Trifecta: Politico, WSJ and AP Report Obama Crowd in Wis. of About 5,000 as 18,000
~ The Rebel ~
2012/09/24 17:24:22
Saturday, Joel Pollak at Breitbart's Big Journalism observed that President Obama is having some trouble drawing big crowds these days, and that the national press is exaggerating the turnout at his events.
He specifically cited the situation this weekend where Politico and the Wall Street Journal claimed there were "18,000 people inside a 5,000-seat arena at an Obama event in Milwaukee on Saturday." I looked at the Associated Press's national site, and the AP did the same thing, while adding that the crowd with the made-up size was "the largest yet of Obama's reelection campaign." Really.
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- Max 2012/09/24 20:24:34
+1I follow those three sites on Twitter and I know when I see the headlines they post that they're Skewed To the left in their reporting. This post is typical for them.reply - mimi 2012/09/24 18:21:24+1Oh to the extremes they will go. And people really fall for this stuff - go figure!reply
- Charge 2012/09/24 17:33:48+1The crowds are just like Obama; make believe.....reply
- none 2012/09/24 17:26:17+1Seems everyone is getting tired of all the hot air.reply
