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The CNN estimate of the Searchlight Rally.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 28th, 2010 at 10:45 AM  | 

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(H/T: Instapundit) Guess how many people CNN reported showed up here:

Go on, guess.

Nope. Lower than that.

Nope. Lower than that.

Nope. Still lower.  No, really.

Give up?

“Hundreds of people, at least dozens of people – we haven’t gotten a count of how many people turned out there…“

Video confirmation at link.

Well, now we know why CNN gave Erick a job: they clearly need at least one person in the lineup who can do math.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • throwback59

    Technically, 10,000 does constitute “hundreds of people, at least dozens of people” if you multiply it enough.
    So maybe we should say that “hundreds of people, at least dozens of people” voted for Barack Obama.

  • EagleWatcher

    They can ignore us, but we will not go away.

  • bobojake

    There would be more media then people there and they would count them twice or three times all obama ZOMBIES..

  • oblio

    to apply to the April 15 crowd in DC ?

  • saltlick

    God forbid this country ever sees armed strife among its citizens again, but I’m convinced that if it does happen the dishonesty of the mainstream media will be to blame, more than any other factor.

    People resort to violence when they feel the system is rigged against them. The MSM is playing with fire.

  • loupgarou1317

    does this seem like what happened right before Regan was elected? All we need is a CONSERVATIVE to step up and the circle will be complete……..

  • johnt

    They do know that they will be caught on this, and do it anyway.
    Didn’t this used to be called “throwing red meat to the faithful”?
    I guaranty you there are liberals[?] who will look at photos like the one posted here and still go with the CNN report. Guaranteed.

  • Castor

    A security firm who states from 9,000 to 30,000 and their own that declares that the 10,000 person goal was met or exceeded.

  • teresakoch

    That’s just fine with me – so much the better if the opposition believes that we are small in number. The election results in November will tell the real story. If they are “surprised” after that, well too bad…..

  • kirk53

    Is this really a picture of you?

    http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine/pics/moeakite.jpg

    It’s amazing how much one can learn about someone through the internet. Make sure you invite me to the next Tri-Planar Conference on the Purity Crusade!

  • eastbaylarry

    will probably assume the other thousands in the crowd were Reid supporters. After all, if CNN tells them the TEA Party only counted as ‘dozens’ the visible count MUST be their ‘good guys’, right?

  • mbecker908

    35 people there.

  • retiretherinos

    The corrupt state-media will aways try to undercount us or deny our existence, There looks like 10,000 + in Searchlight. CNN is actually more pathetic their audience is full of real racists. Did you see the twitter comments on the Rick’s List. Politico had it up. There were atleast 4 truly anti-semitic tweets from CNN’s viewers. Christiane Amanpour sounds like anti-american foreign agent. I would expect nothing less from a network where Erick is the only conservative commentator.

  • The_Rebel

    of the Instapundit link really sums up what the MSM fails to understand:

    “The electoral tsunami coming in November 2010 will make 1994 look like a ripple in a quiet pond.”

  • http://erickbrockway.wordpress.com/ Erick Brockway

    …waiting in line for each toilet.
    CNN= Can’t Negotiate Numbers

  • http://www.redstate.com/tnjim TNJim

    Thousands of dozens looks like to me from those aerials.

  • renny

    The Dutch said the tea parties et. al had 1.2 million 9/12. The US MSM said a few thousand.

    But they can’t stop the votes coming in Sept. WE have to stop *immigration reform” so they don’t get another 30,000,000 voters to go along with the fraud in Nov.

    Find black cons. for the polling sites in N. Phila. where the neo-Panthers (whatever) threatened voters with clubs.

    Not just talk. ACTION.

  • mschmitt

    Budget cutbacks have just forced them to adopt a “Daily Show” blue-screen format for their reporting segments… She obviously just got confused about which monitor to look at and started counting the in-studio audience by mistake.

  • Neil1030

    They continue to insist with a straight face that they are impartial?? Ha ha.

  • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

    …I am a gamer. And a geek.

    What could have possibly have given it away?

    Moe Lane

  • msctex

    . . .between the mainstream media and the Democratic Party. Both seek the same goals, and are beholden to the same people.

    We have every reason to remain indignant, disgusted, embarrassed and angry about this fact, but no room anymore whatsoever to feign surprise.

  • wolfster38

    They don’t care about numbers. Just look at their ratings!

    Honesty would give them better numbers!

  • peg_c

    to both true numbers and the true nature of this movement.

    As for CNN, they don’t deserve any viewers who are sentient beings. Which allows lefties to watch.

  • rbdwiggins

    The Redstate Community has the potential to nearly double CNN’s rating numbers at specific points in time…

    That, plus, the Left clearly knows they’re on the short-end of a widening credibility gap and plans to paint Erick in the worst possible light…

    “Keep your enemies closer.”

  • Tbone

    a gallows or a stage.

  • Doc Holliday
  • http://beaglescout.wordpress.com Beaglescout

    or so I was told by someone who was there.

  • reaganiterepublicanresistance

    –you?re toast after betting the house on Obama

    What?s is amazing is the thought that you won?t get caught lying? those days are over, the New Media?s resurgent Right will be sticking the knife in your heart now? and twisting

    Adios, scum

  • E Pluribus Unum

    (h/t Mike Becker), noted here by eyewitnesses.

    There were an estimated 35 people along the route throwing eggs at the tour buses headed for the Palin gathering.

    THAT might have been construed as “hundreds, maybe dozens”.

  • azaeroprof

    ..and crowd photo the AP had on the story Drudge links to was obviously taken after the event was over and about 2/3 of the people had already made their way out.

    I was there. I went up the adjacent hillside to get a better view of the crowd. I’ve had a few math classes in my day (though Differential Equations doesn’t do much good for crowd estimation :) ). The 9000 number is way low, but I would say the 30,000 number is way high. I tried to do a scientific estimate and came up with between 15,000-20,000.

    And guess what, I know this will shock the mainstream media. There was……….no………violence. None at all. I was kinda afraid that Palin riling up 20,000 conservatives in the desert would bring an attack from the Obama brownshirts. But I guess they were all up in Michigan trying to create Obama’s Waco ;) .

  • animatorgirl

    to the question “Why do they continue to lie so blatantly?” is very simple: they have realized that there is no one to contradict them and hold them accountable. If 90% of the media is liberal, then all they have to do is accuse anyone who points out their falsehoods of being liars, and they’ve immediately created a narrative in which they don’t have to justify their statements, because they have plenty of backup and they trust that most consumers of news don’t check anyway.

    I’m pretty sure the only place I’ve seen CNN playing is at the airport, and it’s Atlanta, so they have to play CNN like they have to sell Coke.

    I’m sort of shocked, though. It took me years to learn how to spot the subtle bias in reporting, but now it’s not even subtle – anyone with even a hint of intellectual honesty can see it clear as day.

  • yoyo

    The CBO?

    Enron Accountants?

    My dad attended this (lucky bugger lives in Henderson, NV.)

    Also, according to Dad, the most telling part of the entire event was the arrival. 99% of everyone who attended had driven for more than 60 miles, most parked a mile or more away and walked in. Says dad, how many liberals would do the same, just to stand in the desert and listen to a speech? – There was not a single 5 star hotel in sight and absolutely no valet service.

    I wish I could have gone…..

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