“The Philippines has "a very free media" compared to Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam.”
What Vera Files found
Press freedom in the Philippines does not fare better than Singapore and Malaysia, according to the Paris-based World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Based on the 2022 ranking of the international media freedom watchdog, the Philippines is 147th out of 180 countries while Malaysia placed 113th and Singapore, 139th. Vietnam ranked lower than the three countries at 174th.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Migz Zubiri made this claim around 7 November 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 14 November 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Migz Zubiri has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- legacy.senate.gov.phhttps://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2022/1107_prib1.asp
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Related checks
- Vera Files: Hindi totoo“Ang Pilipinas ay may "napakamalayang media" kumpara sa Singapore, Malaysia at Vietnam.”