“President Ferdinand Marcos laughed at the Filipino who was put to death in Saudi Arabia.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Oct 2024.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading
What Vera Files found
Marcos let out a brief cynical chuckle when he talked about appealing to the “better nature” of Saudi officials, he did not laugh at the matter of the executed Filipino.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 October 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 18 October 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vracRqiJWao
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