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Watching The Watchers

Mass Observation returns for the Obama inauguration.

By Brian Cook

On Jan. 20, about 2 million people gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to witness Barack Obama become the 44th president of the United States. Nearly 40 million more Americans watched the event on television, as did millions more around the world. Most of these people were intensely focused on the Capitol dais, particularly from noon to 12:30 p.m.,… return to article

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