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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,739 published reviews in this topic

maharat-newsPolitics & government

هل يستطيع مجلس النواب أن يُلزم الحكومة برفض أو قَبول الحزمة المالية الأوروبية؟

Publisher’s rating: صحيح

The review says the Council of Ministers has authority to accept or reject qualifying grants. Parliament may approve or reject an agreement with the EU, and may propose a law barring acceptance of this grant or setting conditions; the review does not say parliament can compel the government to accept it.

Washington PostPolitics & government

“We then overthrow the Ukraine government, in 2014, their elected government, and put in a Western sympathetic government.”

Publisher’s rating: Disputed

Related reporting from S5 describes the 2014 change of government in Ukraine as a U.S.-backed coup against elected president Viktor Yanukovych. This source supports the claim’s basic description, but the supplied excerpt does not independently establish that the United States installed a Western-sympathetic government.

maharat-newsPolitics & government

هل خالفت وزارة الاتصالات القوانين المرعية الإجراء بعقد اتفاق بالتراضي مع شركة Stream Media؟

Publisher’s rating: صحيح

The review concludes that the Ministry of Telecommunications bypassed competition and public-private partnership procedures by contracting with Stream Media through mutual agreement. It also says the claimed exclusivity used to justify the contract under public procurement rules was questionable, since Stream Media would provide broadcast rights rather than own the content.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

कर्नाटक में मोदी का पुतला जलाते समय पाँच काग्रेसियों की लुंगी में आग लग गई! देखें कैसे हुआ यह सब। अब् मोदीजी के पुतले भी सबक सिखाने लग गये मोदीजी के विरोध मे प्रचार करणे वाले जरा संभलके, *मोदी जी पॉवर।

Publisher’s rating: False. वीडियो साल 2012 का है और केरल का है। वीडियो प्रधानमंत्री मोदी का नहीं बल्कि KSU के एमजी विश्वविद्यालय के कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा वीसी का पुतला जलाने का है।