the numbers of protesters was significantly smaller than the original protests held the day after the invasion of iraq had begun when thousands of protesters and many large demonstrations were held around the world in opposition to the war. amongst the possible reasons are protester "fatigue", the timing of events, poor weather in some cities and that many protest actions are often ignored by the media even if the number of attendees is in the thousands. general apathy towards a war that most americans feel little connection to as well as general decline in media coverage may have also led to lower turnout. according to a study conducted by the project for excellence in journalism, war coverage in television, newspaper and internet stories fell from 23% during the first ten weeks of 2007 to 3% during the same period in 2008.