# of Protesters near 500,000. -- todays NYT front page.

[henslee]

Yoday's front page, right column, article titled "March Raucous but Largely Peaceful". And I quote...

"The police Depatment, as is customary offered no official estimate but one officer in touch with the police command center at Madison Square Garden agreed that the crowd appeared to be close to a half-million"

News organizations, have you no shame? Where's the article tracking the media's blatant attempt to suppress this truth.

No link at the moment, My NYT cookies are funky.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. I think that's about right

I crunched all the numbers here and saw all the other threads.
It was definitely between 400 and 500k.

[Howardx]

2. news at 10 last night

KTLA in LA (of course) grant rampy their washington correspondent said 250,000 were expected and less than half of that showed up!

[indie_voter]

3. Let them misunderestimate the tide of anger

Hopefully it will motivate more people to VOTE in Nov and provide Kerry with a landslide victory.

How I would love to see Blitzer spin that.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. kick

[AgadorSparticus]

5. FINALLY some real numbers! thanks. nt

[deutsey]

6. I concur

Let the corporate media continue spewing their distortions.

Did you know that you can put your finger up to the sky and block the sun? Some more deluded individuals may even believe that by doing so, they've successfully suppressed the power and reality of the sun.

Those of us basking in sunshine, however, know differently.