NYT Reports Rally Crowd in Thousands, Daily Mail Says Two Million, page 1
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Topic started on 12-9-2009 @ 10:09 PM by Wimbly
I don't know what the official count is, but I want you to look at the pictures used by both sources. It becomes pretty clear right away that the New York Times wanted to downplay the amount of people who showed up. I'd be willing to bet it was in the millions. It is possible that both are conflating and the truth lies in the middle. Either way, the downplay side has a lot more voice here in the US.

www.nytimes.com...


WASHINGTON — A sea of protesters filled the west lawn of the Capitol and spilled onto the National Mall on Saturday in the largest rally against President Obama since he took office, a culmination of a summer-long season of protests that began with opposition to a health care overhaul and grew into a broader dissatisfaction with government.


Now the Daily Mail. Which I know many of you will say is biased.

www.dailymail.co.uk...


Up to two million people marched to the U.S. Capitol today, carrying signs with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" as they protested the president's health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending.

The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.

People were chanting "enough, enough" and "We the People." Others yelled "You lie, you lie!" and "Pelosi has to go," referring to California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.

Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk... P7


Make your own judgment. Who is trying to mislead here?











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reply posted on 12-9-2009 @ 10:22 PM by getreadyalready
reply to post by metamagic


I'm thinking the NYT may have a bit more solid journalism behind its reporting. At least I'm not writing it off as biased based on this comparison.


I'd like to think so too, but how many headlines have we seen over the past couple of years for plagarism, lies, facts claimed that were purely fiction, etc., etc.!

NYT has no credibility these days!


reply posted on 12-9-2009 @ 10:39 PM by Stormdancer777
moderateinthemiddle.wordpress.com... -2-million912-party-on-patriots/

Aerial Views added: D.C. Police close roads to buses, people on foot; estimate 1.2 million; ABC reports 2 million

Great pictures here.


The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.

People were chanting “enough, enough” and “We the People.” Others yelled “You lie, you lie!” and “Pelosi has to go,” referring to California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.


www.youtube.com...





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reply posted on 12-9-2009 @ 10:44 PM by getreadyalready
reply to post by angrymomma


Description of YouTube video can be expanded, and he tells about the capture rate, and how he edited and picked frames. The camera captured every 2 seconds, but the guy uploaded every 60 seconds. So, I counted and there are 60 frames from the time the road is completely full and movement toward the Capital starts, until the end of the caravan goes through that intersection!!

That means the crowd took up that entire area as they marched for over an hour!!

That had to be well over 1 million! There were surely more people already at the end of the road, and on the side roads, so 1.5 to 2M seems reasonable to me!!


reply posted on 12-9-2009 @ 11:11 PM by mikerussellus
reply to post by JacKatMtn


I was like that once. Only I used a blanket, was four years old and eventually the boggie man went away.

What's Gibbs excuse?


reply posted on 12-9-2009 @ 11:15 PM by JacKatMtn
reply to post by mikerussellus


I think he needs to be introduced to what is normally called Americans..

pissed off ones at that..

It's a pretty big group...
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