My understanding was that there were a few hundred who turned their backs on him. The media focused on the picture of the two to minimize the story.
Wow. That sheds a different light, both on the amount of appropriately disrespectful behavior, as well as on the media's efforts to hide the truth. Do you have a citation, or photos, or other evidence (people who were there) that a hundred or more VFW members turned back-to while Kerry was speaking?
I think the way I heard it is that only a few turned their backs, but a much larger number sat with their arms folded across their chests -- i.e., obviously not applauding.