On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 13:09, Achal Prabhala <[email protected]> wrote:
> The number (and the total inconsistency with how many people actually > protested) comes from here: > > > http://www.indianexpress.com/news/protest-against-wrong-map-mars-countrys-first-wiki-conference/877826/0 > > in which it simultaneously describes "hundreds of protesters" *and* that > "all 21 who protested were arrested". > > Go figure. > > The article that's been created out of the controversy is a storm in a > teacup (and as such is hardly notable) but the storm was so small it was > barely noticeable - and would have stayed that way except for the > misreporting of it. > I must say I was slightly disappointed at the size of the protest. We heard the protest begin, we went around asking all attendees standing outside to enter the convocation hall; by the time we reached the gate from the lawns, the protesters had already been swept into a police van and were about to leave. To be fair, they were far outnumbered by the police.
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