Associated Press Low-Balls Attendance For McCain/Palin Event

Interesting choice of words by the Associated Press.

More than a thousand people jammed the streets to see McCain and the Alaska governor…

“More than a thousand?”  People going in had to register, so there is a hard count of the people who were inside. 12,500.  It’s anyone’s guess at how many were outside and couldn’t get in.  Why would the AP so blatantly low-ball the number?

1. I couldn’t believe that 1,000 quote either.

   No question we are in a media war right now. The past two weeks have been fascinating to watch.  I don’t think MSNBC/NBC/CBS/etc. understand any of it.  They all seem to be very confused why they’ve now become an issue in this campaign.  To most of us, the answer is obvious.  They’ve always been as slanted to the left as Fox News is to the right.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 05, 2008 at 2001 hrs




2. It probably was the same AP stringer who was at State Fair Park 4 years ago and sent out a false AP report about President Bush’s appearance (also the first day the nominee appeared after the convention.)  That report stated that the crowd booed when President Bush announced that President Clinton had just had heart surgery, when all that had happened was a gasp.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 05, 2008 at 2037 hrs




3. C’mon, he wasn’t lying.  12,500 is more than 1,000.  There’s no bias in the media.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 05, 2008 at 2048 hrs




4. That’s what I thought, too, Cornroaster.  I was at that rally in 04 s well, and yes, it was a blatant lie about the supposed booing.  But now at least I know where Fox news got the 1K quote in the crawl under the rally video clips this afternoon; they took it from AP.  I expected better from them.

   Posted by M.E. on September 05, 2008 at 2110 hrs




5. Channel 4 reported the state troopers estimated 20 to 30,000. Here it is on YouTube

   Posted by Dean on September 05, 2008 at 2125 hrs




6. There was no way to verify without rally-attending ID laws.  I think some of them signed under multiple names.  I declare fraud.

   Posted by capper on September 06, 2008 at 0003 hrs




7. Why would the AP so blatantly low-ball the number?

   The same way they said that people were cheering when W. announced that Bill Clinton was admitted to a hospital for a heart condition. I was at that event with my son.

   It never happened. We cheered when W. said let’s all keep him in our prayers for a swift recovery.

   Easy to get that reversed, if you are working for Pravda.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 06, 2008 at 0007 hrs




8. Well, you have to support your team and they are part of Team Obama-no doubt about that.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 06, 2008 at 0859 hrs