Dear Mainstream Press: Hold Trump/Spicer To Account But Get Off Your High Horses

We’re less than two days into this new administration, and things are already dumb. President Trump, never one to just let a perceived slight go, didn’t care for the fact it was being reported the size of the crowd at his inauguration was smaller than Barack Obama’s.

Most people would think, “Who cares?” Well, Donald Trump does, and he sent Press Secretary Sean Spicer out to make a statement about it. As Patterico pointed out yesterday, Spicer’s little rant was filled with nonsense.

Reporters covering the White House have a duty to call out the administration. That’s to be expected, and nobody should complain about it. It gets annoying, however, when the press decides to get self-righteous about it, and that’s what I saw last night when some journalists decided it was time to pontificate. First, there was Dana Bash  on CNN:

CNN’s @DanaBashCNN “Sean Spicer needs to speak to the world, not an audience of one: your boss”

— Yashar (@yashar) January 22, 2017

Then, Jesse Singal from New York Magazine:

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— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 22, 2017

This tweet from ProPublica journalist, Jessica Huseman, takes the cake:

Journalists arent going to get answers from Spicer. We are going to get answers by digging. By getting our hands dirty. So lets all do that.

— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) January 21, 2017

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