“Claim: DMK minister ponmudi not ordered to shoot the vanniyar caste fanatics”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
Politics and government
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“Karnataka Congress government has set multiple requirements to qualify for the free electricity scheme”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Karnataka government has announced to roll out the scheme from 01 July 2023 and will be reflected in the bills of power consumers from the month of August 2023. However, contrary to the claim made in the viral post, all…
“The Karnataka state football team recently won the Santosh Trophy in Saudi Arabia, and the players were treated like this by the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Congressmen have plenty of time for terrorists like Yasin Malik, Afzal Guru. Courts are opened at midnight to defend terrorists.”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“Dance video of women claiming to be union minister Meenakshi Lekhi.”
Youturn rated this: False
“Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Trump’s time in office saw 472 measures on immigration that had drastic implications, according to one think tank’s estimate. His executive actions included efforts to restrict access at the southern border.
“Karnataka Electricity department is paying for the promises of #Congress #CongressMuktBharat”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“Photo collage shows ongoing government preparations for typhoon Chedeng”
FactRakers rated this: MISLEADING
FactRakers says: Photos of relief operations for previous typhoons were recycled
“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Family separations rarely happened under the Obama administration, which sought to keep families together in detention. Separations under Trump occurred systematically.
“A video shows Nigerian officials reopening the Idiroko Border in Nigeria after President Tinubu ordered the immediate opening of all borders in 2023”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“A woman gets garlanded, and kisses are blown at her while joining the Congress party in Karnataka”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video features Odisha Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati and his wife, Meenakshi Bahinipati, and neither of them is associated with the Karnataka Congress
“President Joe Biden showed signs of cognitive decline when he walked away from an Air Force Falcons presentation with a jersey, snubbing a signed football and helmet.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The full video showed that Biden held the jersey, football and helmet, thanked the Air Force Falcons and posed for pictures.
“Video of President Droupadi Murmu, supporting protesting wrestlers”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The viral excerpt is from President Murmu’s speech during the inauguration of Jharkhand’s new High Court on 24 May 2023. On this occation, she spoke about ensuring justice to the public. She urged the government and the…
“President Biden is very angry on Rahul Gandhi”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lutang (spaced out)”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“The monthly salary of Rodrigo Duterte when he was president was P197,000.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: From 2019 until his term ended in June 2022, Duterte’s monthly salary ranged from P388,096 to P399,739. When he assumed the presidency in June 2016, it was at P160,924 to P165,752 a month, but it increased almost two-fo…
“I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward, the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship.”
Washington Post rated this: Legal experts disagree
Washington Post says: The court are unlikely to look with favor on an executive order
“Kejriwal will resign from the post of CM of Delhi in support of wrestlers. Even then, if the government does not agree, then they can even leave the country.”
Youturn rated this: False
“The EDSA Greenways Project “is one of the projects of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: The EDSA Greenways Project was conceptualized in 2017 under the Duterte administration. The five-kilometer elevated walkway, estimated to cost $179.3 million, was intended to promote the use of public transport and impr…
“This also is the largest cut that Congress has ever voted on, more than $2.1 trillion.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Under no metric does this deal rank as the biggest
“An anthem with 99 names of Allah, created by NewZeland government !!”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: Misleading