That MSM bugaboo about the crowd size? - Granite Grok

That MSM bugaboo about the crowd size?

You’ve all seen the side-by showing how much bigger the crowd was for Obama’s first inauguration vs Trump’s on Friday?  That’s the baseline for all of the MSM, so it seems:

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(Image H/T: Powerline).  Lots of white space, right (this year they covered the lawn).  Now,  on the right, we can see the red brick “castle” (Smithsonian?) and there certainly is a lack of people there and going forward.  But remember:

  • Obama’s inauguration was a historic event – the first Black to be elected President
  • The DC area has turned REAL blue with the large Government workers contingent (re: Democrats)
  • DisruptJ20 did have an effect at the checkpoints leading into the Washington Mall

Now look at this Gigapixel from Conservative Treehouse:

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The side-bys are from the Washington Monument to the Capital Building – this is the opposite.  However, just looking at this, it is clear that there is MUCH less white.  And yes, it was shot a bit later on in the day.  Now, the nice thing is that this is interactive:

Gigapixel Image HERE [we can zoom in/out and drag the image etc.]

So I did and used the “castle” as a marker.  Now, because what seems to be the white building (reviewing stand?)  prevents this shot going further down the mall, it is clear that there are a TON more people than what the MSM is claiming and does lend credence to the Trump administration’s claim that there were a LOT more people there.

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