Does anybody know how many people were at the DSM rally?

[choie]

Does anybody know how many people were at the DSM rally yesterday? There doesn't seem to be any info out there?

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. We'll have to wait for someone who was there to tell us. Will Pitt?

I'm sure he'll have a great article up soon.

[preciousdove]

2. The formula for the number of people attending

in Democratic protests is to take the MSM figure and multiply by 2 unless it is held in DC and then you need to multiply by 5. If the number is given for Republican protests you divide by 2.

:sarcasm:

[seemunkee]

3. My guess is between 3-400 people

At the peak when Conyers was speaking

[LiberalEsto]

4. My estimate is 350

I posted a report on the rally in the General Discussion: Politics thread last night.

I was a mainstream media reporter for almost 30 years, before leaving journalism in disgust, and am pretty good at doing crowd estimates.

350 is a wonderful turnout for a weekday afternoon, with very little advance publicity about the rally.

[jojo54]

5. That's great. Wish I could have been there! n/t

[LiberalEsto]

6. here's my report on it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1860881&mesg_id=1860881

[jojo54]

7. Read the thread. Great news.

Thx for posting it. You stated that there were many TV cameras there....it's a darn shame the majority of them didn't report the hearing or rally. I emailed ABC Nightline last night because they had advertised that the hearing was going to be showcased. Guess what? It wasn't even mentioned!!! Surprise! So I emailed them and called them flip floppers!! I told them not to respond because I have no intention of watching Nightline again.