MSM Half-Truth on McCain Rally Numbers

Badger Blogger ^ | 9/06/08 | ninenot

[HarleyD]

The good news is that they’re probably lying about the poll numbers as well.

[RDasher]

There was a Milwaukee TV station that was there. I saw it live, and it was reported the audience size was 20,000-30,000 according to the highway patrol.

[steve1848]

>800 people — pitiful. . . . .

A couple dozen Secret Service types, and a few hundred of the 0ne’s disciples (MSM), his campaign staff, some paid ACORN organizers, and probably a few folks who wandered over to see what all the fuss was about.

I hope this trend holds. I’m happy we are even, but want to see the 0ne completely discredited in a landslide if possible.

[rocksblues]

I don't think they are addicted. I think they are that special kind of people that are all transmit no receive.

I worked for these kind and worked with them. They never let an opposing thought enter their reptilian brain.

[normy]

I talked to a friends of mine down here in Texas this morning. His family is from Ohio and pretty much Democrats. His uncle is down this weekend from Illinois.

My friend told me his whole family is so unified behind this ticket and his uncle said he has never been so exited for a ticket both top and bottom in his life.

[Rennes Templar]

“More than a thousand jammed the streets to see John McCain. The other 11,000 were there for Sarah.’

Ouch!

[AndyJackson]

they couldn’t all fit into the “attendence area.

Hello! Like if they couldn't fit into the attendance area they weren't in attendance now were they? /s

[HIDEK6]

That’s not a half-truth, that’s a 1/12th truth.

[RJL]

Associated Press reported: More than a thousand people jammed the streets to see McCain and the Alaska governor, his surprise choice for the vice presidential nomination who proved to be the hit of the convention."

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Elsewhere, the Wisconsin State Patrol estimated that over 12,000 people were in the "attendance area" at the event and that up to THREE TIMES that number were surrounding the "attendance area."

As the print media whines that we're going to miss them when they're gone.

We'll miss reports like this, only in the media's dreams!

[curth]

When they followed the original story up with a combined article including the later rally, they changed the 1,000 to “thousands”.

[chris_bdba]

Thy are doing this on purpose because the Obama rally’s are shinking fast. The one from Indianna today looked like there were less than a 1000 people in Terra Haute, IN.