Take That

Numbers
By William Rivers Pitt

Saturday 24 September 2005 4:26 PM

CNN reported earlier in the day that 600,000 people were here. That seems, to me, a little bit of an overcount. I cannot be sure because this thing is spread in all directions and I'd need to be in a helicopter to get a good idea, and never mind the fact that counting noses is not my forte. But I have been covering these things in DC and New York since they started, and I feel comfortable saying there are at least 300,000 people here right now.

Even if you assume that THIS estimate is high, wouldn't half that constitute a major protest?