irstupid said:
I didn't say Wikipedia and be done with it. I clearly state I looked at Wikipedia's SOURCE they used. In the article they sourced for their 1.2-2 million number it used the 800,000 number that the organizers touted for DC numbers. Here below are some sources that refute that, which a simple google search can get for you. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/march-for-our-lives-crowd-size-estimated-200000-people-attended-d-c-march/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/26/march-our-lives-organizers-inflate-crowd-size-400/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/24/march-our-lives-could-become-biggest-single-day-protest-d-c-nations-history/455675002/ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/26/17160646/march-for-our-lives-crowd-size-count All those sources talk about the number being around 200,000 from independent groups who use satellite images and such to take numbers of huge events such as this and womens march. The only 800,000 number used in every article is the number being touted by the "march for our lives" organizers. Who is a more trusted source? A 3rd party independent group that does this routinely for a living, or the organizers of the event who would want the numbers to be as high as possible.
Edit: sorry, read your reply wrong. THought it was criticizing me for disregarding Wikipedia. |
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