January 21, 2009

HMM: J-prof uses satellite images to calculate that 800,000 attended inauguration ceremony. Plus, Michael Silence offers a cautionary note on crowd estimates. Anyway, if the turnout’s disappointing, I blame Adrian Fenty!

UPDATE: Good news and bad news on the TV front. It was the most-watched televised inaugural since 1981 — but it got beat out by American Idol.