'Tea Party' Photo showing crowd is a fake

BadDog40 · Sep 14, 2009

Tea Party protesters trying to tout the size of their march on Washington last weekend have been passing around a photo of a packed National Mall. But the picture is years old.

Politifact asked Pete Piringer, public affairs officer for the D.C. Fire and Emergency Department, if the rally was big enough to fill that space. Piringer said no -- and moreover, the picture can't be from 2009.

"It was an impressive crowd," he said. But after marching down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol the crowd "only filled the Capitol grounds, maybe up to Third Street," he said.
Yet the photo showed the crowd sprawling far beyond that to the Washington Monument, which is bordered by 15th and and 17th Streets.
There's another big problem with the photograph: it doesn't include the National Museum of the American Indian, a building located at the corner of Fourth St. and Independence Ave. that opened on Sept. 14, 2004. (Looking at the photograph, the building should be in the upper right hand corner of the National Mall, next to the Air and Space Museum.) That means the picture was taken before the museum opened exactly five years ago. So clearly the photo doesn't show the "tea party" crowd from the Sept. 12 protest.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/14/912-tea-party-photo-false_n_286082.html

ChChoda · Sep 14, 2009

BadDog40 said:
Tea Party protesters trying to tout the size of their march on Washington last weekend have been passing around a photo of a packed National Mall. But the picture is years old.

Politifact asked Pete Piringer, public affairs officer for the D.C. Fire and Emergency Department, if the rally was big enough to fill that space. Piringer said no -- and moreover, the picture can't be from 2009.

"It was an impressive crowd," he said. But after marching down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol the crowd "only filled the Capitol grounds, maybe up to Third Street," he said.
Yet the photo showed the crowd sprawling far beyond that to the Washington Monument, which is bordered by 15th and and 17th Streets.
There's another big problem with the photograph: it doesn't include the National Museum of the American Indian, a building located at the corner of Fourth St. and Independence Ave. that opened on Sept. 14, 2004. (Looking at the photograph, the building should be in the upper right hand corner of the National Mall, next to the Air and Space Museum.) That means the picture was taken before the museum opened exactly five years ago. So clearly the photo doesn't show the "tea party" crowd from the Sept. 12 protest.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/14/912-tea-party-photo-false_n_286082.html

So how many were there, by your own research based estimation? And who are these "bloggers" spreading misinformation? Are you one? Does it make the debunking easier? Clearly, it would.

NoDrama · Sep 14, 2009

I looked at over 500 images of the DC tea party and did not find this pic you show them displaying. How far did you have to dig to find this pic? How many blogs used this Pic? Any major news sources use the picture? Got any proof that someone other than some lonely blogger used this?

The Huffington post isn't left leaning at all, not at all!

BadDog40 · Sep 14, 2009

NoDrama said:
I looked at over 500 images of the DC tea party and did not find this pic you show them displaying. How far did you have to dig to find this pic? How many blogs used this Pic? Any major news sources use the picture? Got any proof that someone other than some lonely blogger used this?

The Huffington post isn't left leaning at all, not at all!

I didnt have to look far at all, its all over the news Schleprock.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=tea+party+photo+fake&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=5965015261e448ad

Solcyn26 · Sep 14, 2009

i fell really bad for these ppl...they dont even realize there being used as proxy...i saw many web reports interviewing protesters and i use the word lightly..and these poor ppl had no real idea of the issues only the bullshit being rammed down there throat by ppl that know better...and to make it even worse the corporations and insurance companies have convinced them that there on there side...amazing

when will poor ppl stand up and realize we are all in the same boat

theres no black or white,country or city ppl,north and south..ect.
only rich and poor and trust when i tell u rich ppl do not give a fuck what your issues are they just lie to line up bodies for there cause

healthcare will pass luckily for the protesters it will b there for them too

JustAnotherFriedDay · Sep 15, 2009

Average American's posted videos of it on youtube.

Or are you going to go as far as to say that they doctored those up?

JustAnotherFriedDay · Sep 15, 2009

No winning with liberals. Here's a tip, drop the party, become an independent. The people who are most happy in this world are independents.

JustAnotherFriedDay · Sep 15, 2009

Solcyn26 said:
i fell really bad for these ppl...they dont even realize there being used as proxy...i saw many web reports interviewing protesters and i use the word lightly..and these poor ppl had no real idea of the issues only the bullshit being rammed down there throat by ppl that know better...and to make it even worse the corporations and insurance companies have convinced them that there on there side...amazing

when will poor ppl stand up and realize we are all in the same boat

theres no black or white,country or city ppl,north and south..ect.
only rich and poor and trust when i tell u rich ppl do not give a fuck what your issues are they just lie to line up bodies for there cause

healthcare will pass luckily for the protesters it will b there for them too

The CBO has stated that this Obamacare will cost American's 1.6 trilllion dollars over the next 10 years, and even more over the next 20.

I don't give a fuck about healthcare, IT IS ALREADY THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

I care about my money, which is time, which is freedom.

Increased taxes = loss of freedom. get it?

Mcgician · Sep 15, 2009

JustAnotherFriedDay said:
No winning with liberals. Here's a tip, drop the party, become an independent. The people who are most happy in this world are independents.

And the least represented. People need to wake up to the fact that their freedoms are being stripped/stolen from them every day Obama is in office. Except, of course for those that don't work, don't have legal citizenship, or own their own business. Fuck Obama, and his cohorts! By very definition, they're communists. They're the only ones that don't know it because they're too stupid to know it, or in denial.

BadDog40 · Sep 15, 2009

Mcgician said:
And the least represented. People need to wake up to the fact that their freedoms are being stripped/stolen from them every day Obama is in office.

Name one fucking freedom you've been stripped of since Obama has been in office. Bush wiped the Constitution with his ass by running illegal wiretaps, The Patriot Act, stripping away the right to an Attorney, law enforcement officers can bust into your home when you're not there, riffle through your belongings, plant a recording device on your computer, and leave without notifying you, the government can now access records of your large financial transactions, such as buying a house, all in the name of terrorism.

Where were these fucking tea party jerkoffs then? Where were you?

budsmoker87 · Sep 15, 2009

obama's just continuing the bush regime

and taxing people out of their homes for christs' sake. obama can only blame this financial meltdown on "inheritance" for so long...he's contributing to the problem in a huge way

ViRedd · Sep 15, 2009

BadDog40 said:
Name one fucking freedom you've been stripped of since Obama has been in office. Bush wiped the Constitution with his ass by running illegal wiretaps, The Patriot Act, stripping away the right to an Attorney, law enforcement officers can bust into your home when you're not there, riffle through your belongings, plant a recording device on your computer, and leave without notifying you, the government can now access records of your large financial transactions, such as buying a house, all in the name of terrorism.

Where were these fucking tea party jerkoffs then? Where were you?

Now here is a typical, uninformed reaction from both those on the Left and on the Right.

These protests are NOT exclusively about the health care proposals. They are about the growing threat from an over-reaching, over-regulating, over-taxing and over-tyrannical, corrupt federal government.

What is being protested against is the behemoth that has been created by ALL parties involved for the sole purpose of guaranteeing their reelection and aquiring more and more power. As the federal government gains power, the people are drained of theirs.

Time to get a clue, BadDog ... you/we are losing our country.

Vi

FlyLikeAnEagle · Sep 15, 2009

budsmoker87 said:
obama's just continuing the bush regime

and taxing people out of their homes for christs' sake. obama can only blame this financial meltdown on "inheritance" for so long...he's contributing to the problem in a huge way

He's contributing alright, considering that top economic experts are now saying we are just about out of the biggest recession in over 70 years. If that holds true it will be the fastest economic turnaround in US history, no thanks to republicans though.

Green Cross · Sep 15, 2009

Mcgician said:
And the least represented. People need to wake up to the fact that their freedoms are being stripped/stolen from them every day Obama is in office. Except, of course for those that don't work, don't have legal citizenship, or own their own business. Fuck Obama, and his cohorts! By very definition, they're communists. They're the only ones that don't know it because they're too stupid to know it, or in denial.

Yep people are just starting to wake up to the fact that this government is beholden to the special interests, instead of the American people.

That's because they receive most their campaign contributions from huge corporations, instead of the average American citizen.

Vote those bastards out (next year), and then we can push for campaign finance reform!

This government is owned by the people, not JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, GM, and GE!

I'll be there next year 9/12.

BadDog40 · Sep 15, 2009

ViRedd said:
Now here is a typical, uninformed reaction from both those on the Left and on the Right.

These protests are NOT exclusively about the health care proposals. They are about the growing threat from an over-reaching, over-regulating, over-taxing and over-tyrannical, corrupt federal government.

What is being protested against is the behemoth that has been created by ALL parties involved for the sole purpose of guaranteeing their reelection and aquiring more and more power. As the federal government gains power, the people are drained of theirs.

Time to get a clue, BadDog ... you/we are losing our country.

Vi

Where exactly did I say that they had anything to do with healthcare? We may be losing our country but you sir are losing your senses.

hanimmal · Sep 15, 2009

And Obama has done MORE to EXPAND gun rights than any president in the last what 30 years?

The CBO has stated that this Obamacare will cost American's 1.6 trilllion dollars over the next 10 years, and even more over the next 20.

I don't give a fuck about healthcare, IT IS ALREADY THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

I care about my money, which is time, which is freedom.

Increased taxes = loss of freedom. get it? __________________

Wow, so things will cost more money in 20 years than they cost in 10 years? Brilliant.

You are wrong, we do not have the best healthcare in the world.

Nope I disagree, I think decreased rights = decreased freedom. You can make no money at all and be free as a bird.

natrone23 · Sep 15, 2009

ViRedd said:
you/we are losing our country.

Vi

Der muslins ar taken over

budsmoker87 · Sep 15, 2009

FlyLikeAnEagle said:
He's contributing alright, considering that top economic experts are now saying we are just about out of the biggest recession in over 70 years. If that holds true it will be the fastest economic turnaround in US history, no thanks to republicans though.

it will not turn around. they're throwing useless paper at the problem and covering it up. it'll get much, much worse. the only thing keeping the financial and eduational systems intact are the huge amounts of cash theyre throwing at it. the end

FlyLikeAnEagle · Sep 15, 2009

budsmoker87 said:
it will not turn around. they're throwing useless paper at the problem and covering it up. it'll get much, much worse. the only thing keeping the financial and eduational systems intact are the huge amounts of cash theyre throwing at it. the end

You should just come out and say you hope it doesnt turn around because it already has.......

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/business/economy/31taxpayer.html

'Nearly a year after the federal rescue of the nations biggest banks, taxpayers have begun seeing profits from the hundreds of billions of dollars in aid that many critics thought might never be seen again.

The profits, collected from eight of the biggest banks that have fully repaid their obligations to the government, come to about $4 billion, or the equivalent of about 15 percent annually, according to calculations compiled for The New York Times.'

hom36rown · Sep 15, 2009

Bush bailed out the banks, not Obama. It didn't fix anything though, our economy is still a house of cards, and it's still going to come crashing down if we don't start making drastic changes(namely, balancing our budget) soon.

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