Despite political pressures from the Obama administration on ABC News Network to back off its initial quote that two million conservative Americans marched on Washington DC Saturday, The London Daily Mail is standing by the number.
Does this look like "two million" or "tens of thousands" to you?
The correct number of two million has been corroborated by eyewitness reports and aerial photographic evidence.
The lack of coverage by so-called “mainstream” news outlets has been supplanted by independent and international news outlets, which recognize the significance of such a massive turnout. The news blackout is consistent with derisive coverage done by the so-called “mainstream” media of the Tea Party protests and townhall meetings from earlier this year.
Another photo proving 2 million marched (click to enlarge)
During the 1990’s, the so-called “mainstream” media covered Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s “Million Man March,” which only drew 50,000, to the point that it did feel as if a million people showed up for the event.
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The Ministry of Lies, as Frank calls it.
I’m pleased that the networks did not cover this event, for they’d have managed to demonize it and by doing so, do as they always do, CREATING news, not REPORTING it !!
Baie Dankie, Johaan! When King had his speech on the Great Lawn of the Capitol, it was a “huge” event. But the numbers weren’t near anything coming close to this. Proof that only on TRP and cable can you get the facts and the truth! The Patriot has awakened from his slumber. TRP was speaking out when others were silent!
I was there…….we were over 2 million by word of DC police…..just a few more than Obama’s much-vaunted 15K in Minneapolis. We were a happy group, a friendly group, a well-mannered group and a clean group…..we picked up our own litter. And no one in DC was given ample warning of how many of us were coming. This, from the local taxi drivers who were astounded. We were +2x bigger than Obama’s inauguration; none of the taxi drivers had ever seen anything this big in DC before.
Problem, reaction, solution. It’s the same old game red or blue. I’m sure that if you looked closely, the central gov/bank was responsible for the outrageous cost of medcare in the first place. Besides with the FDA funded by the very companies it’s supposed to police were in “the jungle” all over again. Remember their is no free market its a subsidised market.
I was there. So was Jeff Greenfield of CBS (I spoke to him and he was obviously not happy about what he saw…he scowls well). So,CBS News had a well-known reporter in that mass of humanity and a cameraman whom I saw filming (they were on the walkway leading to the Capitol steps). Jeff was there…why is he not reporting what he saw with his own eyes? Easy to guess why not, eh?
The Captiol police officer I spoke to said their initial estimate was over a million people. And NO protestor arrests! He said it was one of the most polite, easily managed crowds he’d ever seen (people obeyed police orders, picked up their trash, ect). Once again, the media and Obama use their usual weapons of marginalization and minimization of the opposition to try and blunt any appearance of legitimacy. It won’t work this time!
SILENT NO MORE! i was there, i saw the sea of huminity that streatched out in front of the capitol, it was packed. as i stood on the hill to the left of that great edifice and gazed back up pennsylvania ave the people just kept coming, and coming and coming. there were so many people that the 11:30am start time of the march was moved forward. 14th st. traffic was at stand still because concerned americans, paying their own way making their own signs, converged upon our nation’s capital to be heard. at 1:00pm people were still marching in from the street.
they were of all ages and ethinc backgrounds from the diapered in strollers to the elderly with their walkers. they were a mixed representative indicitive of this melting pot nation: white, black, asian, indian, slovic, cuban and more.
captialism was at work as a young black man set up shop selling huge soft pretzels via a grocery cart in the middle of pennsylvania ave as we mached to the capitol.
news network spin was there and in force as one station, set up on pennsylvania ave., tried to play us off as a “few people”. not able to tolerate this, cries of “tell the truth.” “can you hear us now?!” and “silent no more.” reverberated throughout the crowd surrounding the news team.
subversives tried to incite pockets of the crowd. they came with their own camera man. cries of “silent no more.” and “be gentle, be proud.” became the response from the crowd as tempers began to rise.
we came to be heard, we came to be seen, we came for many reasons — the common thread – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
we came away knowing that as individuals we are not alone.
the media, congress, the president may try to dismiss, demean, deride but they will NEVER silence us again.
THE SLEEPING GIANT IS AWAKE !, !!!, !!!, !!!, !!!
As THE GREAT FRANK always says, “BATTLE ON PATRIOTS, BATTLE ON”.
What I find very strange is no headlines about Acorn,nothing on news networks,WHY? Nothing on cable, nothing in Congress about it.Does this mean our elected officals think it is ok to set up underage whore house,for adults to have sex with children.The people need to write and phone their reps and ask why it is being ignored. I find this unbelievable.
The reported numbers do not matter. The truth is that America is speaking and you can bet that those in Congress and the White House know what the actual numbers were!!
Clearly there is no difference between the current US media and the old Soviet news agency Tass and newspaper Provda. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s I remember the lies the Soviet news was spewing then. Now, grown up it is us spewing the lies. Congrats to the 9-12 patriots, all 2 million of them.
Be afraid, be very afraid leftwing bags of human garbage! You days are numbered now, and there is no denying it! Those two million Patriots who gathered in THEIR Capitol are just the tip of the iceberg. Think of how many millions more agree with them but couldn’t make it to the uprising! Think of what will happen if they ram this planned genocide down the throats of the American people. This is why this Foreign Occupier in the White House wanted to push it through sight unseen. He thought with his “popularity” thanks to ACORN he could fool the PEOPLE. Watch the White House become a bunker, like Hiter, he’ll become delusional thinking that he can win even though the truth is that he’s losing. He’ll have a nervous collapse and go into a deep deep depression. They call the Patriots , “lunatics”, paranoids, “racists” ect. That’s all they’ve got left! Nothing more!
I promise to research a proper count by the time my next show airs!
You are a liar as well, there was nearly 2 million BLACK MEN at the Million Man March.
Thanks to everyone who was there. I was so proud of you all and so inspired by your passion and integrity.
Look forward to art and writing from me on the subject at http://www.machinepolitick.com I am a political artist and I went to Washington because I use my art to spread the concepts of limited government and individual Liberty and I wanted to see its manifestation first hand. It was a wonderful experience, and I don’t need numbers to tell me I am doing the right thing. We are not alone in this and if we accomplished nothing else, those of us who participated reached that epiphany.
Thank you and keep it up. We have a right and a duty to preserve our Republic.
Do as we did – no more Network News – not since the beginning of the tear down of then Vice-President candidate, Sarah Palin!
Thank goodness for FOX NEWS Channel – the so called ‘mainstream media’ has lost any right to such a title! When you lie, when you manufacture ‘facts,’ send hoardes of reporters to ‘investigate’ yet ignore that which truly warranted investigaton – they are no longer ‘mainstream’ they have become the puppet of the Administration.
No longer a mainstream anything!
Two MILLION?
Flat out lie. 50.000 tops…and that ABSURD fake pic showing the “huge crowd”, which is only six or seven years old?
Next time, try photoshopping the Museum of The American Indian in…since it WAS there saturday…even if the rest of your so called “supporters” were not.
It was big enough to be denied and ignored!
This piece is so lame. lol.
Where in the world, dear sir, do you get your 50 000 people figure for the MMM? Are you out of your mind? This is not only a blatant distortion, its a complete distortion of the laws of physics. Its like trying to claim the earth is flat without evidence in 2009. You even ignore the controversy sparked by the 400K figure and the several other sources that confirmed there was in fact more than a million people present. The 400K figures, which itself is a silly “kick the can” attempt to bark at the overwhelming success of the march, were originally provided by National Park Service officials and the media, of course, ran with it without checking its scientific value or lack thereof. However, at the later request of Dr. Michael Guillen, science editor of ABC’s “Good Morning America” program, the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, later revised this number to 837,000, with a margin of error of plus or minus 20 percent.
The controversy with these numbers, even the latter ones, is based on the fact that the analysis of some of the 35 mm photographs depends on the time at which the said pictures were taken. The arguement in support of the 1Million+ numbers is based on attendance at the later part of the day, between 4pm and 6pm, when there was maximum attendance. The lower figures are based on pictures taken earlier during the day, when there wasn’t a full capacy crowd yet.
So 50K, LOL, gimme a break buddy. You’re not even worth my response, but heh….its Sunday morning. Check your actual facts Sir.
Thank you