The enthusiastic report Oct. 16, "Hundreds gather for Occupy Tri-Cities," is a prime example of liberal bias in the Tri-City Herald. The headline that hundreds were present was equally misleading.

I attended the rally and my photos show a "crowd" of about 60 people at noon. The "crowd" swelled to about 75 at 12:15 p.m. and grew to a maximum of about 80 at 12:45 p.m.

The people there represented liberals, union members and anti-war activists. Their professionally printed signs said "We Are One" and "Stop the War on Workers."

The Occupy Tri-Cities movement is not akin to the tea party movement. The Tri-Cities Tea Party believes in limited (smaller) government, fiscal responsibility (cut spending), and free enterprise (capitalism). Indeed, capitalism is the only way we can ever work our way out of the massive debt that has resulted from the increases in government spending by Republicans and Democrats.

The problem with the bankers and Wall Street is that they have bought and paid for deregulation and now they are robbing the public because Congress made it legal to do so.

Jerry Martin, Kennewick