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MSM Vastly Overestimates Hillary Crowd Size
NewsBusters ^ | August 16, 2016 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 08/16/2016 11:30:42 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

3000! Do I see 3000? Yup! My biased lenses allows me to see 3000 people attending the Hillary Clinton speech in Scranton, Pennsylvania yesterday where Vice President Joe Biden also made an appearance. 

The funny thing about the election campaign so far is how few 360 degree visuals we get of the campaign crowds so the public can actually gauge the turnout for themselves. Your humble correspondent was at a Donald Trump speech last Wednesday at the BB&T Center in the Fort Lauderdale area and it was completely filled up except for the nosebleed rafters which were closed off to the public. I estimate the crowd was about 15,000 but if I am wrong, it couldn't possibly have been less than 10,000. An impressive number either way. However the local Sun-Sentinel newspaper merely reported a crowd size of "thousands." Meanwhile the mainstream media has been reporting that 3000 people appeared at Clinton's Scranton speech. Well, watch a rare 360 degree view of the crowd below and judge for yourself.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016swingstates; deceit; donaldtrump; hillary2016; hillaryclinton; msm; pa2016; scranton
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We need MORE of these 360 degree views of speeches by both candidates so we can gauge the crowd sizes for ourselves.
1 posted on 08/16/2016 11:30:42 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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She draws in the tens of dozens, if that much.

Media reports “only” 400 showed up for Trump (but don’t mention the 8k that got turned away).


2 posted on 08/16/2016 11:32:42 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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The MSM lies. Therefor they are invalid and for "entertainment purposes only".
It's what they do. One of the few "safe assumptions" left. d:^|
3 posted on 08/16/2016 11:33:52 AM PDT by CopperTop
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Also, a Trump rally of less than 3,000 would be a shocker. Well, unless the demscum politicians limited the crowd to less than that as happened in Columbus, Ohio: http://www.newsnet5.com/news/national/donald-trump-fire-marshall-limited-the-crowd-size-in-columbus


4 posted on 08/16/2016 11:35:58 AM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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Just announce by FOX at ILLary rally: she had 500 there. Don’t know if they were counting the press!


5 posted on 08/16/2016 11:38:17 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Trump makes me smile!)
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Does this kasich fool need more free eats? The idiot was eating all the time when running for office.


6 posted on 08/16/2016 11:39:04 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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Bandwagon Effect: “Comrades! I have glorious news for you! Hillary is soaring, Trump imploding!”
CNN, Weekly Standard, et al.

Who you gonna believe? The MSM or your lyin’ eyes?

By logical extension, if the Uniparty’s Ministry of Truth organs would misrepresent things we can easily see, like crowd sizes, why would their Ministry of Statistics hesitate to present “scientific polls” to an unsuspecting public as gospel which lie about the same things?


7 posted on 08/16/2016 11:39:22 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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I'll say this now: if Trump could get access to a place like the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY, he could easily get over 17,000 into the rally.

The size of Trump's rallies and his enormous popularity on social media completely belies the MSM narrative.

8 posted on 08/16/2016 11:39:56 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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Tin Kaine was here in Asheville yesterday, a liberal bastion, and reportedly had about 300 people but it was a small venue. Reports some people couldn’t get in but I doubt it.


9 posted on 08/16/2016 11:40:16 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Why...I believe she has billions (if not trillions) at each rally. I’m, of course, referring to the stray e-coli crawling all over her from her industrial strength Depends.


10 posted on 08/16/2016 11:41:38 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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11 posted on 08/16/2016 11:43:05 AM PDT by IncPen (Hey Media: Bias = Layoffs)
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To: tumblindice

“Scientific polls”= inductive “scientific polls” using easily manipulated sampling methods not subject to replication testing


12 posted on 08/16/2016 11:43:41 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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Doesn’t matter.....she’s ahead in the poles.


13 posted on 08/16/2016 11:44:39 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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That may be, but what matters are the polls!


14 posted on 08/16/2016 11:47:13 AM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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ILLary — I *LIKE* it. Let’s try to get that meme going!!!

PS It probably did count the press, but at this point, what difference does it make? /snark


15 posted on 08/16/2016 11:49:26 AM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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Nope. The only poll that matters is in November!


16 posted on 08/16/2016 11:51:04 AM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: PJ-Comix

It’s a good post, but caution:

For the Primary in California Bernie’s crowds were ENORMOUS. Hillary’s were TINY.

Yet Hillary BEAT Bernie in Calif by a mile.

Really, REALLY shocked me.


17 posted on 08/16/2016 11:57:51 AM PDT by gaijin
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Rallies get them nominated.

Sound bites, clever opponent mockery get them elected.

Empty rallies don’t matter.


18 posted on 08/16/2016 12:03:12 PM PDT by cicero2k
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My Podunk hometown turned out better than that for HS Basketball games. For the JV. On Tuesday nights.

Not kidding.

But, look at the placement of the TV cameras, and the guy doing a "Live Report". Wouldn't do to show the proles how empty the rest of the place is.

19 posted on 08/16/2016 12:04:44 PM PDT by wbill
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Really, REALLY shocked me.

Yeah, I've been saying the same thing about Romney in 2012... Plenty of FR articles (and no, FR posting police, I'm not going to hunt up links again. Either believe me or do your own #$@#$ homework... :-) ) talking about rallies with big lines outside, etc etc. No way Romney could lose, this one was in the bag....

We see how that turned out.

I'm just trying to stay out of the echo chamber that FR becomes during elections. I got badly fooled by BO in 2012, won't get fooled again.

20 posted on 08/16/2016 12:09:44 PM PDT by wbill
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