Numbers Game

I'm really not sure what investment the New York Times has in making it sound like not many people went to anti-war protests this weekend, but their article on the D.C. march ignores the march itself and suggests only that there was a disappointing turnout of "thousands."

Make that a 100,000, according to news outlets such as The Washington Post. And to folks I know who were there--they might not have been able to count all their fellow protestors but I believe most people can tell when a crowd is larger than 4,000. I was personally unable to go, much to my chagrin, so you will have to accept this second-hand report from Alternet.