ABC reporters says NYPD puts the attendance at 11,000 not 27,000. HRC ROOM

[hrmjustin]

Josh Einiger ‏@JoshEiniger7 10m10 minutes ago Manhattan, NY
Josh Einiger Retweeted
#NYPD says crowd in #WashingtonSquare more like 11,500: 6500 in park, about 5000 overflow. #BernieSanders #abc7ny https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/720416312619438080 …

[DemonGoddess]

1. bwahahahaha

of course the spin is for more than double, but ya know...HORSE RACE. RATINGS.

[SunSeeker]

23. Double? Try quadruple. In GDP the BSers are saying the police estimate was 48,000.

But no one is proving a link for that 48k figure, and the 27k figure came straight from the BS campaign.

The only independent estimate I saw reported was 11,500:

Sanders held a rally in Washington Square Park, which was closed all day Wednesday at the request of the Secret Service. 6,500 people were estimated to be in the park for the rally with an additional 5,000 supporters outside the park for a total of 11,500.

http://abc7ny.com/politics/bernie-sanders-holds-big-rally-in-washington-square-park/1288865/

And of course, the rally was held at NYU, to be closer to BS's base. As is typical at BS rallies, most of the audience was young:

The crowd -- largely comprised of young people -- filled the park and crowded the adjacent streets. Many people -- visible from the windows -- also viewed the rally from apartments and New York University buildings surrounding the park.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/bernie-sanders-kicks-off-star-studded-massive-rally/story?id=38377917

The student population at New York University is 57,245. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University NYU is a huge University. So, I would imagine the bulk of the attendees were NYU students.

[stopbush]

2. Let's see, at $27 a pop, that's...

[Kber]

3. To be fair

Math isnt everybody's thing.

[Rose Siding]

9. Neither is reality

per the NYDailyNews: Bernie Sanders a fantasist who’s at passionate war with reality

[Cha]

10. "Bernie Sanders a fantasist who’s at passionate war with reality".. the NYDN really gets BS.

Thank you, Rose~

[IamMab]

4. Maybe, but a lie still gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.

Now you'll never convince any Sanders supporter that the number was less than 27K.

[Iliyah]

5. And more than half won't be able to vote

[SharonClark]

37. Because they aren't Democrats

[TMontoya]

6. Even if initial estimates were correct

Ok, he's got 30k votes, Hillary has over 1 million.

[yallerdawg]

11. Finally found a picture of rally.

Doesn't look at all like 27,000!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Brutal

[TMontoya]

25. lol

[fleabiscuit]

32. Freaking LOL

[UtahLib]

7. K&R. nt

[yallerdawg]

8. Is this some kind of weird fixation?

$2.70 campaign donation solicitations.

$27.00 average contributions.

27,000 attendees.

Any cabalists out there?

[wisteria]

17. Interesting.

[Democrats Ascendant]

35. Yup, like the bird, it's a sign from the pope, er...

A big fat lie....

Oh, and I think you meant: Kabbalists. (or did you.... ).

Anyhow, let's not impugn this Jewish sect, please.

[yallerdawg]

36. One more...

Maximum individual contribution to presidential candidates during primary (whether the Bernie campaign knows it or not):

$2,700 !

cabalist - one skilled in esoteric doctrine or mysterious art

[Gothmog]

13. According to other threads there are 40 thousand or billion people attending this rally

[lostnfound]

14. Wouldn't surprise me if NYPD was still using the three-fifths law

It would be thematically consistent

[wisteria]

16. They are usually a great judge of crowds.

They have to keep the peace. And, besides why would they lie?

[wisteria]

15. The spin on the 27.000 is huge.

That is what CNN and MSNBC are reporting. A huge amount of spin going on tonight in Sander's favor. But, the idea that Sander's crowd is larger than Obama's was is highly suspect, Sander's is no Obama. And, we all know, large crowds don't equal votes.

[BlueCaliDem]

19. Lapdog cable and broadcast media are useless - especially for candidates that TPTB know will help

this country and the American people. Look how much broadcast time Trump has been getting from the start. He's useless and a weak candidate for the presidency, but he got all the facetime. So also with Sanders.

Thank the heavens for the internet and progressive - truly progressive blogs where they actually make sense - have risen and are now able to analyze and fact-check in a few seconds. It goes to show how dead our once great 4th estate now is.

[wisteria]

20. Your right!

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. They're running against Obama as much as they're running against Hillary. Massaging the numbers....

to outpace Obama's 2008 crowd is just par for the course.

[Cha]

27. Yeah, they are.. build up BS to TRY & take down the Democratic leaders, President Obama and SOS

Hillary Clinton.

Bet they all feel really special like they're pulling off a big scam.. good thing for America it's all a bunch of Hogwash.

[SunSeeker]

21. Yep, Rachel breathlessly reported the Sanders campaign's figure, without an objective estimate.

I mean, if you are just going to repeat what the campaign says, you're not being a journalist, you're a press release reader.

[Cha]

28. Rachel should know better being around as long as she has been and after the whole Pope

thing.. and what ever else she suspects about BS.

Oh and saying they have a "path to the nomination..". There was some story she was doing about sanders not too long ago that the fans threw her under the bus.. where is her skepticism?

[geek tragedy]

22. #berniemath nt

[TMontoya]

24. Speaking of #berniemath

I wonder how many of those who showed up today are actually eligible to vote in the primary? My guess is the standard half.

[KewlKat]

26. Morning Joe continues the exageration this morning

saying 27,000 folks.............

[NurseJackie]

29. Ha!! :-D (I should have expected as much!)

[BlueMTexpat]

30. Perhaps it's just me, but

this overhead looks like there were a lot fewer people than 27,000 in attendance.



So I tend to believe the police's estimate, rather than estimates of those who are biased in Bernie's favor.

Whatever ... just another nail in Bernie's coffin of truth, IMO.

Although Bernie's campaign is pulling out all the stops to see whether it can get the rules for the NY primary changed between now and next Tuesday, the likelihood of their being able to do that is about as good as Bernie's chances of winning in NY.

I am braced for things to be exceptionally nasty on DU from now through next Tuesday, and perhaps even worse after next Tuesday's results.

[fleabiscuit]

33. I'd wager a good percentage of those there are not BS supporters either. eom

[Tarc]

31. Camp Sanders has always had a truthiness-inspired relationship with math

[Democrats Ascendant]

34. I heard it was...

all the MILLIONS and GAJILLIONS that voted in the western caucuses, but didn't get counted towards the popular vote lead Sanders actually has over Clinton....

#FeelDumbMath