Jon Karl: Press Can’t ‘Take the Bait’ and Get Into ‘Endless Discussion’ on Things Like Crowd Size

ABC News Chief white House Correspondent Jonathan Karl criticized Press Secretary Sean Spicer for uttering falsehoods at yesterday’s press briefing, but also cautioned the press in its approach to all this.

On This Week today, Karl said, “In his very first appearance in the briefing room, Sean Spicer went in and he uttered at least three things that were demonstrably false.”

But while he said that credibility matters for someone speaking on behalf of the White House, Karl did add this caveat:

“We need to be careful as reporters and as journalists not to take the bait and not to get into an endless discussion about issues that are trivial. How many people, the crowd size––just not important.”

Cokie Roberts agreed on not taking the bait, pointing out that this talk has distracted from and “minimized” the big women’s march yesterday.

Watch above, via ABC.

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