MSM consistently underestimating # of people in Superdome.

[crispini]

I keep hearing them say 8,000 or 9,000 but I just listened to the mayor speak on WWL and he's saying 20,000. He MUST be right. He's the Mayor! Why the heck can't they get even such a basic thing right! Even "Countdown" got it wrong. :(

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. I noticed this all day today

Every channel had a different number. You think they'd have it figured out by now!

[alittlelark]

2. Especially since they SEARCHED everyone on the way in.... n/t

[Not_Giving_Up]

5. Yes! I had forgotten about that!

Every person that went through the door was checked for weapons and whatever else. They couldn't have kept some kind of a count?

[lostnfound]

3. Me too. Now MSM is saying 9000 but I thought it was 30000 yesterday

and the photos sure showed an awful lot of people yesterday evening

[punpirate]

4. Early this morning...

... NPR was saying 25-28,000, most poor and with no way to get out of the city.

That number doesn't surprise me, from my visits there. Plenty of poor people without transportation.

[bobbieinok]

6. mostly black, handicapped, or old.......'those people all look alike,

so how can we tell them apart long enough to count them accurately?'

<sarcasm>

and the higher the number the more 'those people' will want from the federal government

<sarcasm>

[Sgent]

7. Early this morning

the Col in charge of the Natl Guard -- which was in charge of security and searches, said that 20-25k was the number.

Given that Nagin is on the ground and is in contact with just about everyone, I'll go with his number rather than some dipshit from CNN.

[crispini]

8. Well, I think that's correct then.

Very disappointing.

[faithfulcitizen]

11. that's strange, i heard a major? speaking from inside, and he said

~10,000 :shrug: there's certainly a big difference in the numbers...

[blue northern]

9. CBC reported 26,000 in the Superdome yesterday

and 9,000 today so it's not just the US media
And the mayor's saying 20,000?
I agree with another poster
it's unusual that there wouldn't be a firm number
it took so long to process everyone going in

:shrug:

[daleo]

10. It wouldn't have been hard to count

After all, there are turnstiles there. It was odd that such a basic fact was all over the map on the news.