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In response to "honestly, there's controversy every time there's a big demonstration. -- nm" by loosilu

Apparently, the Park Service doesn't do official estimates since the '95 "Million Man March". Although there's supposed to be a formula. -- (link)

Posted by Mop (220 lbs) (aka rburriel) Aug 30 '10, 16:34

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http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/glenn-beck-crowd-size-controversy-why-counting-big-audiences-is-so-difficult/19613962 (www.aolnews.com)

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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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