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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 10:55 AM
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A half million people marched in NYC yesterday
Was that enough to make the news?
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rsmith6621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 10:56 AM
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1. No Didnt See A Thing.....
Edited on Sun Apr-30-06 10:57 AM by rsmith6621

Like we did on imagration.....or the American Hero story(the Soldier found in an air conditioning duct)
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Justpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 10:57 AM
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2. NY Times gave it one picture
on page three of the Metro section.

NY Daily News gave it a pic and a column on page two.
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lostexpectation Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 10:57 AM
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3. it wasn't 500,000 was it?
...
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 10:59 AM
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5. it was over 300,000 for sure. could have been 500,000.
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imaginary girl Donating Member (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 10:59 AM
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4. heard a small blurb on NPR, but they didn't say how many people marched
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 11:00 AM
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6. last night, my local Fox News said "tens of thousands"
and admitted to 350,000, which made me think, "Must have been at least half a million, then."

:headbang:
rocknation
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 11:09 AM
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7. How many Latinos marched?
:eyes: Unless there's a way to incite profitable social divisions, the corporatist media don't "invest."
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 11:25 AM
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8. Never happened. Just like that massive, massive antiwar march
Edited on Sun Apr-30-06 11:26 AM by valerief
in DC last September never happened.

Move along, folks. Nothing to see here. Natalee Holloway story coming up at 6.

(edited to add date)
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 11:49 AM
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9. They covered it briefly on local news in Madison
but not on National news.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 11:56 AM
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10. Was covered in NYC market as lead story...
on three network affiliates on p.m. newscasts.

Was *not* covered on CBS national.
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