“Former broadcaster Jay Sonza shared a screenshot of a misleading post that allegedly shows celebrities violating mandatory safety protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while protesting in support of ABS-CBN Corp.”
What Vera Files found
The photo was taken from a Rappler article published on Feb. 28 that reports on a second prayer rally, that took place two weeks before ECQ, organized by employees and supporters of ABS-CBN, and attended by celebrities from the network seeking a renewal of its franchise.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jay Sonza made this claim around 22 July 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 23 July 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Jay Sonza has 16 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 11 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttp://archive.vn/rtx7g
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.