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SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:13 AM Sep 2018

Revealed: Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened

Source: msn.com

A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trump’s inauguration to make the crowd appear bigger following a personal intervention from the president, according to newly released documents.

The photographer cropped out empty space “where the crowd ended” for a new set of pictures requested by Trump on the first morning of his presidency, after he was angered by images showing his audience was smaller than Barack Obama’s in 2009.

The records detail a scramble within the National Park Service (NPS) on 21 January 2017 after an early-morning phone call between Trump and the acting NPS director, Michael Reynolds. They also state that Sean Spicer, then White House press secretary, called NPS officials repeatedly that day in pursuit of the more flattering photographs.

A second official, from the NPS public affairs department, told investigators that Spicer called her office on the morning of 21 January and asked for pictures that “accurately represented the inauguration crowd size”.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/revealed-trump-inauguration-crowd-photos-were-edited-after-he-intervened/ar-BBMWxOE?li=BBnb7Kz



The most evil and corrupt president in US history. No hyperbole intended.
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Revealed: Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened (Original Post) SpankMe Sep 2018 OP
How pathetic and again, caught misleading and basically lying to America when we ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #1
Yup, yup... prolly edits his tiny hands too! InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #26
hoo boy. They_Live Sep 2018 #2
Nope durablend Sep 2018 #6
I doubt that empty space was cropped out of crowd images. DemoTex Sep 2018 #3
If you read the story, you'll see that the National Park Service photog is quoted Demit Sep 2018 #12
I thought editing things like this was illegal when it comes to official government documents cstanleytech Sep 2018 #4
I remember commenting to my husband on the morning of the inauguration Grammy23 Sep 2018 #5
"The most evil and corrupt president" Cracklin Charlie Sep 2018 #7
you got to be kidding???? heaven05 Sep 2018 #8
Plenty pathetic vlyons Sep 2018 #9
republican lies are dangerous for America Achilleaze Sep 2018 #10
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Sep 2018 #11
I think this might be one of the worst governments in human history since Caesar. Initech Sep 2018 #13
The first self-inflicted crisis of Trump's presidency Brother Buzz Sep 2018 #14
Political photo editing: It's not just for Russians DBoon Sep 2018 #15
So the idiot KNOWS that he's desperately unpopular ailsagirl Sep 2018 #16
Bone Spurs lying on day one workinclasszero Sep 2018 #17
I wonder what OTHER pictures he'd like "edited for size"? nt 7962 Sep 2018 #18
to be accurate... dhill926 Sep 2018 #19
This is probably the least serious event that could be reported right about now. Nitram Sep 2018 #20
Except that lying about crowd size is really about covering up money laundering meadowlander Sep 2018 #23
WTF is wrong with the NPS for going along with this BS?? niyad Sep 2018 #21
Dictators like to do that ... marble falls Sep 2018 #22
Stinking #TrumpSwamp!1 riversedge Sep 2018 #24
K&R ck4829 Sep 2018 #25

SWBTATTReg

(22,120 posts)
1. How pathetic and again, caught misleading and basically lying to America when we ...
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:19 AM
Sep 2018

saw clearly on TV the actual crowd sizes...pathetic loser!

They_Live

(3,232 posts)
2. hoo boy.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:21 AM
Sep 2018

"...Sean Spicer, then White House press secretary, called NPS officials repeatedly that day in pursuit of the more flattering photographs."

Will this be the straw that breaks Trump's back? He's said over and over again how much "bigger" his inauguration crowd was.

durablend

(7,460 posts)
6. Nope
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:34 AM
Sep 2018
Will this be the straw that breaks Trump's back? He's said over and over again how much "bigger" his inauguration crowd was.


"Librul media on fire--liar liar!"

This won't even make a dent

DemoTex

(25,396 posts)
3. I doubt that empty space was cropped out of crowd images.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:29 AM
Sep 2018

Photoshop experts probably used the clone stamp tool (etc.) to fill in empty spaces with peeps. That would be much more consistent with the Trump brand of subterfuge.

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
12. If you read the story, you'll see that the National Park Service photog is quoted
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:16 AM
Sep 2018

describing what he did. He didn't clone the crowd. Actually, that *was* done once, in a photo of a military crowd during the Bush administration, and it was easily detectable.

cstanleytech

(26,291 posts)
4. I thought editing things like this was illegal when it comes to official government documents
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:29 AM
Sep 2018

except in cases like when its information that's been redacted to protect sources.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
5. I remember commenting to my husband on the morning of the inauguration
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:32 AM
Sep 2018

how small the crowd seemed to be. (Compared with previous inaugural crowds.) It was about an hour or so before it was to begin and yet there was plenty of space close to the front. Anyone planning to attend the ceremonies would have known to be there well ahead of time to assure a closer spot to watch the event. It seemed odd to me that with such a short time until the ceremony was to begin that there would still be vacant space near the front.

By the next day, Spicer was arguing that the crowd was bigger than the photos showed. It seems pretty clear now that tRump directed Spicer to bring crowd size into question. It is no surprise to now learn that photo manipulation was done to try to convince everyone that they could not trust what they saw with their own eyes.
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
8. you got to be kidding????
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:48 AM
Sep 2018

really? EVERYTHING about this potus POS and his administration/election/life is a goddamn con job from a wannabe dictator of a fast approaching fascist state with a one Party system.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
9. Plenty pathetic
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:04 AM
Sep 2018

Too much so. His ego simply cannot tolerate any diminishment whatsoever. He is fated to always be angry, unhappy, and meet with many many many unsatisfactory conditions. Will he shrink down like a popped balloon, when he gets impeached? Hopefully he'll just slink off to a max fed prison.

Impeachment!

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
10. republican lies are dangerous for America
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:04 AM
Sep 2018

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Initech

(100,070 posts)
13. I think this might be one of the worst governments in human history since Caesar.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:19 AM
Sep 2018

At least since Hitler. If not we're getting way up there!

ailsagirl

(22,896 posts)
16. So the idiot KNOWS that he's desperately unpopular
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:47 AM
Sep 2018

Usually he'll come up with some BS excuse like "it was photo-shopped"

Pathetic

Nitram

(22,800 posts)
20. This is probably the least serious event that could be reported right about now.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 01:40 PM
Sep 2018

If this had come out 9 months ago...

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
23. Except that lying about crowd size is really about covering up money laundering
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 02:57 PM
Sep 2018

through the inaugural committee.

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