Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post comparing Manila Bay rehab budget to multiple gov’t projects NEEDS CONTEXT The post misleads with its budget figures of the on-going Manila Bay rehabilitation and recent government projects.These figures are inaccurate and need context. By VERA Files | Oct 7, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another FB post spreads FALSE comparison of housing under ‘disente’ vs ‘bastos’ time The “after” image, showing colorful, developed houses, was taken over a decade ago and more than six years before President Rodrigo Duterte took office. By VERA Files | Oct 6, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque wrongly claims EU has not withdrawn any country from its tariff-free trade scheme Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque erroneously claimed that the European Union (EU) has not delisted any country from its Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP), which removes taxes from several products exported by developing countries like the Philippines. By VERA Files | Oct 6, 2020 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK How does VERA Files rate its fact checks? VERA Files Fact Check has two fact-checking initiatives that follow the same ratings system. By VERA Files | Oct 5, 2020 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte negates Locsin, contradicts past pronouncements in raising arbitral win in UN President Rodrigo Duterte contradicted his top diplomat when he affirmed the Philippines’ historic arbitral victory against China on the South China Sea dispute during his debut appearance at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) on Sept. 22. By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2020 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post comparing Manila Bay rehab with old toilet project has MISLEADING budget figures The budget for the ‘entire’ Manila Bay rehabilitation is P47 billion, not P389 million. By VERA Files | Sep 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post FALSELY claims coronavirus is not real, paints INACCURATE comparison of COVID-19 situation abroad The post also echoed already-debunked claims in other conspiracy theories about COVID-19. By VERA Files | Sep 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gina Linetti is NOT an Italian senator, nor did she praise Duterte She’s a character from the American cop comedy show Brooklyn Nine-Nine. By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report on COA ‘suing’ OVP for unutilized funds bears FALSE HEADLINE COA made no such claim in its 2019 audit of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post on the ‘dangers of face masks’ carries multiple FALSE claims Properly designed masks are porous, allowing oxygen and carbon dioxide to travel in and out of it. By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video debunking a hoax on Kuya Kim Atienza MISLEADING It has sowed further misinformation because of a misleading headline and thumbnail. By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Wearing a face mask DOES NOT cause cancer The post is premised on a false and already-debunked claim about masks causing oxygen deficiency. By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 213 214 215 216 217 … 323 Older posts
