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Checked by FACTLY29 Sep 2020IndiaPolitics and government
Social media posts

“MGM Healthcare hospital refused to release the mortal remains of S.P. Balasubrahmanyam till the balance amount of 1.85 crores was not cleared. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s daughter cleared the bill and got the body released”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: S.P. Charan, son of the late singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam refuted all these allegations. In his press meet along with MGM hospital doctors, he clarified that there was no truth in the rumours about Vice President Venkai…

Checked by FACTLY29 Sep 2020IndiaPolitics and government
Social media posts

“The government has come up with a new bill – the ‘Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017’, which has now been referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee before getting it passed in the parliament”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The ‘FRDI Bill, 2017’ mentioned in the post has already been withdrawn by the government back in 2018. So, there is no such bill now which is pending in the Parliament. In July 2020, the Government has clarified that it…

Checked by PolitiFact28 Sep 2020United StatesPolitics and government
Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee

“Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Barrett hasn’t written a lot about the Affordable Care Act, but what she has written has been decidedly negative about the Supreme Court’s 2012 ruling upholding its constitutionality.

Checked by Washington Post22 Sep 2020United StatesPolitics and government
National Republican Congressional Committee, campaign organization

“Malinowski tried to make it easier for predators to hide in the shadows. Malinowski worked as the top lobbyist for a radical group that strongly opposed the national sex offender registry. Law enforcement praised the national sex offender registry that Tom Malinowski led an effort to stop.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The bulk of the evidence shows Malinowski played no role in this debate.