The CNN estimate of the Searchlight Rally.


(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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The estimate I heard was at least 10,000

throwback59 Sunday, March 28th at 11:05AM EST (link)

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.

30,000 was the security firm's estimate

Beaglescout (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 3:07PM EST (link)

or so I was told by someone who was there.

“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”

–Alexander Hamilton
 
 

What do you expect from 1 party Gov. and 1 party Media?

NickDeringer (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 11:13AM EST (link)

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

 

I would like to see Reid try to draw a crowd the same size in his HOMETOWN.

bobojake (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 11:25AM EST (link)

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

Hey, it was reported that Reid had

mbecker908 (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 12:21PM EST (link)

35 people there.

man you set me up for a joke Mbecker, but I can't say it lol -nt

Doc Holliday (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 3:07PM EST (link)

Molon Labe!

 
 

Depends on whether he was speaking from

Tbone (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 3:02PM EST (link)

a gallows or a stage.

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

 
 

Perhaps they are planning on using this for a baseline estimate

oblio Sunday, March 28th at 11:29AM EST (link)

to apply to the April 15 crowd in DC ?

 

Lies bring violence

saltlick Sunday, March 28th at 11:34AM EST (link)

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.

 

why do i see a repeat of 1980 all over again?

loupgarou1317 Sunday, March 28th at 11:50AM EST (link)

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……..

 

Forgive them, they don't know how to count.

johnt Sunday, March 28th at 11:53AM EST (link)

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.

“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville

 

Las Vegas Review Journal estimates include...

Castor (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 12:02PM EST (link)

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.

 

They must be using the same calculators as the Democrats used to calculate the "savings" in the Healthcare bill

Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 12:13PM EST (link)

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…..

Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride…..

This quote in the comments section

The_Rebel (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 12:57PM EST (link)

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.”

They don't see the tsunami coming because they are willfully blind

peg_c (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 2:36PM EST (link)

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.

Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.

 
 
 

Moemoe

kirk53 Sunday, March 28th at 12:19PM EST (link)

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!

Oh, dear. My dark secret's out...

Moe Lane (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:46PM EST (link)
 

The *few* liberals watching CNN

eastbaylarry (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 12:19PM EST (link)

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?

2+2=4 dammit!

 

10,000+ in Searchlight

retiretherinos (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 12:55PM EST (link)

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.

 

There probably WERE dozens...

Erick Brockway (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:02PM EST (link)

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

Yeah there were dozens.

TNJim (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:17PM EST (link)

Thousands of dozens looks like to me from those aerials.

Activism: What to do after the TEA party rally. Unified Patriots

 
 

That's why they allowed no video by overflight on Sept. 12

renny (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:21PM EST (link)

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.

 

It's not their fault!!

mschmitt (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:21PM EST (link)

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.

usque ad finem

 

media bias

Neil1030 Sunday, March 28th at 1:23PM EST (link)

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

 

There is no difference. . .

msctex (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 2:08PM EST (link)

. . .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.

 

They don't care about numbers

wolfster38 (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 2:18PM EST (link)

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

Honesty would give them better numbers!

“A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
The Declaration of Independence

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I have a little different take on why CNN chose Erick...

rbdwiggins (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 2:53PM EST (link)

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.”

“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan

 

Keep digging, MSM morons-

reaganiterepublicanresistance Sunday, March 28th at 3:18PM EST (link)

–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

 

Maybe Witless Fredericka Whitfield was at the Reid counter-protest

E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 4:49PM EST (link)

(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”.

Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO

 

Yeah, big surprise here!

azaeroprof (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 6:34PM EST (link)

..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 ;) .

 

I have a feeling that the answer

animatorgirl Monday, March 29th at 1:10AM EST (link)

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.

 

Who performs CNNs counting?

yoyo (Diary) Monday, March 29th at 9:03AM EST (link)

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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