-- Critical Media Literacy
in Times of War


-- Introduction to the Site
-- Modules

-- Afghanistan
-- Introduction
-- Background
-- Media Coverage
-- How Many Protested?
-- Crowd Size Sept. '01
(you are here)
-- Crowd Size April '02
-- Was Reporting Fair?
-- Comparing Reports
-- Comparing Reports, con't
-- Why Underreporting?
-- Tones and Headlines, Sept. '01 protests
-- Tones and Headlines, April '02 protests
-- Comparing Positions
-- Civilian Casualties
-- How Many Civilians Died?
-- Tones and Headlines
-- U.S. Raid, Oct 11, 2001
-- U.S. Raid, Oct 11, 2001 con't
-- U.S. Raid, Oct 11, 2001, part 3
-- Was the Media Told?
-- Networks Follow Orders!


 

THE "WAR ON TERROR"
Reported Crowd Sizes, Washington D.C. Anti-War Rally, September 29, 2001

Numbers of
Protesters		 Source
Hundreds The New York Times "Protesters in Washington Urge Peace with Terrorists" (Sept. 30, 2001 p. B2)
Early edition: "a few hundred"
Final Edition: "Thousands of protesters"
CNN.com "Anti-war rallies in Washington, New York" (Sept. 29, 2001)
"A demonstration originally meant to protest the policies of global financial organizations became an anti-war protest in Washington as hundreds of marchers called on the United States to reject a violent response to the September 11 terrorist attacks."
7,000 to 25,000 The Washington Post"Thousands Fill Streets of D.C. to Protest War" Manny Fernandez and Petula Dvorak (staff writers) Sept. 30, 2001, p. C1
"Police officials estimated the crowd in the two marches at about 7,000, while some organizers put the figure closer to 25,000..."
The Nation."A Peaceful Justice?" Liza Featherstone (Oct. 22, 2001)
"...drew maybe 7,000 at its peak"

 

 
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