joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Conservatives are liars!</p><p>Via the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a> Apr 11, 2025<br>...</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> claimed..the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Edmonton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edmonton</span></a>-area rally was attended by 15,000 people. CBC News counted roughly 1,558 in one panorama photo shared by the campaign. Even assuming..a large number of attendees were missed due to perspective or obstruction, 15,000 is "not possible," according to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GKeithStill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GKeithStill</span></a>, an expert in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CrowdDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdDynamics</span></a> and safety, who is a visiting professor of crowd science at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversityOfSuffolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfSuffolk</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberal-conservative-crowd-size-investigation-1.7507222" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/liberal-con</span><span class="invisible">servative-crowd-size-investigation-1.7507222</span></a></p>