The NY times covers the Washington rallies

I just read the coverage of the NY Times of the rallies held in Washington today, one organized by glenn Beck and the other by Rev. Al Sharpton. While the Times is usually slanted in its coverage, it seemed pretty even handed today in covering the Beck rally. According to the Times, there were close to half a million people in attendance(although the times notes that NBC said there were only 300,000 -- ONLY 300,000!!!!) The Times notes the non-political nature of most of the rally; it describes the atmosphere as being like a church picnic. The point of the march is to look at what is right with America and to restore faith in God and the America of the founders. The Times also notes that the Sharpton rally drew several hundred people. The Sharpton rally does get a fair amount of coverage, even though Beck's rally was close to a thousand times larger. Still, I do commend the Times for actually reporting on the content of the Beck rally.