VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old Marcos video on military alliance with U.S. NEEDS CONTEXT
This needs context. The decades-old video showed Marcos making remarks about the country’s mutual defense agreement with the U.S.
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Disinformation attempts to rehabilitate the Marcoses, disparage EDSA
A heavy dose of conspiracy theory, denial of human rights violations during the Marcos dictatorship and casting of democracy icon President Corazon Aquino as villain were among the scores of martial law and Edsa-1 related disinformation debunked by Tsek.ph.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video resurrects FALSE claims on Marcos court cases
It further misleads by claiming that Marcos was acquitted in the international court.
The woman Marcos left behind fleeing the EDSA revolt
At 9:05 in the evening of February 25, 1986, as the multitude of Filipinos in revolt closed in on Malacañang, the Marcoses scurried out of the palace with their 22 crates of loot on board four helicopters from the United States embassy. It was believed that the deposed dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos had taken everyone dear to him and everything of immense value into exile. He did not. Marcos abandoned his own mother.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. mali sa pagsabing ‘naging isyu lamang sa halalan’ ang West PH Sea dispute ngayong eleksyon ng Mayo 2022
Sa kanyang unang pagharap sa debate sa kampanya para sa eleksyon sa Mayo 2022, iginiit ng kandidato sa pagkapangulo na si Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na ang West Philippine Sea (WPS) dispute ay naging isyu sa halalan lamang sa kampanyang ito. Ito ay hindi totoo.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos DID NOT say she is a ‘certified insomniac’
The fabricated quote card emerged after Marcos reacted to Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo’s comment that she works an average of 18 hours daily.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. falsely claims West PH Sea dispute ‘only became an election issue’ in the May 2022 polls
The WPS issue, including the harassment that Filipino fishermen suffer, was raised in past national elections.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral ‘Marcos Jr. troll’ photo NEEDS CONTEXT
The photo, which began circulating on Jan. 26, was stripped of its original context. It was taken from the personal FB account of vlogger Almira Sullano and was published the day the Marcos interview was broadcast.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Sa taong 2021, Marcos Jr. pinakanakinabang sa disinformation na may kaugnayan sa halalan; Robredo ang paboritong target
Todo ang trabaho ng mga publisher ng disinformation ngayong taon sa kanilang paggawa ng mga hindi tumpak na post na may kaugnayan sa halalan – karamihan sa mga ito ay umikot para suportahan o atakihin ang ilang mga political aspirants bago pa man ang opisyal na pagsisimula ng kampanya para sa mga pambansang eleksyon sa susunod na taon.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Marcos Jr. benefited the most from election-related disinformation in 2021, Robredo was favorite target
Publishers of disinformation were at full throttle this year in their production of inaccurate election-related posts — most of which circulated to either prop up or attack certain political aspirants even before the official start of the campaign period for next year’s national polls.