Beyond the thousands upon thousands of people who participated in our Let The People Vote rallies, many more witnessed our message through the media.

Here's a sample of what they saw:

YourNewsNow in Albany: "'This is something that's going to define the culture our kids will be raised in,' said Annemarie Thimons, a Kingston resident."

International Business Times: "More than 10,000 supporters of  "Let The People Vote" rallies marched in New York City, Albany, Rochester and Buffalo starting 3 p.m. on Sunday, urging the Legislature to put the issue of gay marriage before voters in a statewide referendum."

Associated Press : "A rally in New York City that started with several hundred people crowding the street across from Cuomo's Manhattan office quickly swelled to thousands of people out in loud opposition to the new law."

BBC/Reuters: "The National Organization for Marriage held rallies in New York City, Albany, Rochester and Buffalo on Sunday, accusing Mr Cuomo and lawmakers of redefining marriage without consulting voters."

Bloomberg News: "One of the rally’s organizers, the National Organization for Marriage, also held events in Albany, Buffalo and Rochester. The group has pledged to spend millions of dollars ousting lawmakers who voted in favor of same-sex marriage."

Unfortunately, print coverage also widely missed the mark at times.

The LATimes, for instance, made barely any mention of the Let The People Vote demonstrations. This is the best they could muster:

"Love just transcends hate," said Hernandez, his voice breaking, as a small group of protesters yelled from a distant corner.

Reuters was little better, describing the Let The People Vote demonstrations this way:

"Groups of clergy and other opponents of the change staged a protest in front of Governor Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office, warning that lawmakers who supported same-sex marriage would face punishment in upcoming elections."

No mention of numbers here.

UPI was probably the worst:

Opponents of gay marriage maintained a low profile. The Times said an informal poll of New York clergy found the vast majority did not intend to address the issue in their Sunday sermons.

... a low profile?

We'll have more to say about the media's uneven coverage of these demonstrations in the coming days.

Paul Wilson at the Media Research Center reports:

A Culture and Media Institute analysis of 239 programs aired on CNN from the period June 15 to July 15 revealed that CNN quoted or interviewed nearly four times the number of gay-agenda supporters as critics.

... in addition to that 4-to-1 ratio of guests, CNN aired 41 stories in that month that featured only gay advocated, leaving out critics altogether. Just nine stories featured only critics to the exclusion of gay advocates.

... Two CNN correspondents were honest enough to admit that the networks were biased in favor of gay rights.

Howard Kurtz on his "Reliable Sources" show on July 3, acknowledged "the media's celebration - there really is no other word - of the gay marriage debate in New York."

On June 26, Kurtz asked CNN reporter Carl Crawford whether or not the "coverage has paid equal attention to both sides of the debate." Crawford replied that "I think the media has been kind of rallying behind the marriage equality movement. I think we're always prone to any civil rights movement. We like it. It's democratic to us, and that's just one of our soft spots."