“Philstar is now a venue for fake news. It reported Robredo is more searched than Marcos. This is false.”
What Vera Files found
Tiglao is incorrect. The data he posted used “search terms,” while Google Trends, as cited by the Philippine Star report, uses “topics” dedicated to specific presidential candidates. Interest for terms and topics are measured differently by Google.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rigoberto “Bobi” Tiglao made this claim around 11 March 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 30 March 2022, 19 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Rigoberto “Bobi” Tiglao has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/3VQ3-GHRZ
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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.