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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:40 AM Original message |
BBC: hundred-thousand; NPR: tens of thousands... |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. National Petroleum Radio n/t |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Meh. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Mebbe so, but NPR has a history of low-balling embarrassing crowds |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. It would be nice for news organizations to mention this, but... |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Neutered Pomeranian Radio |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. I trust the Beeb before NPR, which is turning into a right wing toadie network. nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Update: "Hundreds of thousands"... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Update: still "tens of thousands" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I wonder: if it got to a million+, would they STILL use units of 10,000? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Yes, they absolutely would. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. Democracy Now: following BBC's numbers |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. NPR gave up the ghost |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Seems Maliki is on the same spin as McCain and Bush.... |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. On cnn.com, it's "thousands" (US Army number). |
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instantkarma (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. U.S. Army says 5,000-7,000 |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Amazing. FoxNews uses "tens of thousands" just like NPR |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. NPR, Bought and Paid for by Archers Daniel Midland and on and on and on... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. All media falls back on a so-called convention for situations such as this, |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yes, but it's weird the Beeb's estimate is so much higher. nt |
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