Some media report 'tens of thousands'...but the real estimates are in the order of 1-2 million.
This is cynical reporting, trying to play down the scale and severity of the protest. Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
ABC smears protest number
Here's a good post listing different claims by media outlets
Also, what impressed me was the apparent absence of litter afterwards, especially compared to the Obama inauguration.
More like a bazillion!
ReplyDeleteHow many zeros is that?
Anyway, everyone is trying to make sure the number doesn't exceed that of the civil rights movement. There were more than 300,000 there for sure.
Don't want a protest that's not mostly "black", now do we?
Especially a racist crowd like the tea partiers.
I attended the 9/12 March and the numbers were quite massive. I don't know the exact amounts, since reports range from 500,000 to up to 2 million people in attendance, but I would take a guess at about 1 to 1.3 million protesters. I will be showing pictures/video later that will show the magnitude of this event. I do know that the MSM definitely played it down.
ReplyDeleteYes, that would make sense, I think the police guessed a little over a million. Could be even more. The significance of this is being underestimated.
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