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 THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Marcos poll case vs Robredo NOT yet decided This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 10, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: News on Duterte’s ICC trial fake We checked. The story is fabricated. By VERA FILES | Nov 3, 2017 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Aquino, allies DID NOT transfer Marcos gold to foreign company These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Nov 3, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte wrong in saying PH did not get anything from UN President Rodrigo Duterte claims the Philippines gets nothing from the United Nations. We checked. The president is wrong. By VERA Files | Oct 30, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Aquino DID NOT twit Duterte over killing of terrorists These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Oct 27, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on declaring ‘revolutionary government’ Duterte now threatens to declare a revolutionary government, an idea that only a month ago he said he would not entertain. By VERA Files | Oct 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: CBCP DID NOT condemn killings of Maute, Hapilon These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Oct 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Poe rethinks right of reply stand In several interviews in 2013, Poe said the right of reply is a form of media censorship. By VERA FILES | Oct 20, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says ‘Yellows’ and ‘Reds’ should merge; that doesn’t make sense Recent and distant history do not bear out the president's blanket claim. By VERA Files | Oct 19, 2017 | 8-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Vice mayor Belmonte wrong in saying most road crashes in QC happen at night Three out of five crashes in QC happen during daytime. By VERA FILES | Oct 18, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNP Chief Dela Rosa repeats faulty definition of EJKs The SC in a 2007 ruling defined EJKs as “killings committed without due process of law.” By VERA Files | Oct 16, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: There is NO recent COA report on pork barrel scam involving Pangilinan These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Oct 13, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cayetano rehashes debunked claims in Al Jazeera interview In an interview with Al Jazeera, he made at least three false claims in a span of 12 minutes. By VERA Files | Oct 12, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: 3 facts about depression Depression is not just a creation of the mind -- it is a common and treatable illness. By VERA FILES | Oct 10, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In his own words: Duterte sometimes poor, sometimes rich President Rodrigo Duterte in some speeches says he is poor, while in others, he says he is rich. By VERA Files | Oct 6, 2017 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: War in Marawi NOT YET over These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Oct 6, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Timeline of false claims by PH gov’t on UN human rights report The thread of disinformation dates back to May. By VERA Files | Oct 5, 2017 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK Aquino list shows many fake news sites bear Duterte’s name The list includes 87 websites, 95 Facebook and 56 Youtube pages. By Lucille Sodipe | Oct 4, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING 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. 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