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Glenn Beck's ability to gauge crowd size is much more infallible then those professional organizations whose job it is. -- (link)

Posted by Mop (220 lbs) (aka rburriel) Aug 30 '10, 16:09

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20015115-503544.html (www.cbsnews.com)

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honestly, there's controversy every time there's a big demonstration. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 16:31 6
- Apparently, the Park Service doesn't do official estimates since the '95 "Million Man March". Although there's supposed to be a formula. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 16:34 5
  - I had forgotten they stopped. If there's a formula, it doesn't seem like people use it. You can always count on the organizers inflating the number. -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 16:35 4
    - er, I mean, you can always count on organizers/supporters to give the highest estimate, oppoenents to give the lowest estimate, - loosilu Aug 30, 16:37 3
      - Here's the original '67 article from Time magazine on the "flawed" Jacobs Crowd Formula. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 16:45 2
        
        The most accurate method is taking an aerial photo and counting the actual people there. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 30, 17:02 1
        
        It's not a person-by-person count; it's still an estimate. -- nm - mara Aug 30, 17:20
Judging from an earlier post, most people there were actually holding signs protesting Beck. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 16:30
There was at least 1 million people there! -- nm - Michele Bachmann Aug 30, 16:13 4
- Shows footage from the '63 March of Washington. - Fox News Aug 30, 16:20
- You know who I've always thought would be really good at math? Michele Bachman. -- nm - David Aug 30, 16:14 2
  - did you just call her mildly autistic? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 16:19 1
    - I believe that's the polite term used by the CBC, yes? -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 16:21
"Asked if he was surprised by the controversy over the estimate, McGlinchy said, 'not really.'" -- nm - nubby Aug 30, 16:12

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