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In Politics and Journalism, what’s in a number?

Started by nashuatelegraph · 8 months ago

Sen. John McCain was in New Hampshire for a rally this morning - but this is not about McCain, or really even about the upcoming election.
However, it is about politics, partisianship and real or perceived bias.
Here is the story from the Telegraph’s political reporter, Kevin ... Continue reading »

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  • DaveBrooks

    8 months ago

    For what it's worth, in decades of covering smaller events like town meetings or courtroom cases - involving 100 or fewer people - I have found that actually counting the people in the room consistently arrives at a number that is smaller than the eyeball guess of participants.

    I'm not sure whether this applies to larger arenas like this one, however.
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  • CC

    8 months ago

    1000, 2000, 3000... does it really matter? Those numbers are anemic no matter how you look at them. Even inflated, it seem sad.
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  • Katherine Welsh

    8 months ago

    NHPR mentioned something about this as well - they said the campaign's count was higher than theirs. "Most in the crowd, which the campaign pegged at 3000, but which seemed smaller..." Their story is here: http://www.nhpr.org/node/18419
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