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Elections & voting fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about elections & voting. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

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El detector / Univision NoticiasElections & voting

El candidato presidencial demócrata Joe Biden aparece durmiendo durante una entrevista matutina

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned a widely shared video that appeared to show Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden asleep and snoring during a live morning interview. Univision’s review found that the video was deceptively edited from two separate clips, rather than being footage of Biden in that interview setting. The review traced the presenter’s segment to a 2011 KBAK-TV clip. In that original footage, the presenter was trying to interview singer Harry Belafonte. The other portion came from a public town hall Biden held with Hillary Clinton in April. In the unaltered town-hall clip, Biden looks downward for about 15 seconds and then looks up; Clinton was discussing the pandemic’s effect on women. The review also reports that neither original clip contains snoring. The edited video added the snoring sound and a lower-third identifying Biden as being on air. Thus, the apparent interview, Biden’s position in that setting, and the snoring were assembled to create a misleading impression; the source material does not show Biden sleeping during a morning interview.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturElections & voting

Im US-Wahlkampf um das Präsidentenamt hat die ehemalige First Lady Michelle Obama auf einem Parteitag der Demokraten Amtsinhaber Donald Trump kritisiert. Auch ihre Halskette fand bei dem Auftritt viel Beachtung. Im Internet kursiert nun ein angebliches Foto der Kette. Es zeigt vier Buchstaben, die das Wort «Mike» ergeben.

Publisher’s rating: Das Bild ist gefälscht. An der Halskette Michelle Obamas hingen vier Buchstaben, die das Wort «Vote» (zu Deutsch «Wählt!») ergeben - nicht «Mike». Die Fälschung ist möglicherweise eine Anspielung auf eine seit Jahren kursierende Verschwörungstheorie, Michelle Obama sei eigentlich ein Mann.

FACTLYElections & voting

డోనాల్డ్ ట్రంప్ డెమోక్రాటిక్ వైస్ ప్రెసిడెంట్ అభ్యర్ధి అయిన కమల హారిస్ కు ధీటుగా ఇండో అమెరికన్ అయిన నిక్కి హేలీని రిపబ్లిక్ పార్టీ వైస్ ప్రెసిడెంట్ అభ్యర్ధిగా నామినేట్ చేసాడు

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLYElections & voting

Image of a woman wearing a placard with the message– ‘The GOVERNMENT says ‘Triple Talaq’ is banned in 21 countries, but it does not say that EVM is banned in the whole world’.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review investigates an image circulated with a placard saying that the government bans Triple Talaq in 21 countries but does not ban EVMs worldwide. It concludes that the image was edited: according to the review, the original placard referred to reservation, not EVMs. To examine the image’s provenance, the investigators used reverse image search and found posts and tweets showing a similar image with the reservation wording. They compared the versions: in the images with reservation, “GOVERNMENT” and “RESERVATION” are the same colour and font size. In the circulated version, “GOVERNMENT” and “EVM” differ in colour and font size, which the review identifies as signs of editing. The review also checked the separate assertion about EVMs, reporting that countries still use them nationally or in parts of their territory. Its conclusion about the pictured placard rests on the image comparison: the circulated image substitutes EVM-related wording for the reservation message in the version the review identifies as original.

YouturnElections & voting

90 சதவீதம் இந்துக்கள் வாழும் தமிழகத்தில் பாஜகவால் ஒரு எம்பி சீட்டு கூட வெற்றி பெற முடியவில்லை காரணம்.. தமிழகத்தில் இருந்து படித்த இளைஞர்கள் நாசா, google, Microsoft போன்றவற்றிற்கு நிர்வாகியாக செல்கிறார்கள். அவர்கள் பாஜகவில் சேர்வதில்லை – டாக்டர் மன்மோகன்சிங்

Publisher’s rating: Fake