What does the media say about the DC numbers?

[paineinthearse]

I watched CSPAN coverage, they were saying 250,000.

What numbers did the corporate media say? Faux? MSNBC? CNN? NBC? ABC? CBS? print?

[BayCityProgressive]

1. I heard

CNN say 600,000.

[demnan]

2. Wow! Really?

That's awesome! It's hard to say being there but I will say we totally took over the city of Washington, D.C.

[BayCityProgressive]

3. Yes I was there as well

there were definately hundreds of thousands

[qanda]

4. You are right that it's hard to tell from being there

But that crowd was massive. It took us 2 hours to get from the ellipse to the White House.

The NBC Washington station just said that there is no telling how many more would have been there if they hadn't shut down the blue and yellow lines for "necessary" repairs. And if Amtrak from New York to DC hadn't been shut down for "line problems". These criminals have no shame.

[Nay]

5. There were an unbelievable number of people. As someone else

said, it took two to three hours for us to go from the Washington Monument to the side of the White House. And all the side streets had mobs of people, too. The sidewalks were lined with folks cheering us on.

Several hundreds of thousands, most definitely. The annoying Park Service helicopter should be forced to produce the aerial photos it undoubtedly took, so everyone could know exactly how massive this was.

[paineinthearse]

7. The annoying Park Service helicopter

Just ask.

If they refuse, file a FOIA.

[zanne]

6. The host on C-Span (Washington Journal)

said 100,000, according to police.

[Ready4Change]

8. Police # was a response to whether organizers reached their goal.

DC Police Chief said he thought the organizers easily reached their hoped for 100,000. So that would mean "at least 100,000."

[BayCityProgressive]

9. yes I spoke

with an officer. they were all very nice. We aske dhim how many he thought came and he said "way more than they ever expected".

[bill]

10. CBS - 100K

Local paper the Syracuse Post Standard said 200K

[paineinthearse]

11. Conyers: DC Chief of Police says 150,000

John Conyers: "The Washington, DC Chief of Police estimated that 150,000 attended the events. There were no more than 200 counter-protestors."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4885731&mesg_id=4885731

[paineinthearse]

12. CSPAN & Pitt: 500,000

Per http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4877296&mesg_id=4877296

I don't know the souce, there are no links.