Spicer holds first White House press briefing — Transcript

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1. 0:00is it your intention to always tell the
2. 0:02truth from that Podium and will you
3. 0:04pledge never to knowingly say something
4. 0:07that is not factual it is it's an honor
5. 0:10to do this and uh yes I believe that we
6. 0:14have to be honest with the American
7. 0:15people after drawing criticism for
8. 0:17inaccurately describing the size of
9. 0:19President Trump's inauguration crowd
10. 0:21over the weekend White House Press
11. 0:23Secretary Sean Spicer not surprisingly
12. 0:26got asked about it in his first press
13. 0:28briefing Monday I think sometimes we can
14. 0:30disagree with the facts there are times
15. 0:31when you guys tweet something out or
16. 0:34write a story and you publish a
17. 0:35correction that doesn't mean that you
18. 0:37were intentionally trying to deceive
19. 0:39readers of the American people does it
20. 0:41and I think we should be afforded the
21. 0:42same opportunity but Spicer did stick by
22. 0:46one of the claims he made during his
23. 0:47fiery statement Saturday this was the
24. 0:49largest audience to ever witness an
25. 0:52inauguration period both in person and
26. 0:55around the globe it's unquestionable I
27. 0:57don't I don't and I don't see any
28. 0:59numbers that that dispute that when you
29. 1:01add up attendance viewership or total
30. 1:04audience includ of tablets phones uh on
31. 1:07television Monday's briefing signaled a
32. 1:09shakeup of sorts Spicer broke with
33. 1:12tradition by not calling on the
34. 1:13Associated Press first he also held off
35. 1:16on calling on journalists from some of
36. 1:18the largest outlets and Publications
37. 1:20until later into the briefing with that
38. 1:23I look forward to taking your questions
39. 1:25Daniel Halper New York Post instead he
40. 1:27first called on smaller outlets and
41. 1:29Publications like the New York Post and
42. 1:32Christian Broadcasting Network Spicer
43. 1:34also announced they'd add four Skype
44. 1:36seats to the briefing room later this
45. 1:38week they'll be open to journalists who
46. 1:40live more than 50 miles outside of
47. 1:42Washington DC and to organizations that
48. 1:45don't have a permanent pass to the White
49. 1:47House I think this can benefit us all by
50. 1:49giving a platform to to voices that are
51. 1:52not necessarily based here in the
52. 1:53Beltway