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Crowd estimates vary wildly for Capitol march

Source: Los Angeles Times

Seattle : WA : USA | 2 months ago

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A sea of angry taxpayers marched on the Capitol on Saturday afternoon...But even before the march was over, the news media, bloggers and rally supporters were wrangling over the crowd count, with estimates ranging from 60,000 to 2 million. The Daily Mail in England initially reported that 1 million...

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Crowd Sizes on National Mall Merely a Matter of Media Speculation

News Source: CNSNews.com | 2 months ago

The number of people who converged on Washington, D.C. on Saturday to protest big government, high taxes and out-of-control federal spending is a matter of media speculation because no government agency makes official estimates of crowds gathered for...
Crowd estimates vary wildly for Capitol march

News Source: Los Angeles Times | 2 months ago

A sea of angry taxpayers marched on the Capitol on Saturday afternoon...But even before the march was over, the news media, bloggers and rally supporters were wrangling over the crowd count, with estimates ranging from 60,000 to 2 million. The Daily...