Re: How the AP reported today's demonstration

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Adam Levenstein wrote:

> It was weird...Coming back, we turned on NPR. They had a reporter in
> San Francisco, who was clearly impressed and giving glowing praise. He
> said there were 50,000 people, "totally peaceful," "of all races and
> ethnic groups," etc. Their correspondent in DC either A) got there
> really, really late or B) decided to stay home and make the whole thing
> up with some background noise. She said there were "less than 10,000"
> and that the protestors "were to the left of the organizers, and
> supported sanctions rather than war" (!). Utter horseshit.
San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 27, 2002

S.F. peace march draws thousands
Huge rally joins protests across globe to decry U.S.' Iraq policy

Wyatt Buchanan, Christopher Heredia, Suzanne Herel, Chronicle Staff
Writers   Sunday, October 27, 2002

Tens of thousands of protesters marched down Market Street in San
Francisco on Saturday afternoon in a major demonstration against
President Bush's policy on Iraq -- the largest peace rally police and
protesters could remember since the Vietnam War.

Police estimated the throng at 42,000, while protesters said more than
80, 000 people joined the 11 a.m. march, which began at Justin Herman
Plaza and ended with a rally at the Civic Center.

The event drew marchers from as far away as Arizona and Washington
state. They carried signs with such slogans as, "Drop Bush, not bombs,"
"You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can't bomb it into peace,"
and "Grannies against dead children."

full:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/10/27/MN28617.DTL

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Louis Proyect
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