Reply #2: here's how the nytimes viewed it....beck, then one nation

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Published: August 28, 2010

At Lincoln Memorial, a Call for Religious Rebirth



WASHINGTON — An enormous and impassioned crowd rallied at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial this weekend, summoned by Glenn Beck, a conservative broadcaster who called for a religious rebirth in America at the site where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech exactly 47 years earlier.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/us/politics/29beck.ht ...

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Published: October 2, 2010

Liberal Groups Rally, Challenging Tea Party



WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of union members, environmentalists and peace activists rallied at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, seeking to carry on the message of jobs and justice that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. trumpeted at a rally at the same site 47 years ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/us/03rally.html?scp=3 ...