What happens when public officials, media outlets and online users keep repeating false statements?
VERA Files Fact Check looks back on the most repeated lies that circulated this year: from the investigation of the International Criminal Court on the Philippines’ war on drugs to the red-tagging of former vice president Leni Robredo to the Marcos family’s stolen wealth.
See related fact-checks:
- Panelo repeats wrong claim that ICC has ‘no jurisdiction’ to probe Duterte’s drug war
- Duterte’s claim on PH non-membership in ICC lacks context
- Justice Secretary’s comment on ICC jurisdiction needs context
- For the second time, Justice secretary’s claim on ICC jurisdiction over PH needs context
- The ICC HAS jurisdiction to investigate in PH
- For the nth time, Duterte falsely claims all ICC judges are ‘white’
- Eagle News, NET25 report baseless claim that CPP founder Joma Sison advises Robredo presidential bid
- Claim that CPP founder Joma Sison ‘advises’ Robredo presidential campaign has no basis
- For the nth time, Badoy makes BASELESS claims on Robredo, partylists’ ‘ties’ with CPP-NPA-NDF
- Narvacan Mayor Chavit Singson wrongly claims $650M Marcos Swiss bank deposits are ‘not ill-gotten’
- Duterte understates his salary for the nth time
- Marcoleta repeats false claims about ABS-CBN
- Joma Sison, adviser ni Leni Robredo? (Tsek.ph)
- CPP founder Joma Sison not Robredo’s adviser (Tsek.ph)
- Totoo o Hindi? Adviser nga ba ni VP Leni Robredo si Jose Maria Sison ng Communist Party of the Philippines? (Tsek.ph)
- Joma Sison, umamin daw bilang adviser ni VP Leni Robredo? (Tsek.ph)
- Vaccines don’t cause infection, contrary to presidential bet’s claim (Tsek.ph)
- FACT CHECK: ‘Di totoong nakakapagpasa ng COVID-19 ang pagbabakuna (Tsek.ph)
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Check out these sources
VERA Files Fact Check, Database from Jan. 7, 2022 to Nov. 30, 2022
JM Lanuza, Personal communication (interview), Dec. 3, 2022
ABS-CBN News Channel Headstart, Headstart: PH Senatorial aspirant Salvador Panelo, April 7, 2022
DU30 MEDIA Network, Communist founder Joma Sison na Adviser ni VP Leni Robredo may inamin…, April 3, 2022
Jose Maria Sison YouTube channel, The Filipino People in Struggle, April 23, 2022
ABS-CBN News Channel, Robredo camp files cyber-libel complaint vs. People’s Journal, People’s Journal Tonight, May 6, 2022
ABS-CBN News, Why Chavit Singson is campaigning for Bongbong Marcos, Sara Duterte?, Feb. 18, 2022
World Health Organization, LIVE: Q&A COVID-19 boosters and latest science developments with Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Nov. 25, 2022
House of Representatives, 19th Congress 1st Regular Session #08, Aug. 15, 2022
Senate of the Philippines, Committee on Public Services (February 24, 2020), Feb. 24, 2020
