I think the media was wrong on the MLK bust and the overhead views of the mall that were taken at 10:17 and 11:03 respectively. Looking at CNN's gigapixel image you can see they are wrong and it filled in during the speech. Was funny watching Anderson Cooper last night showing the image from NYT that was from 11:04 and then saying does it look like Trump had more. Meanwhile I'm looking at their gigapixel where it is full. So for that yes the media was dishonest.
From the CNN gigapixel zoomed all the way to the back.
What the media did and still is portraying.
PBS comparison during Trumps actual speech.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/politics/trump-inauguration-gigapixel/
Many people I know who attended said the security started 3 miles from the inauguration and most only got in halfway through the speech. They said the media is full of it and the only empty spots on the mall were media staging areas. I feel like I am literally the only one who went and looked at all of the images available to me and made a decision. Most seem to be just parroting what the media tells them even though they can easily refute it on those media companies own websites.
So from what I can see Spicer lied or conflated the Metro numbers. Then it seems they also shut down the National Parks Twitter which is not cool, but if they are retweeting this mistimed NYT comparison then why let them get away with it?
So we have Spicer wrong on the Metro numbers, using full day numbers for this year and half day numbers from 2013. Why does the media get a pass to blatantly lie? Wathing CNN last nght and this mroning they are still showing the very first image in this string, even though their gigapixel image refutes it.
What's your take? Please back it up with verifiable evidence as I have tried to do for you.