Spicer: The Default From Some News Outlets on Susan Rice is to ‘Rush to the Defense’ of Obama Admin

During today’s off-camera press gaggle, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had a few words to say about certain media coverage of the news about alleged Susan Rice unmasking of Trump team officials.

Last night, CNN chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto — who after many years at ABC News worked as chief of staff and senior advisor to U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke during the Obama administration — said that this “appears to be a story largely ginned up, partly as a distraction from this larger investigation.” Don Lemon also said on CNN last night that he won’t “aid and abet” people pushing this “diversion,” and CNN’s Chris Cuomo said this morning it’s “another fake scandal.”

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Spicer had the following to say this afternoon about that coverage:

“It’s interesting that default for some outlets seems to be to rush to defense of Obama admin,” Spicer says re: CNN calling it “diversion”

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 4, 2017

Spicer: “The default from at least some media outlets seems to be to rush to the defence of the Obama administration.”

— David Smith (@SmithInAmerica) April 4, 2017

Spicer says “the default” from some media outlets on wiretapping allegations is a “rush to the defense” of the Obama administration

— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) April 4, 2017

Spicer says it is “clearly an attempt to preserve a narrative.”

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 4, 2017

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