VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Six most repeated lies creeping into public sphere in 2022
What happens when public officials, media outlets and online users keep repeating false statements?
What happens when public officials, media outlets and online users keep repeating false statements?
A vlogger claimed that former vice president Leni Robredo admitted there was no electoral fraud during the May 10, 2022 election. “LENI ROBREDO SA WAKAS UMAMIN DIN NA WALANG NAGANAP NA DAYAAN SA ELEKSYON (Leni Robredo finally admitted that no electoral fraud happened during the election)!” the title of a Dec. 10 video by Facebook […]
A fabricated quote card is circulating online where former vice president Leni Robredo attributed her defeat to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos in the May election to massive disinformation. Posted on Nov. 23, the graphic carried an image of Robredo with this quote: “Kaya siya nanalo kasi natalo ako (He won because I lost). (He won […]
A video making the rounds on social media claims former vice president Leni Robredo was evicted from Harvard University. Not true. “Robredo remains a Hauser leader, and continues to be a part of the Center for Public Leadership community. Any claims to the contrary are false,” Clayton McCleskey, Director of Communications & External Relations for […]
Several social media posts claim former vice president Leni Robredo dressed inappropriately when she supposedly met with officials in the Middle East. These are false. Posted on Nov. 14, two Twitter posts featured a photo collage of Robredo wearing an olive green below-the-knee lace dress over a gray slip. Two frames in the collage zoom […]
A YouTube video falsely reported as news a satirical piece and claimed that former vice president Leni Robredo scammed students resulting in Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government disavowing her. Posted on Oct. 22, the false YouTube video bore the headline: “HARVARD DISSAPOINTED (sic) KAY LENI! INISCAM ANG MGA STUDENT SA KANYANG FREE LECTURE (Harvard […]
A TikTok video wrongly claims former vice president Leni Robredo made a simplistic definition of climate change. Posted on Sept. 28, the TikTok video shows a quote card supposedly of Robredo describing climate change as merely a change in weather. She was named “Leni ‘Angat’ Robredo” in the graphic, alluding to her Angat Buhay Foundation. […]
A couple of Facebook (FB) pages are spreading a statement where former vice president Leni Robredo admitted to being stupid, out of her wits, and dumb. This needs context. The two pages shared a quote card published by the Daily Tribune on Sept. 4. It read: “Bobo ako, lutang, Madumb. ‘Yun ‘yung sabi [ng trolls] […]
A Facebook (FB) page has claimed that former vice president Leni Robredo’s appointment as a Hauser Leader at Harvard Kennedy School is a result of her connection with Filipina-American businesswoman and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis. This is not true. The Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership (CPL), which officially appointed Robredo as one of […]
A video circulating on social media falsely claims that Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo rejected ex-vice president Leni Robredo’s offer to help his department during calamities. “DSWD TINANGGIHAN ANG ALOK NI LENI ROBREDO! LENI SUPALPAL AT PAHIYA PA ANG INABOT KAY ERWIN TULFO (DSWD rejected Leni Robredo’s offer! Leni ended up getting rebuked and humiliated […]