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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,753 published reviews in this topic

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

FACT CHECK: අත්සන් කරන්න දීපු පෑන, බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂා මහතා සාක්කුවේ දා රැගෙන ගියා ද

Publisher’s rating: Satire

The claim concerned Basil Rajapaksa’s swearing-in as Sri Lanka’s finance minister at the President’s Office on July 8, 2021. Social-media posts jokingly alleged that, after signing the document, he put the pen supplied for the signing—the one in the table’s pen holder—into his shirt pocket. The review says the posts circulated as satire and reports that it examined the footage of the event rather than relying only on the circulated images. The review’s key distinction is between the pen in the table holder and the pen Rajapaksa used. It reports that inspection of the event footage showed the pen he put in his pocket was not the one from the holder. It also points to footage of him arriving at the President’s Office with a pen already in his shirt pocket, and says he used that pen to sign. On that evidence, the review concluded that he did not pocket the table pen after signing. The review also describes photographs released by the President’s Media Unit: they show Rajapaksa’s own pen alongside other pens set out on the table, including one available to him if needed and another for Presidential Secretary P. B. Jayasundera. Taken together, the reported footage and photographs support the review’s conclusion that the viral claim misidentified which pen Rajapaksa carried away.

YouturnPolitics & government

ஒளிப்பதிவு திருத்த சட்டம் – தங்கர்பச்சான் ஆதரவு. ஒளிப்பதிவு திருத்த சட்டம் வரவேற்கத்தக்கது: மத்தியரசு எந்த சட்டம் கொண்டு வந்தாலும் அதை எதிர்க்க ஒரு கூட்டம் இங்கே உள்ளது: அதை நாம் பொருட்படுத்த தேவையில்லை.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

Fact Crescendo CambodiaPolitics & government

ក្នុង​ពេល​បំពេញ​ទស្សនកិច្ច​នៅ​ប្រទេស​វៀតណាម លោក​ប្រធានាធិបតី ដូណាល់ ត្រាំ បាន​បង្ហាញ​នូវ​ភាព​ស្និទ្ធ​ស្នាល​ជាមួយ​នឹង​បវរ​កញ្ញា​វៀតណាម​យ៉ាង​កក់​ក្ដៅ​ជា​ទីបំផុត

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

ទន្ទឹម​គ្នា​នេះ ​រូប​ថត​មួយ​សន្លឹក​ដែល​បង្ហាញ​​អតីត​ប្រធានាធិបតី​អាមេរិក ​លោក​ ដូណាល់​ ត្រាំ​ ​កាន់​ស្លាក​មួយ​ដែល​មាន​សរសេរ​ជា​អក្សរ​ខ្មែរ​រិះ​គន់​ទៅ​លើ​ក្រុម​ដែល​គាំទ្រ​ឲ្យ​ខ្មែរ​សម្លាប់​ខ្មែរ​​នោះ ត្រូវ​បាន​បង្ហោះ​នៅ​លើ​បណ្ដាញ​សង្គម ហើយ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ចែក​រំលែក​តៗ​គ្នា។

Publisher’s rating: FALSE