SFGate Represents Tonight's Prop 8 Protest As "Angry," But Was It Really?

Immediately after the event, SFGate.com's headline regarding tonight's Prop 8 protest read: "Angry Crowd Protests Prop 8."

Except in actuality the crowd wasn't angry.

First off, the attitude of the protesting crowd -- by all accounts and supported by their own article -- was overwhelmingly good-natured. This sensationalized headline has nothing to do with its article, nor does it accurately describe what actually happened.

Second, the actual article says that two (2) guys shouted at the protesters. That's better than par for most protests. Especially a protest that is semi-spontaneous and containing well more than 1,000 people. And the crowd -- both as described in the SFGate article and witnessed by this site's writers -- wasn't angry.

So... this misnomer of a headline isn't really a representative description of what actually happened at this event. Apologies for being a bit caustic -- but between this and claiming that the number of protesters was only 1,000 -- the entirety of how this story was presented by SFGate seemed so off that something needed to be said.

Were you in the protest as well? What did you see? What did you think? How do you think this movement is being perceived? And where do you think it is going? Tell us in the Comments section.

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