BBC Verify debunks Rio concert numbers

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14 hours ago, robboadam said:

Despite the BBC's findings, city officials have maintained their claims. They have not  however explained how their data was measured.

 

 

 

Are employees bored at BBC or something cause how is this concerning them 

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Whose bbc said that????

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14 hours ago, mamo said:

so who was the Madonna stan that sent in this question to begin with? I would like to talk.

it was me #RebelHeart

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1 hour ago, banjosnap said:

This is easily estimated.

Each section would contain an entry limit. There were several sections. There would also be tourism data used to estimate the amount of people also.

When you have data like this at your disposal, as the city does, then it's not hard at all to determine a rough attendance.

Bbc are just salty she won't to big weekend again.

Yeah, if anything the city of Rio missed some people who weren't technically in attendance but who still witnessed the concert from the nearby buildings and streets.

I think people overestimate how small a crowd can look.

Like, Obama's inauguration drew a crowd of 1.8 million people and they all crammed into a space about the size of four or five city blocks  

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they closed all the streets nearby and accesses to the beach so that they could search every single person entering the beach. at those accesses they also had cameras with facial recognition. so it's pretty easy to count actually.

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17 hours ago, robboadam said:

comfortably

I was there. It was not comfortable. Debunked 

Still, it was the best day of my life

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Apparently, Rio City Hall lied because of attention. University of Sao Paolo say 1M for Gaga and 800k for Fudge. B in BBC stands for British not big and Guinness is also a British organization. The plot thickens no pun intended.

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Medoner is hard at work isn’t she? 
 

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There could be a hund—.. 2.5 million people on a beach but all it takes is just one person to not believe in you and that’s BBC.

  

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They talk about the beach but there were LOTS of people BEHIND the stage and in between the streets so...

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4 hours ago, elsamars said:

Apparently, Rio City Hall lied because of attention

Of course they did, all hail factual BBC

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9 minutes ago, HeAteMyh3art said:

Of course they did, all hail factual BBC

University of Sao Paolo made an analysis and found around 1 million people which coincides with the number given in BBC’s analysis video. They lied about Madonna’s number too. It’s all for tourism.

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27 minutes ago, elsamars said:

University of Sao Paolo made an analysis and found around 1 million people which coincides with the number given in BBC’s analysis video. They lied about Madonna’s number too. It’s all for tourism.

But Jorge Ben and Rod Stewart are gonna keep their numbers? Likely story