Monday, September 14, 2009

Tigrismus and Excellence

  1. Substance McGravitas said,

    September 14, 2009 at 16:18 (kill)

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/912_demonstration_a_record_dc.html

    The truth will out. Despite mainstream media attempts to characterize turnout as in the thousands, a spokesman for the National Park Service, Dan Bana, is quoted as saying “It is a record…. We believe it is the largest event held in Washington, D.C., ever.”
  2. Substance McGravitas said,

    September 14, 2009 at 16:19 (kill)

    Also: http://news.google.com/news?q=%22Dan%20Bana%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn

    I believe Gavin’s been through this one before…

  3. tigrismus said,

    September 14, 2009 at 16:28 (kill)

    From the AP last January:The National Park Service says it will rely on a media report that says 1.8 million people attended President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

    Park service spokesman David Barna said the agency did not conduct its own count. Instead, it will use a Washington Post account that said 1.8 million people gathered on the U.S. Capitol grounds, National Mall and parade route, he said.

    “It is a record,” Barna said. “We believe it is the largest event held in Washington, D.C., ever.”

ALSO:
  1. Sirius Lunacy said,

    September 14, 2009 at 16:30 (kill)

    The truth will out update:
    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/912_demonstration_massive_well.html

    Heheheheh

27 comments:

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Furthermore!

How do you marginalize a significant protest against a politician or policy you sup port? Lowball the numbers, then dismiss participants as deranged and possibly dangerous kooks. In the case of Saturday's massive 9/12 protest in Washington, done and done.

If you're Matt Welch, chiefly editor of Reason?, you pick up your wild overestimates of the crowd and fling them at the Lieberal Media. Preferably while howling and gibbering.
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ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Central to my point on the top of my head, and such as.
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J— said...

Axiom: "Google is your friend."

Wingnut corollary: "Unless you're a functional illiterate."

Nice catch, tigrismus.

mikey said...

I don't get it.

At all.

What, I'm supposed to be surprised that there are a WHOLE BUNCH of scared angry stupid racist crackers in america? What, is that the "news" here?

However many there were, of COURSE there was a buttload. Walk thru the mall in a black suit (sorry) or just walk down the street and talk to people.

If anybody thinks it's shocking that tens of thousands of white christianist wackjobs showed up in DC because our black muslim president scares them, they truly have not been paying attention...

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Dan Barna is a spokesman for the National Park Service.

Dan Bana is Private Investigator.

Or the other way.
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Substance McGravitas said...

Ban Dana is a surfer.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Band Ana is a collection of revolutionary poets.
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Substance McGravitas said...

What, I'm supposed to be surprised that there are a WHOLE BUNCH of scared angry stupid racist crackers in america?

You're supposed to be impressed by the mightiness of their awe-inspiring American majoritariness.

Substance McGravitas said...

Dammit, Wizbang holding comments.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Haha, I posted there, too.

I doubt either comment will ever see the light of day over there, but I got meself a nifty screen grab in any case.
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Another Kiwi said...

Matt Welch, chiefly editor of Reason
Just give me one good reason to despair- The Swingers "One Good Reason"

Gazinge alright

Substance McGravitas said...

The Pajamas Media entry in the sweepstakes:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/how-big-was-the-crowd/

J— said...

And there was also the putting it all in historical context by an old pro at protesting. Roger L. Simon:

One other note from an old protestor. When I made that statement to Glenn those many months back, I did it with the supposed authority of someone who had been at a lot of demonstrations when on the left. I can remember a couple that might have been nearly this big (not sure, really). But I can’t remember anything this size that was entirely non-violent. That’s rather miraculous for a two-million person demonstration and deserves the highest praise, though I doubt the mainstream media will say much. They’re still digesting how much they’re despised.

Another Kiwi said...

It is now accepted wingnut history that it was at least 1m possibly 2m.
The lie is all around the world before the truth has it's boots on.

Substance McGravitas said...

Dan Bana spreads like swine flu.

herr doktor bimler said...

The sleep of "Reason" brings forth monsters.

Axiom: "Google is your friend."
Wingnut corollary: "Unless you're a functional illiterate."


You seem to be blaming a stupid error for the discovery of the original Inauguration quote, the change to the source's name, and the removal of any details that would reveal the misattributation. Rather than mendacious malice.

Substance McGravitas said...

Dan Bana makes it to Indiana Gun Owners. At the bottom of this thread you can see the default position of believing the guy who misquoted ABC News, meaning that ABC trying to correct the record is now a "retraction" in order to conform with the liberal media line on things.

herr doktor bimler said...

The lie is all around the world before the truth has it's boots on.
It didn't help that someone tied the truth's bootlaces together.
Teh truth is still trying to hoist itself up by its boots-traps.

herr doktor bimler said...

Am I right in thinking that Thomas Lifson at AmThink is the original mendax in this story? The post has been amended to make the lie less transparent (no more link to the original boston.com Inauguration story). This makes no difference to the chain of secondary citations, with 1640 Gogglehits for "Thomas lifson dan bana", most of them showing a holy-writ quality.

Substance McGravitas said...

Yes, I'm sure he's the guy who misquoted an article from months ago and misspelled the name of the speaker to boot.

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS GOING DOWN!

tigris said...

Malice on someone's part was my first thought, too, Dr B, but he says the Globe article he links in the correction was what was sent to him and he misread it as referring to 9/12, implying he was the one who got the name wrong. Of course, he also misspelled "demonstrations" in his correction, so...

M. Bouffant said...

The Daily Mail has lowered its unbased-on-anything estimate to (Up to) ONE MILLION!!!

I s'pose the ninnies are still linking to it & screeching "We have to go to furrin media for THE TRUTH!")

Substance McGravitas said...

Whoops, FreedomWorks revising down...

M. Bouffant said...

FW spokesweasel Adam Brandon invokes "Mother" defense (It's gotta be true!"):

If my mother calls me and asks how many, I'll say this was hundreds of thousands."

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Wizbang is now acceptin' my common tatering.

Your numbers and your links have been debunked, Michael Laprarie.

You can admit you were taken in by Thomas Lifson and "Dan Bana", or you can continue playing the fool.

60,000 - 70,000, tops. Less than a Redskins game. No, the town wasn't close to being shut down. Hey, don't hurry back.
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48. Posted by ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© [TypeKey Profile Page] | September 14, 2009 6:41 PM | Vote up Vote down Report this comment Score: -4 (4 votes cast)


Seems they don't like it much.
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Substance McGravitas said...

Charlie at PJ Media says I don't believe my lying eyes.

Another Kiwi said...

Charlie doesn't believe his own eyes? These would be the crowd estimation eyes, no doubt, so popular in the wing nut crowd.