inauguration on television and online in addition to those who viewed it from the National Mall. “These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong.”