In an era when satellite imagery allows one to count cars from space, and in a country fascinated with numbers (weekly box office take, home runs, calorie counting, etc) the MSM is having a difficult time with the math on Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally held on the Mall in Washington yesterday. By all reasonable estimates, nearly half a million people were in attendance, and yet, confusion (or perhaps subterfuge) rules the day.
CNN.com was reporting; “large crowds” and “People filled the park by the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool. . .” I have a question for the writers at CNN. If Beck’s 500,000-plus is considered a large crowd, what term would you use for the Sharpton rally held across town? Oddly enough, no mention of numbers or size was included in the description of Sharpton’s event. Was this done to diminish one or to equate the much smaller march with the enormous rally?
MSNBC.com reported, “Tens of thousands flock to the capital for a rally that largely avoided politics.” After attacking and analyzing the event for a week before it happened, the NBC’s minor league team mostly avoided putting the story in the spotlight, instead favoring a position on the U.S. news page. There was a mention on the homepage with a link to a video entitled “LaRussa, Pujols speak at Beck Rally” – huh? (more…)
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