Reports circulating social media that an aide handed Spicer a note that read “You just committed a felony” in the middle of a press briefing was fake news. Rather, it was mocking his upside down American Flag gaffe that left reporters amused and social media asking if it was under distress. Now, where did the fake story about his alleged felony originate? Although this report was circulated by many social media users as if it were an actual news article, it originated with The Bulletin, whose tagline notes that the site presents “The News, In Satire Form,” according to Snopes. Here are some examples of people sharing the satirical story on social media. Sean Spicer Handed Mid-Briefing Note Saying, "You Just Committed A Felony" https://t.co/L2Gf6N0G1I — IFFConsulting (@IFFConsulting) March 11, 2017 Amazing. Time and again they are shouting from rooftops "THE LAW DOESN'T APPLY TO US!" — BJ Leiderman (@BJLeiderman) March 11, 2017 This Spicer “felony note” article was just another spoof of the President Donald Trump administration, along with others from The Bulletin bearing headlines such as “Trump Kind of Flattered People Think He’s Smart Enough to Operate on Multiple Levels” and “Melania Trump Thrilled with How Often Her Husband Is Unavailable.” However, the New York Post reported that a series of tweets by Spicer commenting on strong February job creation figures may have run afoul of federal guidance barring most officials from commenting on key economic data within an hour of its release. The rule, Statistical Policy Directive Number 3, is meant to “preserve the distinction between the policy-neutral release of data by statistical agencies and their interpretation by policy officials,” the White House budget office explained when it published the most recent version in September 1985 What did you think of the fake news about Spicer? Let us know in the comments section.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s being given an ominous note in the middle of a press briefing with reported that stated “you just committed a felony” was political satire. Reports circulating social media that an aide handed Spicer a note that read “You just committed a felony” in the middle of a press briefing was fake news. Rather, it was mocking his upside down American Flag gaffe that left reporters amused and social media asking if it was under distress.
Now, where did the fake story about his alleged felony originate? On March 9, 2017, the web site The Bulletin published an article reporting that Spicer had been delivered a note while he was in the midst of conducting a press briefing that suggested he was committing a felony. You can read text from that fake news article below.
“White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was in the middle of his daily press briefing Thursday when an aide handed him a note that said, “You just committed a felony,” according to a senior White House official with knowledge of the note’s contents.
Spicer paused briefly after reading the note, then cleared his throat and continued with the briefing, taking a question from Jonathan…
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