[lbo-talk] re: numbers estimates and sour grapes

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Sun Oct 26 15:20:48 PST 2003


Just flashed on the the hall of mirrors in The Lady of Shanghai scene of Orson Welles...

Oy vey, on leftist_rainspotters at yahoogroups, three other San Francisco Trotskyists, two of them friends, said my estimate of 20K for S.F. was at least twice what they thought! Sweet grapes, I'd say! Kisses Sweeter Than Wine by The Weavers, even ;-) Or is that The wreck of the Ruben James, an anti-war song they released just before the Stalin0Hitler Pact, and had their label yank immediately...It is Kim Il Sung, not Kim Sung Il.

------- Forwarded message ------- From: Action Center <ActionCenter.actgen at action-mail.org> To: <ActionCenter.actgen at action-mail.org> Subject: [IAC] Washington Post coverage of Oct. 25 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 17:38:23 -0500

WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE of OCT. 25 & other media coverage

The October 25 demonstration to End the Occupation of Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now demonstration was broadcast live and then rebroadcast several times on C-Span, it received major coverage by CNN over an 18 hour period. It was also picked up by hundreds of local newspapers and received widespread international press attention. The Washington Post carried a photograph of the demonstration on its front page; the accompanying article is included below in its entirety.

ORGANIZERS' ESTIMATE 100,000, POLICE ESTIMATE 50,000, NEW YORK TIMES REPORT 10,000

In another shameful example of biased reporting, the New York Times report of Oct. 25 gave a lower crowd estimate than even the Washington DC police by a factor of five. For decent and objective coverage see the Washington Post article.

The October 25 demonstration had a record number of family members of soldiers, veterans and active duty soldiers; contingents from the Arab American and Muslim community; and many others. To read the A.N.S.W.E.R. report of October 25, go to http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/102503report.html

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** WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE **

IN D.C., A DIVERSE MIX ROUSES WAR PROTEST

By Manny Fernandez Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 26, 2003; Page A08

The article can be found at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17636-2003Oct25.html

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