Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2017 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES YEARENDER: In his own words: Telling the truth, Duterte-style The president has failed to follow his own advice, making false claims, flip-flops and misleading statements all year round. By VERA FILES | Dec 29, 2017 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Revilla DID NOT do a tell-all on ex-President Aquino This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it. By VERA FILES | Dec 29, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES YEARENDER: And 2017’s False Claim of the Year is… More than a third of the voters chose the president’s conflicting claims on his wealth. By VERA FILES | Dec 28, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: How old is Isabelle Duterte? She’s 17, per her father’s SALNs since 2007 Google's featured snippets are not always reliable. By VERA Files | Dec 28, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Duterte NOT declared as world’s best president This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it. By VERA FILES | Dec 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES YEARENDER: Who benefited most from fake news, and other questions, answered in three charts Patterns emerged from our 16 weeks of fake news coverage to date. By VERA FILES | Dec 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES YEARENDER: Explaining the president, the 2017 edition Watch this video to see how else both made sense of the president’s controversial pronouncements. By VERA FILES | Dec 21, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque underplays Duterte flip-flop on same-sex marriage Roque described Duterte’s recent flip-flop on same-sex marriage as "somewhat new." It's not. By VERA FILES | Dec 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES YEARENDER: The most repeated false claims of 2017 One of the laws of propaganda goes, “A lie told often enough becomes true.” By VERA FILES | Dec 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: VP poll recount NOT YET decided This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it. By VERA Files | Dec 15, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on asking for emergency powers President Rodrigo Duterte in a speech December 7 in Clark, Pampanga claimed he never asked for emergency powers. In his first SONA, he did. By VERA Files | Dec 13, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s grim portrait of war on drugs is not supported by gov’t data Government figures tell a different story. By VERA FILES | Dec 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 13 Older posts