Can the Pink Paper be trusted on Manchester Pride figures (or anything)?

GS — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:50:08 +0000

How much fact-checking does The Pink Paper do? Does it publish information from press releases without checking the accuracy? Would it ever pull the wool over our eyes if it meant a bit of extra advertising money from Manchester Pride?

Manchester Pride exaggerates Parade crowd figures by 500%

GS — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:37:53 +0000

250,000 do not watch the Parade as the organisers claim. The true figure is ‘tens of thousands’ and here is the proof.

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Can the Pink Paper be trusted on Manchester Pride figures (or anything)?

Manchester Pride exaggerates Parade crowd figures by 500%