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Total pandemonium!

Once again, the mainstream media is proving what an absolute circus they can cause over a mere meeting between two people: House Speaker Paul Ryan and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.

At one point, MSNBC actually had a countdown clock solely designated for the Ryan/Trump meeting at Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters, hyping it as a “Face to Face.”

In case you don’t believe it, take a look:

As if it wasn’t bad enough that the mainstream media is hyping up a simple meeting between GOP leaders, the firestorm outside RNC headquarters that included protesters and supporters was just as crazy today:

Behold the circus below:

journalists, protestors, spectators awaiting Trump’s arrival at RNC for Paul Ryan mtg pic.twitter.com/6UBqlvrNAd — Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) May 12, 2016

The media awaiting any Trump exit at rear of RNC building #CBC pic.twitter.com/l0ictfrBr3 — Meagan Fitzpatrick (@fitzpatrick_m) May 12, 2016

The circus outside the RNC headquarters in DC this morning: pic.twitter.com/M4whps4OB6 — Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) May 12, 2016

Protesters gather at RNC headquarters, as Donald Trump meets with Paul Ryan, Reince Priebus https://t.co/cLhXN8JHBc pic.twitter.com/AQ01DbSbRR — Meghana Kurup (@MeghanaKurupDC) May 12, 2016

Protesters greet Trump at RNC headquarters, chanting “we are the mighty immigrants, fighting for justice”https://t.co/nAoiamyc6A — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 12, 2016

.@DarrellIssa jumping fence at the end of this to get into RNC pic.twitter.com/m8Fpf7dfgR — Victoria McGrane (@vgmac) May 12, 2016

In Dept. of Because Why Not?, a guy is playing the bagpipes outside the RNC where Trump is meeting w/Speaker Ryan pic.twitter.com/oDN2b0IOKl — Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) May 12, 2016

A Trump supporter sings and blows a horn outside of a meeting between Trump and Paul Ryan (video by @scottwongDC)pic.twitter.com/VQgcflYhgg — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) May 12, 2016

#Trump supporter singing a worship song outside RNC HQ, holding a ram’s horn. pic.twitter.com/vv3C9KgBR5 — Sarah McCammon NPR (@sarahmccammon) May 12, 2016

And naturally, every single news network followed second-to-second coverage of the meeting, with “breaking news” alerts from the minute Trump arrived, until the meeting ended.

Here’s just a few snapshots of the coverage prior to the meeting:



The Trump and Ryan meeting was cause for a massive media scrum https://t.co/9mi1gBjRwK pic.twitter.com/J1Jeb29ueX — Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 12, 2016

Providing a new CNN funny way to embarrass itself, MSNBC suddenly has a countdown clock for…Trump & Ryan’s meeting pic.twitter.com/yV79Rp35Av — Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) May 11, 2016

CNN quintuple split screen for the Trump arrival at RNC HQ. pic.twitter.com/9GzOOrD9Qp — Neil King (@NKingofDC) May 12, 2016

The intensive coverage of this Trump-Ryan meeting: @ChrisCuomo wonders if it's "an 'SNL' skit in the making…" https://t.co/i4O71ulQYC — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 12, 2016

All of this anticipation build-up for RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to come and call the meeting… “very positive.” You can almost hear the sad trombone playing in the background. But, many folks jumped on the statement, saying it was meant gloss over the issues.

Here’s Priebus’ statement:



The meeting was great. It was a very positive step toward party unity. — Reince Priebus (@Reince) May 12, 2016

Here’s the public not buying what Preibus is trying to sell:

“Very positive step,” is a good start, but doesn’t sound like an endorsement today. https://t.co/9MwQz2XOf4 — DJ Judd (@juddzeez) May 12, 2016

Baghdad has not fallen. https://t.co/9clnwgdTO8 — Andrew Stiles (@AndrewStilesUSA) May 12, 2016

It was the bestest. https://t.co/ylFq8r5zUB — Josh Barro (@jbarro) May 12, 2016

He says while blinking “SAVE ME” in Morse Code https://t.co/uCdoyC8HGE — Justin Miller (@justinjm1) May 12, 2016

Messaging! https://t.co/kq7cBxWiAC https://t.co/cZpmtBiNry — Elise Foley (@elisefoley) May 12, 2016

Can anyone detect elevated stress levels in a tweet? https://t.co/AU6qkDUiPb — Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 12, 2016

All of that, for this? Get ready for a full year of media hyperbole!

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