Two articles in Akron Beacon Journal about yesterday's & today's

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marches in Washington.

(yes, yes - use bugmenot . . .)

First, the Sheehan:

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/nation/12733785.htm

Anti-war demonstrators march on Washington

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Crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House on Saturday, shouting "Peace now" in the largest anti-war protest in the nation's capital since the U.S. invasion.

The rally stretched through the day and into the night, a marathon of music, speechmaking and dissent on the National Mall. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey, noting that organizers had hoped to draw 100,000 people, said, "I think they probably hit that."

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In Washington, a few hundred people in a counter demonstration in support of Bush's Iraq policy lined the protest route near the FBI building. The two groups shouted at each other, a police line keeping them apart. Organizers of a pro-military rally Sunday hoped for 10,000 people.

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Supporters of Bush's policy in Iraq assembled in smaller numbers to get their voice heard in the day's anti-war din. About 150 of them rallied at the U.S. Navy Memorial.

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And now, the pro-war article:

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/nation/12737932.htm

War supporters to follow anti-war rallies

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Organizers hoped to draw several thousand people to their noontime event near the National Air and Space Museum. They acknowledged the rally would be much smaller than Saturday's anti-war protest in Washington but said their message would not be overshadowed.

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On Saturday, crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House in the largest anti-war protest in the nation's capital since the U.S. invasion. The rally stretched through the day and night, a marathon of music, speechmaking and dissent on the National Mall.

Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey, noting that organizers had hoped to draw 100,000 people, said, "I think they probably hit that."

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Akron Beacon Journal (Knight Ridder) has been fairly realistic in the past few years, but there are times where they still let the bias seep through; like today's Editorial section. Pinkerton, Krauthammer, Broder, and George Will; yup, "balanced".

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1. It seems the public voices all want to be recognized as

'masters of understatement.' The laconic drawl describing a long dead stick, lieing in the yard, suddenly sprouting blossoms and apples, accompanied by an "ayup" and a spit from the chaw, is the guiding beacon.

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2. Minor correction - replace Broder with Brooks in the editorial pages