The police all over the US are understating the turnouts by thousands. But the quoted 700 in Minneapolis (also in the Pioneer Press) is all but criminal manipulation of the media and a media willing to accept it or consciously fail to be accurate. I was there, and like most of the others, the figures approach 10,000; some think more, some less. But 700 is utterly riidiculous.
Andy Driscoll Saint Paul -------- What does it matter to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? � Mahatma Ghandi > From: Anne McCandless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:02:06 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Mpls] Protest Numbers > > According to Channel 11, the Mpls Police gave no official estimate of > the numbers. Nor is any number quoted in the Trib, Channel 4 or Channel 9. > Only channel 5 says that police (unidentified and not official) said the > number was 700. I wonder how all the others major news outlets missed that. > While there is much we can criticize about our police department, let's be > fair. This may have just been an off hand remark from a single officer. > > Anne McCandless Jordan TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
