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Old 06-29-2012, 09:58 AM   #1
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Default Weekly Friday Anti-nuclear protest in Japan

This Friday protest started a few weeks ago and every Friday the numbers have been growing, and the press when they bother to mention the protest always use the smallest number of estimated protesters they can get.

Today's protest has been going on for hours and this time they have a helicopter aloft measuring the numbers. Around 100,000 today. It has more than doubled every Friday since it began. 10,20,45,100.

Wow. Already I am seeing an even higher number estimate: 200,000. You can watch it live on Iwakame's Ustream channels if you can get in:

http://iwj.co.jp/channels/main/

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Old 06-29-2012, 12:50 PM   #2
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This should be passed on as a news tip to all "news sites" in all countries.

Edit:
Finland's national news agency picked it up, front page.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/japanissa_suur...astaan/6200976

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Old 06-29-2012, 05:05 PM   #3
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Good for Finland! Germany will definitely carry it, too.

Fox News has an article and says: At least 10,000 protesters...

That's how the news gets skewed for Americans.

Yeah, there were at least 10,000, but that's not even close to anyone else's count. The police estimated 17,000, of course,

The New York Times Asia Pacific edition named several different figures:
Estimates of the crowd’s size varied widely, with organizers claiming 150,000 participants, while the police put the number at 17,000. Local media estimated the crowd at between 20,000 and 45,000, which they described as the largest protest in central Tokyo since the 1960s.
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