You’ll notice that this denial is carefully crafted to not deny anything in particular.

Anytime someone issues a general, hazy, vague denial, and avoids denying the specific things denied, they’re just admitting that it’s true.

“False information” can mean something like, “We didn’t order it, we strongly suggested it.”

[It’s a non-denial denial! I share Ace’s skepticism, given the number of such reports about Pride paraphernalia being taken down. It may not have been a corporate edict, but I’d bet that word went out sotto voce to dial the Pride down from a venti to half a grande. — Ed]