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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,740 published reviews in this topic

INFOVERITASPolitics & government

Francisco Martín, delegado socialista del Gobierno en Madrid, sobre los pactos del PSOE y Bildu : “Han hecho más por España que todos los patrioteros de pulsera”

Publisher’s rating: Engañoso

The review says Martín did make the quoted remarks, but the viral clip was from June 2023, not a new comment about the 2024 Basque elections. It reports that he was discussing Bildu’s supposed support for 2020 extensions of the COVID-19 state of alarm, which the review says Bildu did not support.

日本ファクトチェックセンターPolitics & government

『最も嫌われている国』の地図」

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

A map titled “Most disliked country in each nation” circulated with a claim that it showed the most disliked country in each nation. The organization named as its source denied creating the graphic and said it had never conducted a poll on the most disliked countries.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

දිවිපිදු විමුක්තිකාමීන්ට සාධාරණයක් ඉටු කරන බවට දුන් පොරොන්දුව මත යාපනය NPP සමුළුවට සහභාගි වූ බවට මන්ත්‍රි සුමන්තිරන්‍ගෙන් ප්‍රකාශයක්?

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says Sumanthiran attended the April 4 Jaffna NPP event after an invitation from Anura Kumara Dissanayake, but denied making the statement attributed to him. The NPP media unit also said the claim was false and that Sumanthiran had come to meet Dissanayake.

FACTLYPolitics & government

The Video shows Pakistani Flags being raised in Wayanad in support of Rahul Gandhi.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The video shows a 2019 roadshow in Kasaragod supporting Congress candidate Rajmohan Unnithan, and the flags are those of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), not Pakistan. The review says an image also came from a 5 April 2019 roadshow in Wayanad after Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination papers, but reports that the latest rally displayed no flags.

SBT NewsPolitics & government

Braga Netto é o novo presidente do Brasil

Publisher’s rating: FALSO

The review says Braga Netto was not secretly sworn in as president by Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The TSE said Lula and Geraldo Alckmin were diplomatically certified as president and vice president on December 12, 2022, and that there had been no subsequent change in who held those offices.