[Mr. Mulliner]

This shouldn't surprise anyone who's been around. The media regularly exaggerates the numbers from demonstrations they consider their sacred cows such as abortion, gun-grabbing, and gay rights. And they regularly shrink the numbers at rallies of conservatives. Just shows how the media has classified the Islamic demonstrators.

By the way, I'd be interested if anyone else comes across similar stories of exaggerations from the war front.

[Mr. Mulliner]

Even the media doesn't trust the media.

[Diogenesis]

I am shocked. Simply shocked.

[hellinahandcart]

The pot calls the kettle black. The Times claimed there were 10,000 antiwar demonstrators at an Oct. 7 peace rally in Union Square, and there were less than a thousand by our count (we were there).

[RaceBannon]

We should bump this.

[MarkWar]

>Don't trust the media, at least not CNN. Says who? A New York Times photographer in Pakistan.

[shrugs] Tell us something we don't know.

However, it is interesting to note that the media is now telling us not to trust the media.

I'm inclined to think such actions and advice are part of a large, integrated m!nd-f#ck designed specifically to 1) further polarize the population between those who _trust_ the media and those who _don't_ ; and 2) isolate people behind constantly changing walls of dis-information so that they realize they can't trust anything because then what are people supposed to do? How are people supposed to make decisions when they _acknowledge_ that all their input is either lies or indistinguishable from lies?!

Mark W.

[Reborn]

So would I. I'm soooooo tired of the SPIN that comes from the media. It is bad enough to hear the spin from leaders, democRats, terrorists, etc. BUT the media, instead of being "watch dogs" have become just as bad, imho.

[Grampa Dave]

When does the NY Slimes and CNN lie to the sheeple who believe in them?

[kayak]

Great post, SY!

[Arkie2]

be weary of some of the things you read

I've been weary of the things I read in the liberal media for a long time. Wary also! :^)

[marktwain]

Your comments are intellegent, insightfull, and informative. They also tend to mirror my own observations....;-)

[bandleader]

To Singapore_Yank,Now,wait just a darn minute!Do you mean to tell me that there weren't a Million Men at the rally that "Screwie-Louis" incited??The next thing that you're going to tell me is that there weren't a Million Moms at the "Million Moms March"!!Hey, they don't call it The Clinton News Network for nothing!!!

[mlocher]

if liberals could count, do you think that our national debt would be over a trillion dollars right now?

[BibChr]

"...be weary of some of the things you read."

I'm weary of MOST of the things I read in the mainstream.

Wary, too!

(Very Freudian.)

Dan

[Wait4Truth]

I wanted to give you a bump on this! We need to keep this at the top so many people view it. This has nothing to do with the war, but I wanted to relate a simple little story that again points to the liberal media as liars. When President Bush was campaigning, there were two occasions where he drew 20,000 people in my city. I was at both of them and it was an amazing thing to see. I was anxious to read the following day's coverage of these wonderful events (where GW was treated like a rock-star!!)and both times the crowds were said to be "relatively enthusiastic" and ran "a few thousand in number"....don't believe what you read if you have a liberal paper. They LIE!

[agitator]

I worked in broadcast television and radio for 10 years and I wouldn't believe the weather report without sticking my head out the window first.

[KSCITYBOY]

bump

[Aeronaut]

By the way, I'd be interested if anyone else comes across similar stories of exaggerations from the war front.

I saw media exaggeration in person at a Freep of a peace rally. According to Capital Security the steps of the Minnesota state capital hold 500 people; they estimated the crowds at about 300 based on the space available on the steps. Some of the local media pegged the crowd at 500, 800, 1000, and 1100. None agreed with Capital Security.

[maestro]

Especially all of the NEW ADVANCED SUBLIMINAL techniques!!!

[tallhappy]

Thnx fr pstng ths bmp

[be-baw]

On a not-quite-related issue, Rush reported this afternoon that the Tallywhacked are charging reporters admission to see the alleged bombed-out civilian sites in Afghanistan.

CNN and ABC got in for $30, while Fox News Channel declined to pay the $2000 they would have to have paid.