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Seattle Media Misrepresents Size of Revote Crowd at Olympia Rally
1/11/05 | justthefactsmaam

Posted on 01/11/2005 2:28:21 PM PST by Justthefactsmaam

KIRO is misrepresenting the size of the pro-REVOTE crowd at the rally today down in Olympia. On their website they said 1000 revote supporters, and 500 Gregoire supporters. Baloney! I was there, and I have proof on film (my buddy panned the crowd for this very purpose - the liberal media does this all the time!). I left a message on KIRO's tips line that I had proof on film that they were not telling the real story, and offered it to them. Let's see if I get a reply! (I won't hold my breath)


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: aar; certification; dinorossi; election; fraud; gregoire; medialies; olymia; olympia; rally; revote; rossi; stealingelections; themostcorruptstate; votefraud; washington
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1 posted on 01/11/2005 2:28:22 PM PST by Justthefactsmaam
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To: Justthefactsmaam

how many were there in your estimate?


2 posted on 01/11/2005 2:29:09 PM PST by RobFromGa (Bush Needs to Stay Aggressive in Term 2)
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To: Justthefactsmaam
During the disputed election of 2000, there was a large "W1" march in downtown Seattle in support of Mr. Bush. Channel 5 ran a tape of the march, carefully using close shots so that no one could see the signs, and told the audience that it was a large pro-Gore march.

These people have an agenda, and it's not our agenda.

3 posted on 01/11/2005 2:31:02 PM PST by Publius (The people of a democracy choose the government they want, and they ought to get it good and hard.)
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To: RobFromGa

My guess is two to three thousand. We easily outnumbered the Gregoire supporters 5 to 1.


4 posted on 01/11/2005 2:31:12 PM PST by Justthefactsmaam (LIES AND THE LYING LIBERAL MEDIA THAT TELLS THEM)
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To: Justthefactsmaam

And I'm being really conservative, here. It could be WAY more than that.


5 posted on 01/11/2005 2:32:23 PM PST by Justthefactsmaam (LIES AND THE LYING LIBERAL MEDIA THAT TELLS THEM)
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To: Justthefactsmaam

I was at one of the biggest marches for life in DC some years ago. Sponsors said half a million. I'd say at least 300,000. The press and the DC police said 50,000, and ran a picture of a small group of abortion supporters. Someone took an aerial photo, and it showed a huge crowd, maybe the biggest in DC history, but somehow that never made the news.

This is standard practice. If the Seattle police give out numbers, I'm sure they know which side their bread is buttered on.


6 posted on 01/11/2005 2:33:02 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Justthefactsmaam

The age old question: "Does size really matter?"


7 posted on 01/11/2005 2:33:24 PM PST by SolidSupplySide
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To: Cicero
If the Seattle police give out numbers, I'm sure they know which side their bread is buttered on.

I would question why the Seattle police estimated the crowd of an event in Olympia. You're right, though, if the Seattle police did this, it would be *very* strange.

8 posted on 01/11/2005 2:34:58 PM PST by SolidSupplySide
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To: SolidSupplySide

Always!


9 posted on 01/11/2005 2:40:51 PM PST by Justthefactsmaam (LIES AND THE LYING LIBERAL MEDIA THAT TELLS THEM)
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To: Justthefactsmaam

Yes, hold their feet to the fire.


10 posted on 01/11/2005 2:44:23 PM PST by marty60
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To: Justthefactsmaam

get that video on the net. please


11 posted on 01/11/2005 2:50:16 PM PST by ezo4
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Crowd estimates are almost always purpose-driven, even if there's no politics involved. Back in the 1950's, they used to say that 500,000 people showed up for the hydroplane races on Lake Washington in Seattle, even though the city only had a population of 490,000 and there's no way you could squeeze even 200,000 along that shore.


12 posted on 01/11/2005 2:54:18 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Justthefactsmaam

I just checked KIRO's website. They claim only 200 Gregoire supporters.


13 posted on 01/11/2005 3:03:10 PM PST by SolidSupplySide
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To: Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING


14 posted on 01/11/2005 3:39:03 PM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: RobFromGa
I was there and would have guessed 3,000. No expert in crowd counting, but I can tell you one thing. There was a heck of a lot more of us. Lots more.

We have it all on video tape.

15 posted on 01/11/2005 3:41:30 PM PST by Vicki (Truth and Reality)
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My favorite was when Compaq tried to justify their expensive sponsorship of Formula One Racing by claiming that it had an audience of 50 billion. Yes Billion with a B.

The world's population is barely 6 billion now.

Even if there were a race a week with 20% of the Earth watching every time, that number was BS.


16 posted on 01/11/2005 3:43:18 PM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Justthefactsmaam

We had at least 200 in Clark County.


17 posted on 01/11/2005 3:47:42 PM PST by connectthedots
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To: SolidSupplySide

Only if you have to ask.


18 posted on 01/11/2005 4:40:32 PM PST by ol' hoghead (Galatians 3:13)
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To: Justthefactsmaam

KOMO TV just revised the numbers. They had been reporting 1,000 for Rossi and 500 for Gregoire, but that has changed. Now it is 2,000 with KOMO TV saying Gregoire had just 200 supporters. So that leaves us with 1,500.


19 posted on 01/11/2005 4:44:36 PM PST by Vicki (Truth and Reality)
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To: Justthefactsmaam

KIRO (CBS) has a long, long history of lying about crowd sizes. They always lie in favor of communists, socialists, anarchists, greens, hippies, dopers, losers, homeless, homosexuals, gun-banners, vegans, anti-smokers, "pro-choicers," democrats, etc.

The lie factor you cite is tame for KIRO. I witnessed years with consistent lie factors of 10x. Applying that to your numbers, they would report 250 for you and 500 for the anti's.

Speaking of KIRO's (CBS) decades of lies to support the communists, does the name Mary Mapes mean anything to you?


20 posted on 01/11/2005 4:58:29 PM PST by sarah_f (Know Islam, Know Terror.)
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