Tagum City, Philippines - CNN captioned the rally of Leni Robredo in Tagum City with around 35,000 supporters stormed to the venue while other posts on social media mentioned 65,000 and even 155,000 attendees. The said reports were being criticized for spreading fake news but the news outlets including Rappler remain firm in their social media posts.
Photos taken from the said event immediately spread online which utterly showed that the participants could be just even below 5,000 people. How come that the figures being reported by large news agencies are way over than the actual headcount in the event?