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«Il 32 per cento del prodotto interno lordo italiano è export di made in Italy. Un altro 15 per cento è turismo» (min. 59:19)
Publisher’s rating: Pinocchio andante
At the Atreju event in Rome, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said that 32 per cent of Italy’s GDP was export of “made in Italy” products and that tourism accounted for another 15 per cent. The review says both figures overstate the contributions, and explains that the export claim confuses total exports with the net exports used in calculating GDP. The review’s account of the GDP calculation says it combines household, institutional and public consumption, investment, and net exports—that is, exports minus imports. It reports that net exports were about €44 billion, or 2.5 per cent of GDP, in 2018, and about €55 billion, or 3 per cent, in 2019. Those figures are far below 32 per cent. [S1: “Nel 2018 le esportazioni nette sono state pari a 44 miliardi di euro circa, circa il 2,5 per cento del Pil di quell’anno, mentre nel 2019 erano state pari a 55 miliardi di euro, circa il 3 per cento del Pil di quell’anno.”; “In questo modo si considerano i beni e i servizi prodotti in Italia e venduti all’estero, e si scontano i beni e i servizi prodotti all’estero e venduti in Italia.”] The review distinguishes that measure from total exports: it says the latter were roughly one-third of GDP in 2019, but argues that this does not mean exports make up one-third of GDP. The distinction matters because total exports do not subtract imports, whereas the net-export component in the GDP calculation does. [S1: “In questo caso, come ordine di grandezza, si può dire che il totale delle esportazioni sia più o meno pari a un terzo del Pil italiano (quasi 1.800 miliardi nel 2019). Ma è sbagliato sostenere che le esportazioni costituiscano un terzo del Pil del nostro Paese.”] For tourism, the review reports that Istat figures for 2017 put the value added to GDP by the tourism share of activities such as hotels, restaurants and transport at €93 billion, about 6 per cent of GDP. Including related activity that is not exclusively attributable to tourists raises the estimate to 13.4 per cent, still below 15 per cent. The review thus contrasts a narrower tourism contribution with a broader estimate that includes spillover activity, rather than treating the broader figure as wholly attributable to tourism. [S1: “Secondo i dati Istat, nel 2017 il valore aggiunto al Pil generato dalla sola quota turistica delle attività alberghiere, di ristorazione e dei trasporti, solo per citarne alcune, è stato pari a 93 miliardi di euro, circa il 6 per cento del Pil di quell’anno.”; “La percentuale sale al 13,4 per cento – un dato comunque più basso del «15 per cento» citato da Di Maio – se si include il contributo dell’indotto, ossia di tutte le attività riconducibili al turismo, ma di cui non beneficiano solo i turisti.”]
दक्षिण भारत के इन किसानों को दलाल सही दाम नहीं दे रहे इसलिए वे टमाटर फेंक रहे है।
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
اکونومیست پیشبینی کرده نرخ دلار در ایران تا دو سال دیگر به ۱۸,۵۰۰ تومان کاهش پیدا میکند.
Publisher’s rating: نیمهدرست
Cory Aquino sold PAL or the Philippine Airlines
Publisher’s rating: Needs Context
KBC and Reliance Jio offers 25 lakh rupees as lottery
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerned a circulating message saying that a “KBC-Jio Department” was organizing a lottery worth 25 lakh rupees. The review states that it found no such offer and describes the message as a fake lottery claim. To check it, the review searched online for information about a KBC lottery and found a Delhi Police webpage on KBC Lottery Frauds. According to the review’s account of that webpage, a claim that a mobile number had won a 25-lakh-rupee lottery jointly organized by Kaun Banega Crorepati and Reliance Jio was a fraud. The webpage warned that messages saying someone had won a lottery or prize were, in all likelihood, fraudulent. The review also points to reports of similar KBC scams, including a Mumbai housewife who was lured into paying 3.85 lakh rupees on the pretext that she had won a KBC lottery, and a PIB Fact Check post about similar messages circulating through calls, emails, and messages. These examples provide context for the warning; the review’s central evidence is that it found no such joint lottery and that Delhi Police identified the described kind of winning claim as fraudulent.
FACT CHECK: ලිට්‍රෝ ගෑස් සමාගම විසින් නිවසටම පැමිණ ගෑස් සිලින්ඩර පරීක්ෂා කරන පැය 24 පුරා ක්‍රියාත්මක ක්‍රමවේදයක් ?
Publisher’s rating: False
The claim concerned a social-media message offering to have a Litro technical officer visit a home and confirm a gas cylinder’s safety within 24 hours. The review investigated the message’s listed district-representative phone numbers and whether Litro had launched the advertised inspection arrangement. It reports that the numbers had originally appeared in a post by the Socialist Youth Union, for contacting district members about joining its JVP Youth programme—not as Litro representatives. (S1: “සමාජ ජාල සටහන් ෆේස්බුක් පරිශීලකයෙක් විසින් අන්තර්ජාලයට ලිට්‍රෝ සමාගමේ දිස්ත්‍රික් නියෝජිතයන් බව සදහන් කරමින් දුරකතන අංක පෙළක් එක්කර තිබුණේ පහත සටහනද සමගින්.”; “එම පෝස්ටුව ඔවුන් විසින් පළ කර තිබුණේ සමාජවාදී තරුණ සංගමය මගින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන JVP Youth නම් වැඩසටහනට අලුතින් සාමාජිකයන් ලෙස එක්වීමට කතා කල යුතු දිස්ත්‍රික් සාමාජිකයන්ගේ දුරකතන අංක ලෙසයි.”) The review says a JVP Youth national committee member, Bandula Pushpakumara, told it that numbers used in a promotional campaign had been misused by presenting them as part of a Litro announcement. It also says the Litro general manager denied that the company had started a cylinder-inspection programme and denied any connection between Litro and the listed numbers. (S1: “JVP Youth හි ජාතික කමිටු සාමාජික බන්දුල පුෂ්පකුමාර පැවසුවේ තමන් විසින් සිදු කරන ප්‍රවර්ධන වැඩසටහනකදී භාවිතා කරන ලද දුරකතන අංක ලිට්‍රෝ ගෑස් සමාගම මගින් නිකුත් කරන ලද නිවේදනයක් යයි සටහන් කරමින් අවබාවිත කර ඇති බවයි.”; “ලිට්‍රෝ ගෑස් සමාගමේ සාමාන්‍යාධිකාරවරයාගෙන් අප මේ පිළිබදව විමසූ අවස්ථාවේ මෙවන් ගෑස් සිලින්ඩර පරීක්ෂාකිරීමේ වැඩ පිළිවෙලක් තමන් විසින් අරඹා නැති බවත් මෙම සමාජ ජාල සටහනේ ඇති කරුණු සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අසත්‍ය බව සහ මෙම දුරකතන අංක සමග ලිට්‍රෝ සමාගමේ කිසිදු සම්බන්ධතාවයක් නොමැති බවයි.”) The article distinguishes the alleged home-inspection scheme from a separate Litro service: it says the company had introduced 1311 for complaints relating to gas cylinders after recent gas-related accidents. Its conclusion is that Litro had not begun the advertised district-representative inspection project and that the numbers belonged to the youth organisation’s district representatives. (S1: “මෑතදී සිදුවුණු ගෑස් සම්බන්ධ අනතුරු නිසා ගෑස් සිලින්ඩර සම්බන්ධ පැමිණිලි කිරීම සදහා ලිට්‍රෝ ගෑස් සමාගම මගින් 1311 දුරකතන අංකය හදුන්වා දී ඇති බවයි.”; “අප විසින් සිදු කරන ලද ගවේෂණයේදී තහවුරු වූයේ ලිට්‍රෝ ගෑස් සමාගම මගින් සමාජ ජාලා සටහනේ ආකාරයට දිස්ත්‍රික් නියෝජිතයින් නම් කරමින් ඔවුන් හරහා ගෑස් සිලින්ඩර පරීක්ෂාකිරීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතියක් මෙතෙක් ආරම්භ කර නැති බව සහ සමාජ ජාලා සටහනේ දිස්ත්‍රික් නියෝජිතයින් ගේ දුරකතන ලෙස සටහන් කර ඇත්තේ ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණට සම්බන්ධ තරුණ සංවිධානයේ දිස්ත්‍රික් නියෝජිතයන්ගේ දුරකතන අංක බවයි.”)
Das ist ein Gewinnspiel von Lidl Deutschland.
Publisher’s rating: Das angebliche Gewinnspiel ist nicht seriös und stammt nicht von Lidl.
The claim concerns a Facebook post from late October 2021 that presented itself as a Lidl Deutschland giveaway. It promised a gift to people who selected a number from a picture. The review describes the post as saying, “Heute wählt Lidl Deutschland die ersten 100 Glücklichen” and “Wählen Sie eine Glückszahl und Sie erhalten ein Geschenk entsprechend dem Inhalt der BOX.” It also notes that users were still commenting with numbers in late November. The review examined whether this particular promotion was genuine, rather than giveaways in general. [S1: “«Heute wählt Lidl Deutschland die ersten 100 Glücklichen», heißt es im Post von Ende Oktober 2021, «Wählen Sie eine Glückszahl und Sie erhalten ein Geschenk entsprechend dem Inhalt der BOX»”] The review points to signs on the Facebook page itself: it says the page did not identify who operated it and had no legal notice with an address or contact details. It further reports that Facebook’s “Page transparency” information showed the page had been created on 26 October 2021, and that it had published only one post. The review contrasts this with Lidl’s official Facebook page, where it says the giveaway could not be found. [S1: “Auf der Facebook-Seite ist nicht zu erkennen, wer hinter dem angeblichen Gewinnspiel steckt.”; “Diese Information kann man der Rubrik «Seitentransparenz» links auf der Facebook-Seite entnehmen.”; “Im Gegensatz zu dieser Fake-Seite ist die offizielle Seite der Handelskette schon seit Jahren online. Hier ist von dem angeblichen Gewinnspiel nichts zu finden.”] These observations address the specific post’s provenance: the review describes an unidentifiable, newly created page using Lidl’s logo, rather than a promotion found on Lidl’s established official page. It also notes that the official page had a verification badge, which it describes as a small white check on a blue background. The review warns, citing consumer-protection and police guidance, against providing personal information in dubious giveaway offers. [S1: “Das Lidl-Logo auf der Facebook-Seite wird missbräuchlich verwendet” ; “Dass Facebook die Lidl-Seite als echt anerkannt hat, erkennt man an dem Verifikationsabzeichen, einem kleinen weißen Häkchen auf blauem Grund.”; “Verbraucherschützer und die Polizei warnen dringend davor, bei dubiosen Gewinnspiel-Angeboten dieser Art die eigene E-Mail-Adresse oder sonstige persönliche Daten weiterzugeben”]
Video showing plastic rice production in a rice mill
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The reviewed post presented a video of machinery producing small, grain-shaped pellets as footage of plastic rice being made in a rice mill. The review says the video instead shows plastic granulation at a South Korean company. It describes the pellets as recycled plastic granules used to cushion fragile objects during storage and transportation, rather than rice. The review concludes that the video does not show plastic-rice production. [S1]
पिज्जा आउटलेट दे रहा है 58वीं वर्षगांठ के अवसर पर तीन मुफ्त पिज्जा
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
היקף רכישת דירות על-ידי משקיעים ירד לאחר העלאת מס הרכישה
Publisher’s rating: לא נכון
העלאת מס הרכישה הורידה את שיעור המשקיעים ל-13%
Publisher’s rating: דרוש הקשר
The claim refers to Alex Kushnir’s statement that investor transactions fell to 13% after Israel raised the purchase tax on investment homes in 2015. The Globes investigation examined what happened to investors’ share of home purchases after that change; it cautioned that the figures alone cannot establish that the tax caused the change. The investigation used Finance Ministry figures based on Tax Authority data. It reports that the tax increase took effect on 24 June 2015, raising the basic rate for buyers of homes other than their sole residence from 5% to 8%. Investors’ share of purchases was 26.7% in 2015, compared with 26.3% in 2014, and then fell over subsequent years to 12.9% in 2019. The 13% figure therefore closely matches the reported low, but it describes the share of homes bought by investors, not proof that the tax itself produced the decline. The review identifies a relevant qualification: the Contractors Association said that a substantial share of new homes offered for sale from 2015 to 2020 were part of the Price for the Tenant program, which investors could not buy. The review reports this as a possible alternative factor, not as a demonstrated cause. Its conclusion is that the figure is accurate but needs that context.
התקציב החדש כולל 2 מיליארד שקל מסים חדשים
Publisher’s rating: חצי נכון
Job advert purpoting that Brava Foods Limited is recruiting
Publisher’s rating: Hoax
شرکتهای خصوصی ایرانی به آلمان و شرکتهایی چون بنز و بیامو قطعه صادر میکنند.
Publisher’s rating: نیمهدرست
ప్రపంచంలో ఆర్థిక సంక్షోభం నెలకొన్న సమయంలో నల్లధనమే భారతదేశాన్ని కాపాడిందని అఖిలేష్ యాదవ్ ఇటీవల పేర్కొన్నారు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Ukurasa wa Facebook unaodai Jokate Mwegelo anapeana mikopo kwa njia ya simu ya mkononi
Publisher’s rating: False.
FACT CHECK: ආපනශාලා හිමියන්ගේ සංගමය ප්ලේන්ටියක මිල ඉහල දැමුවේ එළවළු මිල ඉහල ගිය නිසාද?
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review examined a social-media post claiming that the All Ceylon Restaurant Owners’ Association had raised the price of plain tea by five rupees because vegetable prices had increased. It checked how mainstream media reported the announcement and reviewed a video of association president Asela Sampath speaking at a media briefing in Colombo on November 22. The review says the reports it checked covered price increases for rice packets and tea but did not attribute the tea increase to rising vegetable prices. In the video, Sampath linked vegetable costs to increases in rice packets and fried rice, while giving different reasons for increasing the price of plain tea.