Does it bother you at all that they just out and out lied about crowd size and than attacked the media for not lying?
Not quite correct. Sean Spicer correctly said that the media tried to downplay the size of the crowd (in yet another fraudulent overture) in an attempt to delegitimize Trump's presidency as not supported. The crowds were larger than the media suggested.
Spicer was wrong on one minor point, saying these were "the largest crowds ever" for an inauguration. They were smaller than Obama's 2013 inauguration because of increased security that did not make the area as accessible, and therefore many could not get into the ceremony area in time to see the inauguration. But press secretary Spicer cited the evidence that the crowds were much larger than the media was willing to admit.
Likewise Spicer was right about the complete fabrication of the alleged missing MLK bust.
Likewise Spicer was right about the media falsely portraying Trump as allegedly condemning the entire CIA, rather than his condemning only its political-appointed leadership from the past administration, as is the true case. Pulitzer-winning Watergate journalist Bob Woodward backs that up, saying the intelligence smearing Trump right before the inauguration was
"complete garbage, that never should have been released."
