“They oppose NEET but congratulate the poor woman who passes the NEET exam”
Youturn rated this: Fake
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“ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: ABC News denied the claim, and there is no evidence that the news organization published any altered images of the gunman.
“Photos of a person in a skirt show the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Students in Wilkes County, North Carolina, “identify themselves as cats or ‘furries’” and “have asked for litter boxes to be placed in school restrooms for them to use.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A photo shows students in Lviv celebrating Adolf Hitler’s birthday.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Bill mandating ROTC for senior high school students approved”
FactRakers rated this: MISLEADING
FactRakers says: The bill is still pending in Congress. A similar bill in the previous Congress was passed only by the House of Representatives.
“Contact information to avail free textbooks and school fee for poor children”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The same message has been doing rounds on the internet at least since 2015. However, these numbers are currently inactive, and the list does not provide any details of the sponsors. There is no information about any org…
“When there is “a noose on a college dorm of a Black student” or a racial slur “on a dormitory building, the odds are overwhelming that a Black student actually did that.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The following are anti-government party-lists: Kabataan Partylist, Bayan Muna, Migrante Partylist, Kalikasan Partylist, Courage Partylist, Anakpawis Partylist, ACT Teachers Partylist, Katribu Partylist, GABRIELA Women’s Party, League of Filipino Students, Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (MAKABAYAN), Kilusang Mayo Uno, Anakbayan, Kadamay.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Biden to teachers: ‘They're not somebody else's children. They're yours when you're in the classroom.’”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Biden was talking about educators’ responsibility to their students and urged them to treat kids in the classroom with care, as if they were their own children. He told teachers students were "like" their own.
“Photo of the youth who were caught while making explosives inside the Allahabad University”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: Photo of the youth who were caught while making explosives inside the Allahabad University
“For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Biden served as Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, but it was closer to two years than four, and his duties were not full-time.
“Cebu school required students to attend Robredo event”
FactRakers rated this: MISLEADING
FactRakers says: School memo invited, not required students to attend
“GOI introduced a new application portal for providing free smartphones to financially backward students”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The registration link shared in the post is a fraudulent one. The link redirects the user to a blog and asks for personal details. It also asks the user to share the message until the blue bar provided below in the port…
“Photo of a luxurious hostel constructed in JNU specifically for the Muslim students coming from Jammu and Kashmir”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post shows the Jammu and Kashmir hostel constructed in the Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI) in Delhi and not JNU. The criteria for hostel admissions in both JNU and JMI Universities are pure…
“Colleges in Karnataka repealed dress code, and now students will be able to attend the class wearing hijab”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Karnataka government did not repeal dress code in educational institutions. Thus the ban on hijab in government institutions is still in place. As far as the private institutions are concerned, these institutions do not…
“Photo collage proving that JNU students faked their injuries amidst the violence in JNU on Ram Navami”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: There was a gap of six minutes between the two photos. The photo where the woman in the blue dress was unconscious was taken at 8:15 pm. The other photo of a woman bleeding was taken at 8:21 pm after she was hit by a ro…
“Video of Maharashtra Navanirman Sena activists forcefully making a Muslim teacher to offer saffron shawls to girl students”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows a recent incident that took place during ‘The Kashmir Files’ film screening at a theatre in Nashik, Maharashtra. On 23 March 2022, a scuffle broke at this theatre after a group of wome…
“High grades a requisite for free college tuition from state”
FactRakers rated this: NEEDS CONTEXT
FactRakers says: The free tuition law didn't specify maintaining grades, but state colleges and universities may do so