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संसद में नितिन गडकरी ने नहीं किया पीएम मोदी का समर्थन
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
పార్లమెంట్లో మోదీ ప్రసంగానికి నితిన్ గడ్కరి చప్పట్లు కొట్టకుండా కూర్చున్న దృశ్యాలు
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
हिंडनबर्ग रिसर्च के फाउंडर नेथन एंडरसन के साथ राहुल गांधी की फोटो
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Bongbong Marcos and Rodante Marcoleta had Raffy Tulfo removed from the Senate
Publisher’s rating: False
Rahul Gandhi’s picture with the founder of Hindenburg research, Nahan Anderson
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a photograph shared as showing Rahul Gandhi alongside Nathan Anderson, founder of Hindenburg Research. FACTLY identifies the person pictured with Gandhi as Niels Annen, a German politician, and says the photograph was taken during Gandhi’s 2018 tour of the United Kingdom and Germany. The article’s conclusion is that the image was misidentified. To investigate the image’s provenance, the article says it used Google reverse image search. That search led to news reports from 2018 containing the same photograph. FACTLY reports that those accounts identify the person as Annen and place the meeting during Gandhi’s four-day tour in August 2018. The article also says the Congress party’s official Twitter account posted the same image. The investigation therefore relies on earlier reporting and the image’s documented association with Annen and Gandhi’s 2018 visit, rather than evidence that the person in the photograph was Anderson. The article separately notes that Nathan Anderson founded Hindenburg Research, but that fact does not identify the person pictured. The supplied excerpt does not include the linked 2018 reports or the Congress post itself, so their underlying contents cannot be independently assessed here.
Polacy wskazali, że rząd powinien ograniczyć wydatki na finansowanie kościołów.
Publisher’s rating: Prawda
“Some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset. I’m not saying it’s a majority."
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The 2021 infrastructure act is "the largest investment in infrastructure since President Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System.”
Publisher’s rating: Partly accurate
"Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset. I’m not saying it’s the majority."
Publisher’s rating: A Republican proposed this
Former President Donald Trump created a Justice Department task force to combat Chinese espionage in the country, and President Joe Biden shut it down.
Publisher’s rating: Lacks Context
Kahramanmaraş’ta Ekrem İmamoğlu’na tepki gösteren kadının Habibe Öçal olduğu iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
شاه هنگام خروج از ایران ۳۵ میلیارد دلار، ۳۸۴ چمدان جواهر، دو تاج با ۵ هزار قطع الماس با خود به خارج برد.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
In einem heimlich aufgenommenen Video rühmt sich Klaus Schwab, wichtige Politiker, Medien und Experten in der Tasche zu haben.
Publisher’s rating: Das dazu verbreitete Video ist keineswegs heimlich entstanden. Die Äußerungen Schwabs sind erfunden oder entstellt und aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen.
The claim concerns a short clip said to show World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab secretly boasting that politicians, media, and experts were under his control. The review identifies the clip as a 49-second extract from a 16-minute video published on the WEF’s official YouTube channel in January 2007. It describes Schwab speaking with entrepreneur Loic Le Meur, a WEF blogger, about the forum’s work—not being secretly recorded. The review notes that Schwab greets Le Meur by name at the start and that Le Meur then leads him through the WEF headquarters in Geneva. [S1: “In Wirklichkeit stammt der in dem Facebook-Post verbreitete, 49 Sekunden lange Ausschnitt aus einem im Original 16 Minuten langen Video, das schon im Januar 2007 auf dem offiziellen YouTube-Kanal des WEF verbreitet wurde und dort nach wie vor abrufbar ist.”; “Dass Schwab nicht heimlich aufgenommen wurde, lässt sich auch von einem ungeübten Betrachter daran erkennen, dass Le Meur zu Beginn des Videos freundlich und namentlich von Schwab begrüßt und anschließend durch das Hauptquartier des WEF in Genf geführt wird.”] The review says the original footage provides the context omitted from the circulating clip: at about 03:42, Schwab is answering a question about the WEF’s stakeholders. He lists businesses, politicians, government partnerships, nongovernmental organizations, unions, media, and experts, scientists, and academics as groups involved with or interested in the forum. The shorter clip removes the question, making the answer appear to have a different meaning. [S1: “In dem Original-Video wird Klaus Schwab gefragt (Minute 03:42), wer die beteiligten Akteure oder Interessenten (Stakeholder) des Weltwirtschaftsforums seien.”; “Daraufhin antwortet Schwab: «Wenn ich unsere Stakeholder anschaue, dann haben wir natürlich Unternehmen als ein sehr wichtiges Publikum, wir haben Politiker, wir haben längerfristige Partnerschaften mit vielen Regierungen weltweit, wir haben Nichtregierungsorganisationen, wir haben Gewerkschaften, Medien natürlich und, sehr wichtig, Experten und Wissenschaftler und Akademiker.»”; “In jenem Videoausschnitt, der in dem fraglichen Facebook-Post geteilt wird, ist die Frage nach den Beteiligten/Interessenten des WEF weggeschnitten.”] The review distinguishes Schwab’s recorded list of stakeholder groups from the viral post’s alleged boast. It reports that the quoted assertion that they were all “in our pocket” does not appear in the video, and concludes that the quote was fabricated. Thus, the footage is genuine in origin but is presented with a false hidden-recording claim and a misleading interpretation of Schwab’s answer. [S1: “Nirgendwo in dem Video behauptet Schwab, dass er die Stakeholder des WEF kontrolliere.”; “Das angebliche Zitat «Wir haben sie alle in unserer Tasche, Politiker, Medien und vor allem die Experten und Wissenschaftler» ist frei erfunden.”]
“A turminha que detonava o Bolsonaro R$ 17 MIL POR MÊS Olha eles aí na equipe de transição”
Publisher’s rating: Falso
এই ভিডিঅ'টোত পাকিস্তানৰ বিদেশ মন্ত্ৰী বিলাৱাল ভুট্টো জৰ্দাৰীক ‘বেশৰম ৰং’ গীতটোত নৃত্য় কৰি থকা দেখা গৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: মিছা
Edinburgh verbietet als erste Stadt Fleisch.
Publisher’s rating: Edinburgh hat sich lediglich einem Abkommen angeschlossen, das eine nachhaltigen Umgang mit Lebensmitteln und eine fleischfreie Ernährung fördert. Ein generelles Fleischverbot gibt es nicht, auch nicht in Schulen.
The claim was that Edinburgh had become the first city to ban meat, including in schools. The review identifies a Facebook post and a video as the setting for the claim, and examines whether the city was “completely” turning vegetarian. It reports that the city council joined the Plant Based Treaty on 2 February 2023, an initiative intended to promote sustainable food practices and reduce emissions from animal agriculture—not to impose a general meat ban. [S1: “Nun soll die schottische Hauptstadt Edinburgh einem Facebook-Post zufolge als erste Stadt Fleisch verboten haben. Dazu wird in Video geteilt, in dem es heißt, dass Fleisch unter anderem in Schulen verboten werden soll.”; “Der Stadtrat von Edinburgh hat sich am 2. Februar 2023 der «Plant Based Treaty» angeschlossen. Einer Initiative, die unter anderem darauf abzielt, die Treibhausgasemissionen aus der Tierhaltung zu reduzieren.”] The review says the treaty could lead the city to introduce carbon labelling on menus or offer more plant-based meals in schools and municipal buildings. Those possibilities describe measures to encourage changes, not a prohibition. The review reports that a city council spokesperson told the German Press Agency, in response to its inquiry, that there was no meat ban and none was planned. [S1: “Die Initiative könnte unter anderem dazu führen, dass die Stadtverwaltung eine CO2-Kennzeichnung auf Speisekarten einführt oder in Schulen und städtischen Gebäuden vermehrt pflanzliche Mahlzeiten anbietet.”; “Auf Anfrage der Deutschen Presse-Agentur bestätigte eine Sprecherin des Stadtrats, dass es kein Fleischverbot gibt und dies auch nicht geplant sei.”] A further qualification in the review is that the council’s treaty addendum explicitly preserves choice for pupils: it says young people would still have a choice of meals even as plant-based options were promoted. The review also notes that the treaty is not legally binding. Together, these details contradict the asserted citywide ban and the video’s specific suggestion of a school ban. [S1: “In einem Nachtrag zum verabschiedeten Abkommen heißt es auf Seite 5 zudem ausdrücklich, dass «obwohl pflanzliche Optionen in den Schulen gefördert werden, junge Menschen immer noch eine Wahlmöglichkeit bei ihren Mahlzeiten haben werden.»”; “Er ist rechtlich nicht bindend, wie Punkt 4.1 in dem in Edinburgh verabschiedeten Abkommen zeigt.”]
Bill Gates dit que le gouvernement ukrainien est l'un des pires au monde.
Publisher’s rating: Cela ne reflète pas exactement ce qu'a dit Bill Gates. Dans la vidéo partagée sur les réseaux sociaux, un mot apportant un contexte important a été enlevé du montage. L'Ukraine est en effet un pays où la corruption pose problème, mais le co-fondateur de Microsoft s'est référé à la situation précédant la guerre avec la Russie. Concernant le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky, Bill Gates a qualifié de « très impressionnante » sa capacité à « unifier le pays ».
The claim concerns a clipped video in which Bill Gates appears to say that the Ukrainian government is among the world’s worst. The review traces the remarks to a longer video published on January 23, 2023: a conversation with the executive director of Australia’s Lowy Institute. In that conversation, Gates discussed Ukraine and was asked about President Volodymyr Zelensky. The review reports that Gates praised Zelensky’s ability to bring the country together and noted that Kyiv had surprised observers by resisting Russia for so long. The key distinction is that Gates’s criticism referred explicitly to the period before the war. The review quotes him as saying: “Before the war, the Ukrainian government is one of the worst in the world, corrupt, controlled by a few rich people.” It explains that the social-media clips cut off the opening words, “before the war.” Thus the circulated excerpt preserves a critical remark about corruption but removes the time qualification that identifies the government situation he was describing. The review also distinguishes the criticism of past government conditions from Gates’s comments about Zelensky. It says he described Zelensky’s capacity to unite the country as impressive, rather than presenting the clip as an unqualified condemnation of the president. The excerpt therefore misleads by omitting the temporal context and by obscuring the more favorable remarks about Zelensky.
Ayuso ha tuiteado que Juan Velarde “liberó nuestra Patria de las tropas francesas”
Publisher’s rating: False









