Seems odd that we're hung up on crowd counts. Look at all the forces that are against this war. Most European leaders. The Pope. All our Arab allies. To some extent, Powell. If the Star Tribune thinks it can undermine the groundswell that all this represents with low counts for one demonstration, it needs to do some soul-searching. It doesnt diminish the cred of the anti-war movement, it undermines its own.
---- Begin Original Message ---- In a message dated 1/20/2003 11:12:38 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The estimate was for the march. One issue was > that the march ended at the Capitol, where those who marched were joined > by folks streaming down from Union Station. > I was one of the hundreds of Minneapolitans at the DC march. For the record, it took these "30,000 marchers" 3 hours (from 2:30pm to 5:30 pm) to march from the Capitol Bldg. a mile and a half to the Navy Base. They also completely filled streets along the way approximately the size of Hennepin Avenue. Why is this a Minneapolis issue? Because the Star Tribune habitually under counts demonstrators in marches for progressive causes. I am not asking they utilize the same skill that they bring to bear when counting right wingers (such as are present at pro life rallies) where they routinely inflate the numbers (admittedly the numbers are much smaller but this doesn't explain why they can't get it right even with anti war demonstrations of hundreds rather than thousands of demonstrators). I only ask that if they can't report objectively on the correct numbers that they at least inform the public that their estimate is part of an editorial bias and that they include the numbers reported by other sources as well. Linda Mann Kingfield _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls ---- End Original Message ---- -------------- Jim Mork--Cooper "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out." Gen. William T. Sherman (1864) Letter to the Mayor of Atlanta. Get your free Web-based E-mail at http://www.startribune.com/stribmail _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
