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 SHEET: The issue over ABS-CBN’s blocktime agreement After the committee on legislative franchises of the House of Representatives rejected ABS-CBN’s bid for a new 25-year franchise, some lawmakers still wanted an investigation of the network’s blocktime agreement with AMCARA Broadcasting Network. By VERA Files | Jul 14, 2020 | 8-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on communist threat, makes wrong claim on vaccines As petitions contesting the newly enacted Anti-Terror Law pile up, President Rodrigo Duterte went from tagging communists as the country’s “number one threat” to saying they are the “least” of its worries. By VERA Files | Jul 13, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Disente vs bastos time’ posts on Boracay MISLEAD with 2017 post-typhoon photos A reverse image search reveals the images were taken in the aftermath of Typhoon Urduja. By VERA Files | Jul 13, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizen says COVID-19 ‘isn’t real,’ recites string of FALSE claims The netizen repeatedly mentioned conspiracy theories surrounding the disease that have been debunked by multiple fact checkers around the world. By VERA Files | Jul 12, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB user posts a FAKE Sharon Cuneta quote There is no evidence of the actress making such a statement. By VERA Files | Jul 12, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bela Padilla is NOT dead There are no news reports of Padilla being involved in a road mishap. By VERA Files | Jul 11, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Puregold raffles bait netizens The bogus giveaways claim to raffle off P10,000 daily, among others. By VERA Files | Jul 11, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ferdinand Marcos DID NOT leave ‘90%’ of his wealth to Filipinos No evidence support the extravagant claim. By VERA Files | Jul 10, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s past statements belie Roque’s claim that the president is ‘neutral’ on ABS-CBN issue Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque repeated the false claim of his predecessor Salvador Panelo that President Rodrigo Duterte has remained "neutral" on ABS-CBN's franchise renewal. By VERA FILES | Jul 10, 2020 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral ‘disente vs bastos time’ photos MISLEAD; all taken under Duterte administration All images were shot under the term of President Rodrigo Duterte, who took office in June 2016. By VERA Files | Jul 10, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pneumonic plague, not bubonic, can spread via droplets Unless it has reached a person’s lungs, the bubonic plague does not spread from person to person. By VERA Files | Jul 9, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: WhatsApp message on COVID-19 symptoms MISLEADING The advisory is not found anywhere on AIIMS’ website nor YouTube channel. By VERA Files | Jul 9, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 211 212 213 214 215 … 312 Older posts
