Using various online tools, VERA Files tracks FAKE NEWS that have trended online this week. We read fake news, so you don’t have to.
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THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Vilma Santos-Recto DID NOT vote to slash the CHR budget; Lagman DID NOT say he’d file an impeachment complaint against Duterte and Henry Sy’s daughter DID NOT trash Duterte’s critics.
These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gov’t officials linked to website spreading news claiming Hontiveros called for Duterte ouster deny involvement
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THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: There is NO recent COA report on pork barrel scam involving Pangilinan
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THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Sara Duterte did NOT call Rappler, Liberal Party ‘idiots’
THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Duterte NOT after P8.4B Aquino allegedly stole in right-of-way scam
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