tagged w/ Rally For Sanity
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This week we do unto the rally as the rally did to politics.
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Saturday's massive gathering in Washington, DC, put on by Comedy Central hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, was by all accounts a rousing success.
But it's difficult to gauge how many people attended and event like "The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear." Even The Wall Street Journal hesitated in placing the number, but they noted that about 229,000 Facebook users sent RSVPs for the event.
Turns out, that's pretty close to accurate according to an estimate commissioned by CBS News, which cites AirPhotosLive.com for the data. CBS paid the same company to apply the same counting methodology to Glenn Beck's rally in August, placing attendance at 87,000.
For Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, both whom thrive on satirizing the more absurd elements of cable news media and especially the controversial and dramatic Fox News host Glenn Beck, their rally was more than twice as large, at an estimated 215,000.
After the estimate came under fire by conservative bloggers and Beck himself, CBS released a detailed explanation of their methodology, noting that the company is used by the Department of Homeland Security and the US border patrol, as well as numerous private-sector clients.
The company also happened to offer the only scientific analysis of crowds at either rally.
While Beck's rally attracted many members of the ultra-conservative tea parties and almost universally plan to vote GOP, the vast majority of Stewart's crowd were moderates, liberals and Democrats -- and a poll found that just 1 percent of attendees said they'd vote for a Republican.
Yet, given Stewart's closing monologue and the event's overall theme of tolerance and compromise, he'd probably like to dismantle the question of whose rally was larger and why, inevitable as it may be.
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An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News.
The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance at the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which took place on the Mall in Washington. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 10 percent.
CBS News also commissioned AirPhotosLive.com to do a crowd estimate of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in August. That rally was estimated to have attracted 87,000 people. Amid criticism from conservatives that the estimate was low, CBS News detailed the methodology behind it here.
TBD reported that because of the high turnout many would-be rally attendees retreated to bars to watch the event.
The National Park Service does not estimate crowds. The New York Times' Brian Stelter wrote on Twitter during the event that the Park Service privately told Viacom there were "well over 200,000" people at the rally, according to an executive.
Stewart joked during the rally that there were ten million people present and, in reference to the difficulty of making crowd estimates, solemnly promised to "count them all."
Comedy Central's permit for the event said it was expecting 60,000 people, though, as the Wall Street Journal notes, it ordered enough port-a-potties for 150,000.An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show... more
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Latest News Updates Jon Stewart Rally To Restore Sanity | Meo News: "Keep Big Government Out of my Cauldron." (showing Christine O'Donnell as a witch.)Latest News Updates Jon Stewart Rally To Restore Sanity | Meo News: "Keep Big... more
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Latest News Updats Rally To Restore Sanity Schedule | Meo News: Mr Jon Stewart and Mr Stephen Colbert’s much anticipated “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” begins Saturday at 12 p.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Here is the lineup for the event.
10 a.m.-noon: Pre-Pre ShowLatest News Updats Rally To Restore Sanity Schedule | Meo News: Mr Jon Stewart and... more
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With many of the other TV networks talking about the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rallies coming up at the end of October, WHACKO-TV made the trip to Washington, DC to see what kind of sites one can see while there. Wolf Douglas also found a quaint little B&B on Pennsylvania Avenue that could be the perfect place to rest your head after a long rally on the mall.With many of the other TV networks talking about the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert... more
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WHACKO-TV came up with a unique idea. They put a hidden camera in front of a bench in New York's Central Park and this is the first episode. We have the Knight Watchman and a fellow named Bobby Ganoosh and they talk openly about politics. Beware, these videos have not been edited, so the language is a bit salty, much like you would expect from Bobby Knight. Let's see if this idea catches on.WHACKO-TV came up with a unique idea. They put a hidden camera in front of a bench in... more
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