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Professor Fisher’s study indicates that — while news coverage focused on the teenagers marching for gun control in the wake of last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — 90 per cent of the crowd was actually adults. She said the average age of adults in the crowd was just under 49.
“Contrary to what’s been reported in many media accounts, the D.C. March for Our Lives crowd was not primarily made up of teenagers,” she wrote. “Only about 10 per cent of the participants were under 18.”
Organisers of the demonstration claimed Sunday that some 850,000 people attended the pro-gun control event. But Virginia-based Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc., which uses aerial photos to calculate crowd sizes, reported the event’s peak crowd size was at 202,796 people.
edit on 28-3-2018 by acrux because: (no reason given)
202,796
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: acrux
The news media really does need to be more accurate.
Did any of them report on the pro gun march?
originally posted by: acrux
a reply to: Woodcarver
Most teens I know of, wouldn't be out of bed in time.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: acrux
I thought about this. When I was watching the march I saw tons of adults. I kept thinking it was funny that they called it the teen march.
It was probably all their parents.
Knowing this doesn't change a thing though, not really.
202,796
Not a small number and much much larger than the pro gun march that was going on at the same time.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
But but the news said eight hundred million children marched.
originally posted by: BotheLumberJack
originally posted by: acrux
a reply to: Woodcarver
Most teens I know of, wouldn't be out of bed in time.
"I'll give you my Game Controller when you take it from my cold, dead hands".
originally posted by: BotheLumberJack
No they wouldn't, they'd be at home playing Grand Theft Auto and killing things.
originally posted by: acrux
I think their motto would be something like; "I'll give you my Game Controller when you take it from my cold, dead hands".
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: acrux
Seems to be just a bit more evidence of what many of us already suspected/knew...
It's not the kids, save for a few they'll trot out for media day, it's their handlers.
When the "adults" behind this realize that no one's buying into it, or not enough are, as some are buying into this nonsense, these kids will be left wondering what just happened, as the PTB behind this move on to another tactic.
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
Every commie got their marching orders as per usual. Soros' billions were donated to such causes, it's how they can announce and transport so many loyal anti-americans to these highly organized events on short notice.
Imagine if Soros gave that money to ship food on short notice to starving people instead of play money for the commies and anarchists.