“Nita Ambani tweeted criticizing Opposition party leaders and Bollywood actors for their silence on the death of sadhus in the Palghar mob lynching incident”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
Politics and government
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“Philippine senator Risa Hontiveros said she's out to destroy the government”
FactRakers rated this: False
“Governor Gretchen Whitmer spent the past weekend at her VACATION COTTAGE at Birch Lake. Violating her own EXECUTIVE ORDER.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“In 1986, the founder of the Times Square Church prophesied that he saw “a plague coming on the world and the bars and church and government will shut down,” with New York City especially hard hit.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Times Square Church, where David Wilkerson was founder, stated that there was no record of him ever predicting this in any of his sermons, books or speeches.
“Photo of Congress President Sonia Gandhi”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Long before Trump became president, immigrants living in the country illegally were generally ineligible for federal public benefits.
“Key Takeaways of IMF webinar chaired by former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Says Bill O'Reilly wrote a post claiming that the coronavirus was created as a bioweapon by the Chinese government.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence Bill O’Reilly wrote a lengthy essay that pushes a debunked conspiracy theory about the origins of the coronavirus.
“Government of India launched a beta version of a new video conferencing tool – ‘Namaste’”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has said that there is no 'Hindu' among those arrested in the Palghar lynching incident”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“A photo taken by a journalist showing a beach in Jacksonville, Fla., isn't from after the government reopened the beach as news reports have claimed.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Democrats are on vacation until May 4 and “refuse to come back” to sign a bill to help small businesses.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are in recess until May 4 to avoid transmitting the coronavirus. No political party has refused to come back.
“Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Experts say executive orders, proclamations, and similar orders now being issued to curb the spread of coronavirus carry the same weight as conventional, legislature-passed laws.
“Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Obama is on the strongest ground if you compare Biden’s platform with an absolute concept of liberalism. However, in his own time, Biden is hardly on his party’s ideological vanguard, unlike some previous nominees.
“Department of Social Welfare and Development secretary Rolando Bautista said 80% of the 18 million intended beneficiaries of the government's social amelioration program have received aid”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Jackie Chan said Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is an exemplary and very good president”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“New communication regulations by the government - all calls will be recorded, social media accounts will be monitored, and phones will be connected to the ministry”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that’s the way it’s got to be. It’s total.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“Listen to this jihadi's warning of openly saying that he will not follow the instructions of the government”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True