The crowd at the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally Thurs Restore Sanity and / or Fear" on the Mall in Washington. (Credit: AirPhotosLive.Com)
An Estimated 215.000 PeopleSoft Attended a rally Organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Saturday in Washington, According to a crowd Estimate commissioned by CBS News.
The company based AirPhotosLive.com the attendance at the "Rally Thurs Restore Sanity and / or Fear" is the aerial pictures it Took over the rally, Which Took Place on the Mall in Washington. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 10 Percent.
CBS News AirPhotosLive.com Also commissioned to do a crowd Estimate of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in August. That rally was Estimated To Have attracted 87.000 people. Amid Criticism from the Conservatives Estimate That was low, the CBS News Detailed Methodology behind it here.
TBD Reported That Because of the high turnout Many Would-be rally Attendees retreated Thurs bars to watch the event.
The National Park Service does Estimate Not Crowds. The New York Times' Brian Stelter wrote on Twitter DURING the Event That the Park Service Viacom privately Told there were "well over 200.000" people at the rally, According to an executive.
Stewart joked DURING That the rally there were ten Million people and Present, in reference to the Difficulty of Making Crowd Estimates, solemnly Promised to "count Them All."
Comedy Central's permit for the event said it was Expecting 60.000 people, though, as the Wall Street Journal notes, it ordered Enough port-a-potties for 150.000.
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