How media hacks count.

At the Ron Paul rally in Oklahoma City on the 25th of February, 2012, police estimated that there were over 3000 in attendance. The Ron Paul campaign website claimed 1700. I was at the rally, there were quite a few people there, definitely 1700 if not 3000.

Ron Paul Rally, OKC 25 Feb 2012

News9.com of Oklahoma City covered the event claiming:

The Paul crowd outside the capitol was estimated at a little more than 1,000.

And then they had to follow it up with:

About 2,000 people were at a rally for Rick Santorum in OKC and 500 showed up to hear Newt Gingrich speak last Monday.

Strangely enough when this same news organization covered the actual Santorum visit on February 9th, they claimed:

Santorum greeted a crowd of nearly 1,000 supporters Thursday morning at Magnuson Hotel and Convention center near Interstate 40 and Meridian.

Rick Santorum Rally in OKC, 9 Feb 2012

The tagline on the story about Ron Paul's visit was clearly meant to belittle the Ron Paul gathering by comparing it to the Santorum gathering which was claimed to be twice as big. However, it simply wasn't true, not true to fact, and not even true to this news organizations own previous reporting of the event. It's looks as if the exact opposite of what they claimed is actually what transpired.

Shame on you News 9, I hope the votes aren't counted the same way that you guys count crowds.