“Claim: DMK government not hiked milk price”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
Politics and government
4,522 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Claim: Nandhini Anandan not protested against DMK government”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Altered
“Photo of Delhi-based businessman Navneet Kalra posing with Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The person posing with Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in the photos is Chef Augusto Cabrera, a managing partner at Town Hall restaurant that is owned by businessman Navneet Kalra. Recently, Delhi Police personn…
“Vice President Leni Robredo posed in front of Sen. Leila de Lima's jail cell as its facade was being painted”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to “blow up” (pasabugin) the country's ties with China over the West Philippine Sea issue”
Vera Files rated this: False
“President Rodrigo Duterte said former president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio sold the West Philippine Sea to China”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Video of BJP volunteers vandalising their party office over non-availability of oxygen cylinders.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video actually shows Sagarika Sarkar, BJP leader, and Malda district council member, along with her supporters vandalising the party office in Gazole, a municipality in Malda district of West Bengal. She did this to…
“Claim: Vikatan not published this cover story on DMK MP Senthil Kumar”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Claim: Misinformation that Kiran Bedi has been appointed as governor of Tamil Nadu”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Claim: Sylendra Babu not appointed as DGP of Law and Order”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“President Rodrigo Duterte has removed Manny Pacquiao from his position as president of PDP Laban”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Claim: PM Modi assured that MK Stalin will inaugurate the AIIMS at Madurai as Chief Minister”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“A law providing P10,000 cash aid to victims of calamities in the country has been approved.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Every migrant child being brought to a shelter is being given a copy of [Vice President Kamala Harris’] children’s book.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: A single copy of Vice President Kamala Harris’ children’s book was one of many titles donated to a shelter for immigrant children in Long Beach, California.
“Video shows President Joe Biden saying: "No one should have to choose between a job and a paycheck.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Missing Context
FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden said, "No one should have to choose between a job and a paycheck or taking care of themselves and their loved ones." Partisan social media posts used only the first part of that statement.
“Law enforcement violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men and women in the US.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Police violence is a leading cause of death for young black men, but it is not at the top of the list, according to academic research and federal data.
“Human trafficking and drugs” at the Mexico border have “doubled, tripled and quadrupled” since Joe Biden became president.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Experts say it takes time after someone enters the U.S. for them to be subjected to sex or labor trafficking, and there aren’t statistics yet for Biden’s presidency. The number of drug seizure events is up 11%.
“The Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Justice, and the Philippine National Police have said there were no instructions to profile the organizers of community pantries.”
Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop
Vera Files says: Top officials of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), including National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy and Southern Luzon Command…
“Video shows President Joe Biden saying "bingo" after a reporter says: “To gun owners out there who say, well, a Biden administration means they’re going to come for my guns.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Out of Context
FactCheck.org says: The video leaves out Biden's full answer, which makes clear he was referring only to the purchase of semi-automatic firearms, or so-called assault weapons.
“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game” for Supreme Court nominations.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Cruz’s comment ignores that Republicans gave diametrically opposite treatment to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland and President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.