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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by jasondigitized on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @01:15PM (#44239148)
The key tell is.....CNN for example is mentioning with specificity how many cops and military are on the ground but only uses the word "large groups" when talking about how many protestors and rioters there are. Mentioning the actual small numbers of protestors / rioters doesn't allow them to sensationalize this.
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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @06:59PM (#44242449)
The police and military are giving numbers, so you can easily publish those. I don't think the protesters are counting themselves, or maybe you could use AI and drones to do a survey of how many protests are out?
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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by johnnyanmac on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @08:12PM (#44242922)
reports say around 600, so we clearly have ways to estimate crowds. This pre-dates internet.
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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @12:45AM (#44244277)
You need to do the work to do the estimate vs just getting a number handed to you via a press release.
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