The Atlantic did not publish a headline about a man flashing a 6-year-old child at the New York City Pride parade, a spokesperson for the media outlet confirmed.
A screenshot of a purported article on The Atlantic with the headline, "At this weekend's Pride parade a man exposed his genitals to my 6 year old.
We have reported this as fake and as a trademark infringement.”The fabricated article also incorrectly credits the photograph of the Pride parade to Reuters.
Reuters has debunked several misleading claims surrounding the Pride movement since the beginning of June, which is celebrated as Pride Month: (here), (here), (here).
The Atlantic’s headline about indecent exposure at the 2023 NYC Pride March is fabricated.
Persons:
Anna Bross, Mykal McEldowney, Read
Organizations:
New York, Twitter, Facebook, The, Reuters
Locations:
New York City