Trumps phony paid audience

[shunyadragon]

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/...cia-visit.html

Really ?

CBS Confirms Trump Brought His Own Studio Audience To Clap For Him At CIA Speech
CBS News confirmed reports that President Donald Trump brought a studio audience to his visit with the CIA on Saturday. The news agency reports that an…
POLITICUSUSA.COM|BY SARAH JONES

[Bill the Cat]

The evidence presented is laughable at best, Frank....

From the article:
"The news agency reports that an official said..."
"Intelligence people were stunned"
"U.S. government sources tell CBS News "
“Authorities are also pushing back against the perception that the CIA workforce was cheering for the president."
“An official with knowledge of the make-up of the crowd "



And they contradict themselves with the next paragraph:
"They [the unnamed CIA "authorities] say the first three rows in front of the president were largely made up of supporters of Mr. Trump’s campaign"
"the front rows were senior CIA who were not cheering"


And repeat the thoroughly debunked claim:
"fitting in with his difficulty accepting the reality of the relatively low attendance numbers for his inauguration."




And the overwhelming evidence that anyone was paid:

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[Cow Poke]

Really ?

Not even.

[Mountain Man]

Isn't it amazing how "unnamed sources" always tell the media exactly what they want to hear?

[Cow Poke]

Isn't it amazing how "unnamed sources" always tell the media exactly what they want to hear?

I tried that once on a book report for college in my younger years --- the professor was not impressed.

[Sparko]

From the CBS story that this story is writing about (is it really even news when you write about another news story? and leave out important details?)

An official said the visit “made relations with the intelligence community worse” and described the visit as “uncomfortable.”

Authorities are also pushing back against the perception that the CIA workforce was cheering for the president. They say the first three rows in front of the president were largely made up of supporters of Mr. Trump’s campaign.

An official with knowledge of the make-up of the crowd says that there were about 40 people who’d been invited by the Trump, Mike Pence and Rep. Mike Pompeo teams. The Trump team originally expected Rep. Pompeo, R-Kansas, to be sworn in during the event as the next CIA director, but the vote to confirm him was delayed on Friday by Senate Democrats. Also sitting in the first several rows in front of the president was the CIA’s senior leadership, which was not cheering the remarks.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday denied that there were “Trump or White House folks” in the first rows.

“There were no Trump or White House folks sitting down. They were all CIA (unintelligible). So, not in rows one-through-anything, from what I’m told.” Spicer said at the White House briefing Monday. He did not address whether Pompeo invitees were in the first rows.

So the only NAMED official, Spicer denies the allegations which are all made by anonymous "authorities"

This is about a "fake news" story as you can get. Total spin, no facts.

Try harder Shuny.