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 30 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 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: A brief history of impeachment in the Philippines Here’s a five-minute video summing up 68 years of impeachment history in the Philippines. By VERA FILES | Dec 11, 2017 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PTV, PNA mislead audience on ADB report Neither the PTV nor the PNA report accurately reflects the evaluation of the ADB report. By VERA FILES | Dec 9, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Russian President Putin DID NOT send Duterte military aid to crush NPA This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it. By VERA FILES | Dec 8, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Vote for the 2017 False Claim of the Year What do you think was 2017’s false claim of the year? Let us know by taking this survey. By VERA Files | Dec 7, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte cherry-picks evidence to support claim that cannabis increases lung cancer risk The president ignored the bulk of scientific evidence with contrary findings. By VERA Files | Dec 5, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Duterte flip-flop on ‘coalition government’ with CPP, as Sison claims? Sison got the flip-flop right, but the instance wrong. By VERA FILES | Dec 4, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Jackie Chan DID NOT make a film about Duterte This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it. By VERA Files | Dec 1, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Marcos NOT proclaimed vice president This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Impeachment of the chief justice, explained It's more than just a numbers game. By VERA FILES | Nov 23, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK Bill seeking to criminalize fake news ‘potentially unconstitutional’—advocates They called on the Senate not to pass the bill. By Jake Soriano | Nov 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Human rights violations were publicly mentioned in ASEAN, contrary to Duterte’s claim Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did. By VERA FILES | Nov 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Matt Damon DID NOT say Duterte’s the ‘last man standing’ in drug war While the story was posted under “Humor and Satire,” several Facebook followers praised Damon for “supporting” Duterte. By VERA Files | Nov 17, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: PH’s war against human trafficking Three facts about the country’s war against modern slavery. By VERA Files | Nov 16, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline of landmark ASEAN document on migrant workers Here’s a timeline of the journey from the ASEAN declaration in 2007 to the consensus in 2017. By Contributed By Charmaine C. Deogracias | Nov 14, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK ASEAN pushes for media literacy to fight fake news The AMRI is proposing a region-wide media literacy program among different stakeholders, including students, he said, that would tackle the spread of misinformation. By Maria Feona Imperial | Nov 14, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: ‘Extra-legal’ and ‘extrajudicial’ killings, explained “EJK” is the more popular term, but “ELK” is more commonly used in legal documents as it is broader, and “embraces any situation where somebody was killed without due process,” said lawyer Romel Bagares. By VERA FILES | Nov 14, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is fake news? Here’s a rundown of different definitions. By VERA Files | Nov 13, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque flubs Duterte survey ratings Available data from SWS and Pulse Asia do not support his claim. 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