How to tell "your" enemies from "your" friends

In the San Jose Mercury News this morning, one article reports on "hundreds of thousands" of people demonstrating against the regime. It's two short paragraphs in the "In Brief" section.

A second article reports on "tens of thousands" of Syrians demonstrating against their regime. It's seven long paragraphs under a top-of-the-page, 5-column headline, plus subhead.