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Here's what's being reported in by the BBC and News24:

BBC: ---------- Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Italy to protest against a visit from George Bush. ... Protest organisers say there were around 150,000 people but the police reckon there were more like 25,000. ... ----------

News24: ---------- More than 30 000 anti-war protesters were taking part in a demonstration in central Rome on Friday against the visit of US President George W Bush, AFP reporters and photographers on the street said. ... Police sources quoted by Italy's Ansa news agency put the size of the demonstration at up to 25 000. However, Rome police headquarters declined to give an official estimate of the crowd. ... ---------- but, guess what CNN is reporting?

1 posted on 06/04/2004 1:23:34 PM PDT by baltoga
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To: baltoga

CNN's lies are becoming extreme to the point of absurdity.


2 posted on 06/04/2004 1:26:56 PM PDT by LikeLight (__________________________)
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To: baltoga

Nothing the Communist News Network does surprises me anymore.


3 posted on 06/04/2004 1:27:46 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Eagle Scout class of 1992.)
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To: baltoga

I should be shocked and outraged, but I'm not. That's exactly what the communists, socialists, and fascists among us want.


4 posted on 06/04/2004 1:28:43 PM PDT by scott7278 ("FR will NOT be used to help replace Bush with a Democrat." -- Jim Robinson, 2/01/04)
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To: baltoga
CNN: Police estimated the number of demonstrators at 500,000.

BBC: "but the police reckon there were more like 25,000."

Perfectly understandable. The CNN number indicated the number of fingers and toes of the protestors.

5 posted on 06/04/2004 1:28:54 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: baltoga
Laughable, I just heard on the radio that protesters are throwing rocks and bottles. What a bunch of phonies.
Get ready for the tight shot of 20 protesters and have the caption read "thousands of protesters".
8 posted on 06/04/2004 1:32:34 PM PDT by abc1
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To: baltoga
From my site this afternoon:
As expected, crowds of protestors have greeted President Bush in Italy, where he is on a state visit ahead of this weekend's D-Day anniversary ceremonies in France.

CNN is reporting that protesters are numbering around a half-million.

Protesters swarmed the streets of central Rome after Bush met with Pope John Paul II, one of the strongest critics of the war. Police estimated the number of demonstrators at 500,000.
While the BBC has the number of protesters at a far more realistic 25,000, also based on police estimates.
Organisers say 150,000 people have turned out for the protest, while police put the figure at 25,000.
So which is it, CNN? 25,000 or a half-million? Anything to slander Bush and further your own so-called unbiased agenda?
12 posted on 06/04/2004 1:36:18 PM PDT by mhking ("Enterprise" finale: Yeah, we saved Earth, but I hate Illinois Nazis...)
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To: baltoga

CNN wants Bush protesters to be the top story rather than 248,000 new jobs in May. CNN is in full democrap campaign mode.


14 posted on 06/04/2004 1:38:06 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: baltoga

Do you think CNN uses the same counting methods to report their income on their tax returns?

Yeah right...


16 posted on 06/04/2004 1:39:57 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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"500,000 according to a police"

If full disclosure were given by CNN, it would tell us that the police source referenced in this report is actually, in all probability, a communist party member who had no authority to speak on behalf of this matter but whom CNN knew would give the number it wanted.

17 posted on 06/04/2004 1:42:35 PM PDT by TaxMe
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If CNN's not getting paid by the DNC, they're giving it away for free. Whores or fools - anyone?


19 posted on 06/04/2004 1:44:01 PM PDT by GOPJ (NFL Owners: Grown men don't watch hollywood peep shows with wives and children.)
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Oh yeah?!?! Oh yeah?!? Well, I went to a Bush rally last week that had like a BILLION people at it!!

So there.


20 posted on 06/04/2004 1:44:39 PM PDT by jtminton (Ever notice that Al Qaeda, Al Jazeera, and Al Gore all have the same first name?)
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To: baltoga

The authorities estimated about 6 to 7 thousand people.


This is one of the best examples how easy it is to fool people with polls and e-vote - it's possible to give numbers that can be visually checked from 6,000 to 500,000 ... http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2004/06_Giugno/04/corteo.shtml
21 posted on 06/04/2004 1:47:01 PM PDT by Truth666
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but the police reckon there were more like 25,000. ... ----------

Well, follow me carefully here.

If you multiply the number 25,000 by 19, you get almost 500,000. See?

And then if you multiply the almost 500,000 by the number 2, you get virtually a million man march! See?

Yeah, a Million Man March. That's the ticket!

See?

23 posted on 06/04/2004 1:53:49 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: baltoga

They probably had the same guy counting that counted the crowd at the latest assault weapons demonstration in DC.


25 posted on 06/04/2004 1:57:13 PM PDT by sgtbono2002 (I aint wrong, I aint sorry , and I am probably going to do it again.)
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To: baltoga
My perfectly sensible theory:

They stole the idea from Michael Moore:

On the CNN show Moneyline, Moore was asked about the glaring inaccuracies in Stupid White Men. His response was: "How can there be inaccuracy in comedy?"

CNN adopted this philosophy and secretly changed their name to Comedy News Network.
31 posted on 06/05/2004 12:42:49 PM PDT by SwedeCon
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