Let’s Compare Aerial Pictures of the 10/2 and 8/28 Rallies
Scott Baker
The Blaze
10/3/2010
Within hours of the 8/28 rally CBS News had posted expert analysis of the rally attendance and concluded that 87,000 people had attended.
I was pretty sure, given the hype around the “One Nation” rally, that they would do the same today. Not so far:
I’m not sure that there is an “official” aerial photo of the “One Nation” rally, but this is the one that The Huffington Post is using:
It is not clear exactly when that photo was taken on 10/2 — but it is the only aerial shot featured in the HuffPo playlist.
Here now is a similar vantage shot from the 8/28 rally:
So if CBS News believes that 8/28 drew only 87,000 people — then I’m sure they will soon be posting expert analysis that the “One Nation” rally drew 25,000. Right?
Read also at The Blaze, Even MSM Doesn’t Buy ‘One Nation’ Claim That 10/2 Rally Attendance Topped Beck’s, and Regarding the trash at “One Nation.” NewsBusters asks: “why do liberals supposedly more interested in the environment always litter wherever they rally?”
The video below is from The Blaze. The woman speaking is Green For All’s Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins.
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From American Power:
Crowds ‘Less Dense’ For ‘One Nation’ Protest in D.C.And that’s according to the Associated Press:
More than 400 organizations – ranging from labor unions to faith, environmental and gay rights groups – partnered for the event, which comes one month after Beck packed the same space with conservatives and tea party-style activists.
Organizers claimed they had as many participants as Beck’s rally. But Saturday’s crowds were less dense and didn’t reach as far to the edges as they did during Beck’s rally. The National Park Service stopped providing official crowd estimates in the 1990s.
And here’s a photo from one of my commenters, Colin, who notes, “I attended the rally from about 2-3pm, for an even that was supposed to run from noon-4.” In other words, a sparsely attended event at what should be the peak hour of the rally:
Read the rest at American Power.
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[Crooks and Liars writes:] “[T]he One Nation Working Together rally in Washington DC has gathered more supporters than Glenn Beck’s much ballyhooed rally, which I will lovingly refer to as ‘Whitestock.'”
Ann Althouse replies: Oh? I thought Whitestock was Obama’s rally last Tuesday here in Madison.
