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Congress' 2024 federal spending bill includes $500,000 for a "DEI zoo."
Publisher’s rating: Watters’ framing is misleading.
Congress' 2024 federal spending bill includes $400,000 for a "gay activist group to teach elementary kids about being trans."
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Congress' 2024 federal spending bill includes $400,000 for "a group to give clothes to teens to help them hide their gender."
Publisher’s rating: This claim is inaccurate
Congress' 2024 federal spending bill includes $850,000 for a "gay senior home."
Publisher’s rating: Needs more context
सोशल मीडिया पर खबर वायरल थी कि पीएम मोदी की पत्नी जशोदाबेन ने कांग्रेस ज्वाइन कर ली.
Publisher’s rating: गलत
No chair was provided for President Droupadi Murmu to sit during the presentation of the Bharat Ratna to L.K.Advani
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
At the Bharat Ratna presentation at L.K. Advani’s residence on 31 March 2024, President Murmu stood while conferring the award but was seated before and afterward. The review says photos and video from the event show her seated alongside the other dignitaries.
These images are from the Loktantra Bachao Rally or Kejriwal supporters in 2024.
Publisher’s rating: False
Around 5 crores people in Nainital today participated in a rally to support of Arvind Kejriwal. This is just from one district. Similar rallies were reported from all over India today.
Publisher’s rating: False. Both images are from Argentina after winning Fifa World cup in December 2022. Not related to India or Arvind Kejriwal.
The photo shows Smriti Irani hugging PM Narendra Modi.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the viral photo was digitally altered. It says the original 2017 photo shows Smriti Irani with her daughter, not Narendra Modi.
These photos show visuals of five crore people who attended a rally in Nainital to support Arvind Kejriwal.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The photos do not show a rally in Nainital for Arvind Kejriwal. FACTLY reports they were taken in Buenos Aires in 2022 during celebrations after Argentina won the FIFA World Cup, and that the tweet was tagged as satire by X.
കേരളത്തിലെ ഇടത് എംപിമാരുടെ പിന്തുണ ഇന്ത്യ മുന്നണിക്ക് നൽകില്ലെന്നു യെച്ചൂരി
Publisher’s rating: False
बीजेपी नेता लालकृष्ण आडवाणी को भारत रत्न दिए जाने के दौरान पीएम मोदी बैठे रहे और राष्ट्रपति खड़ी रहीं
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
NIA survey claiming waning support for BJP government
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Selahattin Demirtaş’ın mektubunda Meral Beştaş Danış’a destek istediği iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Saat 22.00’den sonra alkol satış yasağını kapsayan düzenlemenin meclise Hamza Dağ tarafından sunulduğu iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Ranil Wickremesinghe Is Responsible for The Corruptions Related to Newly Built Maternity Hospital-Karapitiya !!
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review says social media posts blamed Wickremesinghe for corruption connected to the hospital, but found no concrete evidence supporting the allegations. It notes that the allegations were primarily associated with the UPFA government, when Wickremesinghe was opposition leader.
தமிழ்நாடு பாஜக தலைவர் அண்ணாமலைக்கு வன்னியர் சங்கம் எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்ததாக ஒரு நியூஸ் கார்டு சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பகிரப்பட்டு வருகிறது.
Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE
Fact Crescendo found that the news card claiming the Vanniyar Sangam warned Annamalai was fake. It reported that Puthiya Thalaimurai had not published the card, and that the outlet’s administrator confirmed this and sent a rebuttal card.