“Claim: Fuel filling video of Rafale jet in mid-air”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
Economy and jobs
1,152 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“The Agaram Foundation has budgeted Rs. 2 lakh crore between 2006 and 2020. 15000 crore has been accounted for by the Income Tax Department. This is the problem. How can an NGO fund so many crores? Was black money used to exchange on a commission basis ??? The background is also being investigated as several thousand crores have come from Mumbai alone. Let’s wait and see.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Yesterday I signed four measures that will massively reduce the prices of prescription drugs, in many cases by more than 50%.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Too Soon to Tell
FactCheck.org says: That could happen for some individuals, but it remains to be seen how the orders will be implemented and whether they will result in such large reductions.
“Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The assertions in this post not only range from unsupported to incorrect, but they have been circulating consistently for almost a decade and a half despite repeated debunkings by fact-checkers as well as the L.A. Times.
“There's no subsidisation of Australia's fossil fuel industries”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Drawing a long bow
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Canavan is drawing a long bow. There are many ways to define "subsidisation". The Q+A audience member who questioned Senator Canavan cited figures from a 2019 International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper whic…
“Duterte legalized Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and Filipinos are benefitting from the income taxes paid by them.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
“Bank of America just pledged $1 billion dollars to Black Lives Matter.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Bank of America announced it would donate $1 billion to communities of color and minority-owned businesses affected by COVID-19. The bank did not pledge to contribute any funds directly to Black Lives Matter.
“Monthly Goods Trade surplus for the first time in 18 years and is a realisation of the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
“Prathap NM was awarded the ‘Albert Einstein Innovation Gold Medal’ at the CeBIT trade fair in 2018.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Media network ABS-CBN only paid "P1.4 billion worth of taxes" in the last 18 years, compared to the exact same amount paid by GMA Network for year 2018 alone.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“If you look at the numbers in the budget papers, the ABC's funding is rising. It's all laid out in the budget papers.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Fletcher's claim is misleading. The budget papers show that nominal funding for the ABC's operational budget increases marginally within the current triennial funding cycle from 2019-20 to 2021-22. However, when Mr F…
“Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The post is correct in saying that some businesses connected to prominent Republicans have received money as part of the program. But in some cases the post oversimplifies their connection to those businesses.
“Price of petrol in other countries is very low compared to that in India.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: There are vast discrepancies between the price given in the list and the actual price in the respective country. Price per liter in some countries is high compared to India.
“China has been stealing our manufacturing, costing Wisconsin almost 90,000 jobs.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: One study blamed nearly all U.S. manufacturing job loss on China, but several others say factors such as productivity played an equal or greater role.
“India’s debt is increased steeply from US$ 296 billion in 2014 to US$ 486 billion in 2018.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: According to the Ministry of Finance data, the total outstanding debt of India by 31 March 2014 is US$ 929.6 billion, whereas by 31 March 2018, it stood at US$ 1265.7 billion. It saw a gradual increase during these year…
“Uwezo loans Facebook page”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“MUDRA Loan Approval Letters asking borrowers to pay legal charge/processing fee for loan disbursement.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: There are a lot of inconsistencies and mistakes in the approval letters. Neither ‘Mudra Finance Private Limited’ nor ‘Mudra Finance Limited’ can be found in the ‘List of Partner institutions shortlisted to be partners o…
“The power of tariffs being imposed on foreign lands that took advantage of the United States for decades and decades have enabled us to make great trade deals where there were none.”
PolitiFact rated this: Experts see few gains
PolitiFact says: Whether Trump’s trade deals have been "great" is a matter of opinion, but a range of trade specialists told PolitiFact that Trump’s trade policy has, at a minimum, been less than successful.
“Says the Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True