“Southern Leyte governor Damian Mercado said Vice President Leni Robredo brought nothing with her when she visited the region battered by Typhoon Odette in 2021”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Politics and government
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“Tennessee Republicans are advancing a ‘marry little kids’ bill that will allow them to marry children of any age.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: The Tennessee bill initially omitted a minimum age, but was amended on April 6 to say individuals must be at least 18 years old.
“California introduces new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to 7 days after birth.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The bill would not legalize killing newborns. It would prevent people from being prosecuted for ending a pregnancy, experiencing pregnancy loss or losing a baby after it is born due to a pregnancy-related cause.
“TATA authorities recently transferred the President’s daughter to internal affairs, for security reasons”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: President of India’s daughter, Ms. Swati Kovind was a cabin crew in Air India. She worked in Boeing 787, Boeing 777 flights before being deputed with Air India’s integration department in 2017, for security reasons. TAT…
“Russian President Vladimir Putin called Pakistan a land just used as a cemetery for Pakistanis”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Vladimir Putin did not make any such statement about Pakistan. When a similar quote with the text, “Africa is just a cemetery of Africans”, was attributed to Putin in 2018, the Ministry of Ghana through a Facebook post …
“Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The plan is not a “Senate Republicans’ plan.” It's a plan by Sen. Rick Scott that does not explicitly end Social Security and Medicare. It proposes the sunsetting of all federal laws.
“Says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country doesn’t have to deal with the “rage of older white men” because “we’ve never allowed Rupert Murdoch to set up a media outlet here.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The quote is fabricated. A communications expert in New Zealand made a related comment to The Guardian in 2020, but even that quote is distorted in this social media post.
“The Guinness World Records officially deleted the title 'greatest robbery of a government' held by the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. over lack of evidence to prove the claim”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Image of the New York Times article on the Aam Aadmi Party’s 25 crore people rally in Gujarat”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: A huge rally was held on 02 April 2022 by Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Ahmedabad, Gujarat where many people turned up. However, there is no article on the Aam Aadmi Party that was published…
“Claim: brahmin association president narayanan not made this statement”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Maryam Nawaz Sharif gave a video statement against Prime Minister Imran Khan while intoxicated.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Doctored
“Photo of AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The photo of Raghav Chadha has been edited and make-up added. The photo of Aam Aadmi Party member and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha is from the Lakme Fashion Week 2022; he participated for his maternal uncle who is a fas…
“A photo of President Joe Biden leaving for Europe that the White House tweeted wasn’t actually taken on March 23.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden didn’t sign an antilynching bill in a ceremony outside the White House on March 29.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Russian President Vladimir Putin “was assassinated.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“A video shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy singing “Imagine” by John Lennon.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Tamil Nadu finance minister P.T.R Palanivel Thiagarajan said the jacket worn by Stalin in Dubai is worth Rs. 17 crore.”
Sunanda Naik rated this: FALSE
“Claim: explainer for the tamil nadu government motels tender order”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“A newspaper clipping is being shared in the post. It says that Yogi Adityanath will be the Home Minister and Amit Shah will be the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: he news used in the viral post is a satirical news.
“Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab has taken a big decision of doing away with pensions for former MLAs and Ministers”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: There are reports about AAP government in Punjab is plannning at discontinuing the multiple pensions available for former MLAs. Instead, the government is mulling over the idea of ‘one MLA one Pension’. However, the gov…