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President Rodrigo Duterte is changing the name of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)
Publisher’s rating: False
Claim: Annamalai not commented on Modi government
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerned a viral news card saying Tamil Nadu BJP leader K. Annamalai had said people had grown dissatisfied after seven years of BJP rule. The review says the card was shared on Facebook on July 29, 2021, and presented the alleged criticism as directed at the central BJP government. Its investigation found that the statement had been altered from a report about a different government and a different period. [S1]
Screengrab of a Twitter conversation between DP Ruto and Trump
Publisher’s rating: False.
Claim: Altered picture shared on ex minister MR Vijayabaskar
Publisher’s rating: ALTERED
The review examined a picture circulating on social media that showed former minister M.R. Vijayabhaskar holding a banner that appeared to say he should be arrested over a case involving allegedly stolen wealth. It identifies a Facebook post sharing the image on July 28, 2021, and says others were sharing it as well. The review’s conclusion was that the picture had been edited. To investigate, Fact Crescendo compared the circulated image with a protest photograph Vijayabhaskar had posted on his Twitter account. The review says the crowd and setting matched, but the sign in the original image carried a different message: it criticized the DMK government over the NEET issue and students. It also reports that the protest photograph appeared in Tamil Samayam and other media outlets. The review says the circulating version was made by changing the wording on the sign while retaining the photograph. Its conclusion rests on that comparison of the altered banner with the matching protest image, rather than on evidence that Vijayabhaskar actually displayed the arrest message.
This screenshot of Governor Barchok is from NTV Kenya
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
“It is a fact that in December of 2020, Nancy Pelosi was made aware of potential security threats to the Capitol, and she failed to act."
Publisher’s rating: No Evidence
Claim: Kamaraj not debated in parliament regarding cow protection in 1966
Publisher’s rating: PARTLY FALSE
Fact Crescendo investigated a viral post claiming that, in 1966, Kamaraj answered a Jan Sangh member’s question in Parliament about cow protection. The post also attributed a lengthy political speech to Kamaraj and circulated a photograph presented in a way that could suggest he was speaking with then-prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The review concluded that the account of Kamaraj speaking in Parliament was false. Its investigation found that the person pictured with Kamaraj was not Shastri, and that Kamaraj was not a member of Parliament in 1966. [S1: “1966ம் ஆண்டு பசு பாதுகாப்பு பற்றி ஜனசங்க உறுப்பினரின் கேள்விக்கு காமராஜர் பதில் அளித்தார் என்று ஒரு பதிவு சமூக ஊடகங்களில் வைரலாக பகிரப்பட்டு வருகிறது.”; “படத்தில் உள்ளவர் லால் பகதூர் சாஸ்திரி போல இல்லை. எனவே, படத்தை ரிவர்ஸ் இமேஜ் தேடலில் பதிவேற்றித் தேடினோம். அப்போது, படத்தில் இருப்பது 1949 முதல் 52ம் ஆண்டு வரை மத்திய தகவல் ஒலிபரப்புத் துறை அமைச்சராக இருந்த ஆர்.ஆர்.திவாகர் (Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar) என்பது தெரியவந்தது.”; “1966ம் ஆண்டு காமராஜர் எம்.எல்.ஏ-வாக இருந்தார். 1969ல் தான் நாடாளுமன்றத்துக்கு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார் என்பதற்கான ஆதாரங்கள் கிடைத்துள்ளன.”] The review describes checking the photograph against other images of Kamaraj and Shastri, then using reverse-image search to identify the pictured man as R. R. Diwakar. It also checked the parliamentary timeline: Shastri died on January 9, 1966, and the review reports that Parliament’s sessions that year began in February, with no January sitting recorded. [S1: “லால் பகதூர் சாஸ்திரி இறந்த 1966ம் ஆண்டு ஜனவரி மாதம் 9ம் தேதிக்கு முன்பாக நாடாளுமன்ற கூட்டத் தொடர் நடந்ததா என்று ஆய்வு செய்தோம். நாடாளுமன்ற மக்களவை இணைய நூலகத்தில் ஆய்வு செய்தோம். அந்த ஆண்டு பிப்ரவரி மாதத்தில் இருந்து நாடாளுமன்ற கூட்டங்கள் நடந்தது என்றும், அது தொடர்பான விவாத விவரங்கள் உள்ளதாகவும் தகவல் கிடைத்தது. ஜனவரியில் நாடாளுமன்ற கூட்டம் நடந்ததாக எந்த பதிவும் இல்லை.”] The review adds that Kamaraj had resigned as Tamil Nadu chief minister in 1963, lost the Virudhunagar assembly election in 1967, and entered Parliament only after winning the 1969 Nagercoil by-election. It distinguishes the alleged parliamentary speech from a separate, real event: the review says that on November 7, 1966, demonstrators gathered in Delhi over cow slaughter, attacked government offices, and stoned and set fire to Kamaraj’s home. That event does not establish that he spoke in Parliament. [S1: “காமராஜர் 1963ம் ஆண்டு முதலமைச்சர் பதவியில் இருந்து விலகினார். அதன் பிறகு 1967ம் ஆண்டு நடந்த சட்டமன்ற தேர்தலில் விருதுநகர் தொகுதியில் போட்டியிட்டு தோல்வி அடைந்தார். அதன் பிறகு 1969ல் நடந்த நாகர்கோவில் இடைத் தேர்தலில் வெற்றி பெற்று எம்.பி ஆனார்”; “1966ம் ஆண்டு நம்பர் 7ம் தேதி சாதுக்கள் உள்ளிட்ட இந்து அமைப்பினர் டெல்லியில் திரண்டனர். நாடாளுமன்றத்தை முற்றுகையிட சென்ற அவர்கள், நாடாளுமன்ற கட்டிடம் மூடப்பட்டிருப்பதைக் கண்டு அங்கிருந்த அரசு அலுவலகங்களைத் தாக்கினர். காங்கிரஸ் கட்சித் தலைவராக இருந்த காமராஜர் வீட்டின் மீதும் கல் வீசி தாக்கினர், பிறகு வீட்டுக்கு தீ வைத்தனர்”]
“There’s questions into the leadership within, the structure of the speaker’s office, where they denied the ability to bring the National Guard here. … We start with a committee chair who will tell you, ‘Everything’s on the table except the speaker’s office.’ How can you ever get to the bottom of the questions? How can you ever get to the solutions to make sure the Capitol is never put in this position again?”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
“It is a fact that … in December of 2020, Nancy Pelosi was made aware of potential security threats to the Capitol and she failed to act. It is a fact that the U.S. Capitol Police raised concerns and rather than providing them with the support and resources they needed and they deserved, she prioritized her partisan political optics over their safety.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
“Sebastián Sichel tiene un casco con una esvástica nazi”
Publisher’s rating: Falso
(Video) Emmanuel Macron cubierto completamente con collares de flores en su llegada a la Polinesia
Publisher’s rating: Falso
នយោបាយជាអាយុជីវិតរបស់អ្នក គ្រួសារអ្នក វាសនាប្រទេសជាតិរបស់អ្នក! តើហេតុអ្វីបានជាអ្នករាល់គ្នាមិនខ្វល់រឿងជាតិទឹកដី? ប្រទេសមួយធ្លាក់ទៅក្នុងដៃជនផ្ដាច់ការ ហើយវាសនារបស់អ្នកស្រេចតែគេកំណត់ឱ្យរស់! បើមិនចេះតស៊ូ UN ជួយមិនបានទេ OK?
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Image of a protesting farmer carrying condom packet in his pocket
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The post presented a Sikh man with what appeared to be a condom packet in his shirt pocket as a protesting farmer. FACTLY’s investigation identifies the man as Sucha Singh Langah, a former Punjab minister and Akali Dal member, and says the image predates the farmers’ protest rather than depicting it. The review concludes that the picture was digitally altered to make it look as though Langah had a condom packet in his pocket. To check the image’s provenance, FACTLY reports using reverse image search. It found the same image in a news article dated 18 August 2018, which identified Langah. The review also says Punjab Kesari published the same image in 2020. These earlier appearances support its finding that the picture was not a photograph of the ongoing protest. FACTLY further says that close observation of the earlier images shows no condom packet in Langah’s shirt pocket. Taken together, the identification, earlier publication history and comparison of the images support the review’s conclusion that the image was altered, not evidence of a protesting farmer carrying the packet.
Governor Nyong'o is dead
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Research from related reporting identifies Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o of Kisumu as active in March 2026, after the claim’s 2021 date. The report says he urged security agencies to investigate clashes on the Kisumu–Kericho border and quotes him calling for those responsible to be held accountable. That later, attributed public statement is evidence that the governor named in the claim was alive years after the reported death. The report concerns border violence, not the 2021 cancer-death claim, and it does not describe how that claim originated or provide a contemporaneous investigation of it. Its relevance is the later identification and activity of the same Kisumu governor. On the evidence supplied, the claim that Governor Nyong’o had died is contradicted by this subsequent reporting.
Photo of jailed ex-PM of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerned a video circulating on social media that depicted a woman behind bars and identified her as Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s former State Counsellor. The review concluded that the image did not show Suu Kyi: it was a manipulated version of an earlier photograph. The claim is about the identity of the woman in the video, not whether Suu Kyi was detained after Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. To investigate the image, FACTLY says it ran a reverse-image search on screenshots from the video. That search led to an article published on 28 August 2019, titled “Aging in Prison: The Forgotten Plight of Women Behind Bars.” The review reports that the article’s image has a background identical to the one in the video, identifying the earlier image as the source material for the manipulated version. The review also compared the video image with images of Suu Kyi shown by Myanmar’s junta in May 2021, after the coup. It says those images did not match the picture in the video. Taken together, the reported image-search result and the comparison with the later images support the review’s conclusion that the video’s depiction was morphed and falsely presented as Suu Kyi.
Foto mostra rodovia asfaltada (SP-321) pelo governo Bolsonaro
Publisher’s rating: Falso
