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In response to "Glenn Beck's ability to gauge crowd size is much more infallible then those professional organizations whose job it is. -- (link)" by Mop (220 lbs)

honestly, there's controversy every time there's a big demonstration. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Aug 30 '10, 16:31

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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

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