"The non-stop dishonesty and irresponsibility is amazing," Kristol wrote on Twitter. Just a few weeks ago, after being subjected to repeated mockery by NBC's Saturday Night Live, Spicer was seen as an amiable man in a no-win position. Vice on Friday described Spicer as "White House press secretary and walking bummer." Increasingly, journalists who expect spin from the press secretary are accusing Spicer of flat-out lying, and that has sparked a vigorous push-back from the press corps. The New York Times on Friday followed Spicer's press briefing with a story that dissected Spicer's statements and fact-checked them, concluding that Spicer "continued...to use misdirection and misleading claims."

Source: Forbes April 01, 2017 03:59 UTC