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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,736 published reviews in this topic

日本ファクトチェックセンターPolitics & government

外国人でも実在しなくても自民党員になれる

Publisher’s rating: 不正確

The review says LDP membership requires Japanese nationality, age 18 or older, agreement with the party’s principles, and no membership in another party; an existing party member must also introduce the applicant. It notes that the party does not require official documents to verify nationality, but concludes that the claim that foreigners or nonexistent people can become members is inaccurate.

dpaPolitics & government

Dies ist ein echter "Spiegel"-Artikel über Christian Lindner.

Publisher’s rating: Der Artikel ist eine Fälschung.

The fact-check says the purported Spiegel article claiming that Lindner wanted to become vice chancellor is fake. It reports that Spiegel confirmed the message had not appeared on spiegel.de; a real Spiegel article with the same photo and publication time was apparently used as the basis for the fabrication.

dpaPolitics & government

Das ist ein echtes Foto von Sahra Wagenknecht mit Putin.

Publisher’s rating: Das Bild ist gefälscht. Im Original stand Wagenknechts Ehemann neben der Politikerin.

The review says the image is manipulated: Oskar Lafontaine, not Vladimir Putin, stood beside Wagenknecht in the original photo. It identifies the scene as a 2016 Left Party summer festival and says Putin’s head was edited into the image. [S1]