Examiner Lies about Protest

by Ann T. Hearst

Thu, Nov 4, 2004 5:31PM

Examiner runs AP coverage of 11/3 protest estimating crowd of "dozens"

In the "Local News" section of today's Examiner, the AP wire story states: "A few dozen demonstrators gathered in downtown San Francisco on Wednesday, huddling together with their familiar anti-war signs...But the scene was nothing like earlier anti-Bush protests..."

For anybody that wasn't at the Not In Our Name Rally on Wednesday, the crowd that gathered at 5th and Powell was probably close to 5000.

If you want to tell the corporate media to stop lying, contact the Examiner at "letters [at] examiner.com" or AP at "info [at] ap.org"

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§Sad state of the Examiner

by Daniel

Thu, Nov 4, 2004 7:40PM

That article is from the Associated Press. It seems strange to me that the Examiner -- a San Francisco newspaper -- couldn't write its own report. That says something about the current sad state of the Examiner.

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§and you are wrong

by I was there

Thu, Nov 4, 2004 7:54PM

I was there, you are wrong. Sorry. 5000 is waaaaaaaaay too high of an estimate.
I was very disappointed sad to say.

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§the examiner

by is a tabloid.

Thu, Nov 4, 2004 10:27PM

The paper was run into the ground by the Fang family and was then purchased by a conservative millionaire.

Accuracy in media? That's asking a bit much from your free daily rabid tabloid.

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§your counting is horrible

by bgcountry

Fri, Nov 5, 2004 2:08PM

5,000!! You must have been drunk and saw one person 4 or 5 times. The number was closer to 200 people at the most. By the end of the march, you had maybe 300 people. your out of your mind saying 5,000. i think you need more math class.

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§crowd size

by crowd size

Fri, Nov 5, 2004 2:22PM