Sean Spicer, Donald Trump's Press Secretary, Attacks Media for Coverage of Inauguration Crowd Size (VIDEO)

White House press secretary Sean Spicer summoned reporters to the briefing room on Saturday to complain about the media's reporting of the size of the crowds at the inauguration of President Donald Trump, claiming it was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, while acknowledging himself that there are no official numbers.

While the National Park Service, which oversees the National Mall, does not provide estimates on crowd sizes, photo comparisons between President Obama's inauguration in 2009 and Trump's inauguration showed sizable differences in the crowd sizes. The comparisons, done by major news outlets like CNN and the Washington Post, clearly showed that more people were in attendance at Obama's inauguration in 2009. Keith Still, a crowd safety consultant, told the New York Times he estimated the crowd at Friday's inauguration to be at about one third the size of the 2013 inauguration.

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Spicer chided the press for the comparisons and said that while there has been a lot of talk about the media holding Trump accountable, that goes both ways and that the White House would hold the press accountable. He said the use of white floor coverings highlighted empty areas while also citing ridership no the D.C. metro. However, numbers provided by the metro as of 11 a.m. Friday showed that ridership was below that of both Obama inaugurations. Spicer claimed it was the first time in the nation's history that floor coverings were used, however various reporters tweeted photos from the 2013 inauguration showing floor coverings.

Spicer also said the use of fencing and magnetometers extended further down the Mall than in the past, meaning less people could get to the Mall as quickly. CNN Senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta reports that a Secret Service spokesperson told the news channel no magnetometers were used on the Mall.

Finally, Spicer said that three areas of the National Mall that hold about 720,000 people were all full when Trump took the oath of office. He claimed that inauguration was the most watched, period, both in person and around the globe. Photo comparisons clearly show more people viewed Obama's 2013 inauguration in person and while numbers released by Nielsen show more people watched Friday's inauguration (31 million,) it was still not the most viewed on television. The following networks are included in Nielsen's numbers: ABC, CBS, NBC, TELEMUNDO, UNIVISION, CNBC, CNN, Fox Business Network, Fox NC, Galavision, HLN and MSNBC.

At the end of his statement, Spicer walked off the stage without taking any questions.

Politifact gave Spicer a "pants on fire" rating for his claim, which essentially means what he said was an outright lie.

Spicer's comments attacking the media were met with shock and outrage.

During a visit to the Central Intelligence Agency on Saturday, Trump blasted the media and wrongly claimed that the inauguration crowd reached the Washington Monument. He also blasted a Time Magazine reporter for saying that a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. had been moved out of the Oval Office. The reporter corrected his mistake and apologized profusely.

Spicer also singled out the Time reporter on Saturday. He also said that Democrats were playing politics and it was sad that the CIA did not have a director at Saturday's event, telling the media that perhaps they should focus their coverage on that. He also announced that Trump had a productive conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and he would be meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday and with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto later in the month.

There was no mention of the Women's March on Washington or the many sister marches taking place across the country.

Watch video of Spicer's statement below:

The White House pool report characterized Spicer's statement as "angry remarks."

Throughout his campaign and soon after he was elected president, Trump has accused the media of being biased, often singling out reporters and calling them liars.

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