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News reports of March 22nd demos

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Saturday March 22, 2003 21:26author by john doe - anti-war coalition member

RTE, UTV and BBC reports on todays demos. 5000 in Belfast, 10,000 Dublin, 2,000 Cork, 300 Waterford.
Missed out is the 1000 in Derry.
Keep up the pressure

Related Link: http://www.geocities.com/socialistparty/War/News220303.htm

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RTE are unable to count
author by Ian McGrathpublication date Sat Mar 22, 2003 21:32author address author phone

RTE always asses the turnout and divide by 3. However if the demonstrators are farmers they doulble the turnout and add a few thousand sheep. Radio Telefis Error.

Newstalk106 Dublin a disgrace
author by Paul Kinsella - Irish Anti War Movementpublication date Sat Mar 22, 2003 21:35author email paulkinsella53 at yahoo dot comauthor address 53 Lorcan Grove, Santry, Dublin 9, Eireauthor phone 087-9748511

They said only 3,500 protested in Dublin on one of their "20-20" (every 20 minutes) news bulletins at 5:20 and then completely dropped the story and made no mention of any of today's actions nationwide after that even though they're supposed to be "Dublin's news radio station". Shame! Shame! On them. All the rest of the other media reports were fairly fair though.

Massive march in NYC
author by Tom Collinspublication date Sat Mar 22, 2003 21:43author address author phone

The anti-war march in NYC today was huge, stretching for miles. A broad cross-section of people, including an Irish-American contingent, who carried a banner which said; We serve neither Bush nor Mobil.

Why is the SP repeating RTE lies
author by Leonpublication date Sat Mar 22, 2003 21:43author address author phone

There were at least 3,500 in Cork, probably more and from speaking to friends, Dublin was nearer 12,000. Do you have to repeat propaganda from RTE, the Zionist station.

Between 4,000 and 5,000 in Cork
author by Cork activistpublication date Sat Mar 22, 2003 21:57author address author phone

Why repeat erroneous mainstream news broadcasts? The Cork march was somewhere between 4 and 5,000. It was huge!

In Reply
author by John Doepublication date Sat Mar 22, 2003 22:40author address author phone

I put the story up just to get FEEDBACK from the various towns/cities. the site will be altered later tonight with more local details. check it out.

simon
author by simonpublication date Sat Mar 22, 2003 23:53author address author phone

wood from the trees. great turnout still a damn shame we have to be doing this.

no war!!!

how the arabs win
author by bobs yer unclepublication date Sun Mar 23, 2003 00:28author address author phone

when will the arabs realise that all they have to do is stop selling their oil for dollars and they will hurt american more than nuking them! Its very powerful and will turn the dollar into toilet paper

Ever Decreasing Numbers?
author by non-aligned peacenikpublication date Sun Mar 23, 2003 16:21author address author phone

Dublin march numbers now down to "upwards of 7,000" on State lapdog RTE's "This Week" radio prog today.
Should be down to 5,000 by the morning if it hasn't disappeared altogether!

BBC surprisingly accurate for once
author by maalox - pleasantly surprised loved up hippiespublication date Sun Mar 23, 2003 19:37author email maalox at safe-mail dot netauthor address author phone

5000 is actually more than i thought were there in Belfast- i estimated 3-3.5 thousand. Plus under one hundred at the unreported cornmarket peace party afterwards which was a hell of a lot more fun than the oh-so-mainstream speechifying at the main event. But that's what some people are into, so hmmm....

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