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Tag: misleading

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 2018 post tagging 9 leftist groups as ‘party lists’ for 2022 polls MISLEADING

    By VERA Files Fact Check  |  Apr 29, 2022 6:01 PM

    A misleading post from 2018 that warned readers against voting for 14 “party lists” that are “anti-government” is making the rounds on Facebook (FB) once again. FB page Filipino Opinión […]

    2022 elections, leftist groups, misleading, Partylist

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on 10-year-old Sharon Cuneta interview with Imelda Marcos MISLEADING

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 08, 2022 10:13 PM

    A statement made 10 years ago by singer-actress Sharon Cuneta about former first lady Imelda Marcos was revived and twisted to make it look like she is supporting the Marcos family in this year’s elections.

    Imelda Marcos, misleading, Sharon Cuneta

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING video carries old report on milk tea poisoning deaths

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 15, 2022 11:10 AM

    While several netizens pointed out that the video was an old news report, many more tagged others and warned them about drinking milk tea.

    milk tea, misleading, Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Payo ni Panelo na pagmumumog ng tubig na may asin maaaring makaiwas sa COVID nakaliligaw

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 26, 2021 3:06 PM

    Nakapanlilinlang ang ipinahiwatig ni Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo na maaaring maiwasan na mahawahan ng SARS-CoV-2, ang virus na sanhi ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), sa pamamagitan ng pagmumumog ng tubig na may asin.

    COVID-19, misleading, Panelo, salt water

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    Categories FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo misleads in suggesting gargling with salt water can prevent COVID infection

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 26, 2021 2:39 PM

    Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo misleadingly implied that a person may prevent getting infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), by gargling with salt and water.

    COVID-19, misleading, Panelo, salt water

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    Categories FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doctor makes MISLEADING claims about effects of instant noodles on one’s health

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 24, 2020 11:01 AM

    A Nov. 21 Facebook (FB) status of a doctor, shared by over 4,500 people, is claiming that people who consume instant noodles too much may get cancer because of a “waxy substance” that prevents the noodles from getting sticky when cooked. This is unproven.

    instant noodles, misleading

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post MISLEADS with unrelated photos to show impact of Pfizer vaccine

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 22, 2020 3:59 PM

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not conclude a cause-effect relationship between the vaccine and Bell’s Palsy, and the four people shown in the photos did not take part in the trial.

    COVID-19 vaccine, misleading, vaccine FB post

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post claiming Pfizer trial deaths were ‘effect’ of vaccine MISLEADING

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 22, 2020 3:52 PM

    A Facebook (FB) post by a local netizen claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine of pharmaceutical companies Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE had caused the deaths of six people during the trial phase is misleading.

    COVID-19 vaccine, misleading, trial deaths

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pro-Duterte vlogger nanlilinlang sa pagsabing patunay ang resolusyon ng UN na ‘walang EJK’ sa PH

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 17, 2020 2:25 PM

    Nakaliligaw ang pahayag ng video blogger (vlogger) na si Byron Cristobal, ang Duterte at Marcos supporter na mas kilala bilang Banat By, na ang resolusyon ng United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) na nanawagan para sa pagpapabuti ng sitwasyon ng karapatang pantao sa Pilipinas ay patunay na walang extrajudicial killings sa bansa.

    Byron Cristobal, Extra-judicial killings, misleading

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pro-Duterte vlogger misleads in claiming UN resolution proves ‘no EJK’ in PH

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 17, 2020 1:29 PM

    Video blogger (vlogger) Byron Cristobal, a Duterte and Marcos supporter better known as Banat By, misleadingly claimed that the adoption of a resolution calling for the improvement of the human rights situation in the Philippines by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) proved there were no extrajudicial killings in the country.

    Byron Cristobal, Extra-judicial killings, misleading

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