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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2009/09/12/912-march-on-dc-teaparty-highlights/
> "912 March on DC Early reportsfrom ABC and Fox are that >the total turnout 
> was around 2 million, despite the lousy >weather, and despite the blackout 
> from the media about this. >(ooops, I said blackout, is this racist?)"

Always check your sources. Neither ABC nor Fox News said "2 million."  Not 
that there couldn't have been that many...looks like a lot of people to me, 
but "tens of thousands" seems to be the concensus.

I support the Tea Parties, but I HATE lying and misrepresenting the facts, 
and there is a lot of that going around. (I have a whole list of Sources Who 
Can't be Trusted). Looks like that site got their facts wrong.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/protest-crowd-size-estimate-falsely-attributed-abc-news/story?id=8558055
ABC News Was Misquoted on Crowd Size
ABC News Reported D.C. Rally Size in Tens of Thousands, Not 1M to 1.5M as 
Activist Said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/12/tea-party-express-arrives-march-washington-protest-government-spending/?test=health
Fox News:
"The tens of thousands of protesters marched to the U.S. Capitol chanting 
various slogans and waving posters that voiced a rather broad array of 
grievances against big government and the leaders, particularly President 
Obama, who the protesters blame for its size and scope."

Lynn Wigglesworth