Edited sentence: CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and local news teams avoided the outskirts of the crowd where most of the O&A fans were stationed.Initial estimates of "over 1,000" 'pests' (according to popular O&A bulletin boards) were reduced to less then 75 on the day of the rally.Ironically, their numbers only served to increase the apparent mass of the crowd in wide-angle Sirius press shots.Midway through their broadcast, Opie declared the march to be a "total failure" and chastised the 'pests' for not being better organized.The final nail in the AOTM campaign is considered to be the December 16, 2005 'Million Pest March' during rival Howard Stern's rally to celebrate his final day on terrestrial radio