Did WaPo journo lie about size of Hillary Clinton rally crowd with fudged photo?

https://twitter.com/lyz_estrada/status/760540091664130048

Some Twitter users were buzzing over that photo comparison, wondering did WaPo fudge a photo of an Omaha Hillary Clinton rally? Reminder: The Democrat announcement for this rally is still one of the funniest things ever.

Here is the first photo tweeted out by Washington Post journo Abby Phillip:

Big, boisterous crowd here in Omaha for Hillary Clinton and Warren Buffett pic.twitter.com/OzXiyMzC5O

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) August 1, 2016

Hmm. Of course, she did have to opine on the excitement level. They are totally boisterous and awesome guys!

https://twitter.com/theLonelyTrader/status/760554541410619392

Was she lying? The WaPo journo responded, again claiming crowd was in the thousands.

Actually you are wrong. There were 3,000 people in the crowd plus overflow, per the fire marshall. But keep trolling

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) August 2, 2016

Others continued to insist it was a lot smaller.

why are you lying for? There was 50 ppl there

— James (@WSUBish0413) August 2, 2016

Were you there?

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) August 2, 2016

https://twitter.com/twisted147/status/760558228035874816

trump supporter or not this is what we are up against. Can't trust the media

— James (@WSUBish0413) August 2, 2016

the gym filled up after that photo. People were turned away https://t.co/YJYIxdFKAr

— Capitalics (@Capitalics) August 2, 2016

But as many as the photo indicated? The article does say more than 50 attended, but listed in the snippet attendees in the hundreds not thousands. However, it seems to have been updated now to say 3,500 attendees. Some continued to question it.

https://twitter.com/Joseph_Brand0/status/760555612598042625
https://twitter.com/slone/status/760636720794726400

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https://twitter.com/twisted147/status/760566873419317249

And then there is another article from a different news outlet which still reports only hundreds:

https://twitter.com/Joseph_Brand0/status/760558098113331200

From KTIV:

As we come closer to the November election, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are making their way around the country to gain voters support.

Monday Clinton stopped in Omaha, Nebraska where she spoke to hundreds

What in the what? Which is it?

Love how @abbydphillip trolled @WSUBish0413 and then people started sharing pictures and she went radio silent. #staywoke

— Dave Tarter (@thisisthetarter) August 2, 2016

Man,
3000 people has never looked so much like a 100. pic.twitter.com/wM8k9rhZEx

— Chris Groban (@GrobanChris) August 2, 2016

https://twitter.com/Z3pp3in/status/760866171138834432

Hillary – Omaha..back bleechers were students forced to attend..total 70 pic.twitter.com/4ZGQ3FtiIC

— MJ (@MJs__Smile) August 2, 2016

Media angles of photos are usually clearly meant to show a huge capacity crowd (if your name is followed by a (D), of course). Like this one from someone over at NBC:

Hillary's walk up music with the Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffet is "You make my dreams come true" by Hall & Oates pic.twitter.com/jgaSJM3xYd

— Elyse PG (@elysepg) August 1, 2016

Optics and stuff! Certainly journos DO try to make Dems look good, truth be damned. But, they expose themselves enough without exaggerated or false cries of bias. Here’s a zoomed-out photo that seems to line up with WaPo’s:

Cut the shit. pic.twitter.com/EYYIRXRC1a

— El Paso Strong ?️‍? (@TXProfessor) August 3, 2016

False? Fake but accurate? Exaggerated? It was originally tweeted by Hillary for Nebraska:

Yesterday's visit to Omaha was the first general election visit by a presidential candidate since 1936. #ShesWithUs pic.twitter.com/RbFh82eBGv

— Hillary for Nebraska (@HillaryforNE) August 3, 2016

And another:

Here's another picture of the event as its filling in. Your narrative is wrong. pic.twitter.com/C9nygOpNzH

— Gabriel (@1andonlyreal1) August 3, 2016

Also, this:

@Z3pp3in @Ricky_Vaughn99 @Jerzeee4Trump Speakers aren't event there in this photo.

— WrongYouAre (@WrongYouAre1) August 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton takes the stage in Omaha w/ Warren Buffett. This is her second stop in the city since 2015. pic.twitter.com/2nt3Lni3HG

— Dan Merica (@merica) August 1, 2016

So, unless all those photos are fake, it appears the crowd size flap was wrong. Still, it wasn’t a particularly huge crowd for Hillary, especially with Warren Buffet. But anyway. Fact check: False.

One strange thing remains: Was KTIV lying then instead of WaPo? If so, why? Stay tuned.