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 FACT SHEET: What is malice in libel cases? It comes in two forms: malice in law and malice in fact. By VERA FILES | Oct 2, 2017 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Lawmaker wrongly insists data on child restraints lacking There are more than enough studies that prove child restraints such as car seats save lives. By VERA FILES | Oct 2, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Duterte DID NOT sign any ‘no homework policy’ 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. By VERA FILES | Sep 29, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The 1993 secret deal: what the Marcoses wanted in exchange for their ill-gotten wealth Duterte wants a compromise deal with the Marcoses. But if history were any indication, getting a deal is not going to be easy. By VERA FILES | Sep 28, 2017 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DFA, PCOO spread fake news about outcome of PH human rights report at the UN There was no “big victory” in Geneva, and no UN “recognition” of the Philippine human rights record under Duterte. By VERA Files | Sep 27, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: These are the crimes Duterte has said he’d committed If he were not president, Duterte could be penalized for these crimes. By VERA FILES | Sep 26, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: The number of pro-Duterte rallyists was NOT three times as that of anti-gov’t protesters; 3 Catholic schools did NOT threaten students who refused to join rallies; there is NO news site Aljazeera-tv.com 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. By VERA FILES | Sep 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The sins of martial law, in tranches Three facts on the monumental challenges the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board faces. By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Must reads on the Philippine economy under Marcos The 20-year Marcos presidency was not a golden age. By VERA Files | Sep 21, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Use of ‘alleged’ not a defense against libel PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is wrong. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK 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. By VERA FILES | Sep 15, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DFA press release distorts facts about Philippine human rights report Only eight countries expressed qualified support for PH war on drugs. By VERA FILES | Sep 15, 2017 | 7-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 13 Older posts
