Quote:CNN was exposed for providing a pic from before everyone arrived.

 

Their gigapixel pic exposed themselves as lying about how "small" the crowd was.

 

They press secretary owned them, calling them out on it.

 

End of story.

 

Actually, if you look at the graphic comparing the crowds, it's pretty clear that the photo of the recent inauguration was taken at a much later time than the earlier inauguration.  The Capitol building faces west.  In the photo from 2009 you can clearly see that sunlight is coming from the south more strongly than any other direction which is consistent with where the sun would be at this time of year.

 

In the 2017 photo, the sunlight is coming more strongly from the west which would indicate that the photo was taken at a later time than 12:00.

 

 

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