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Nunca houve uma visita de um Presidente da República, primeira-dama e ministros na Ilha do Marajó.
Publisher’s rating: FALSO: Ao contrário do que afirma uma publicação de grande alcance no Twitter, Lula também esteve na ilha acompanhado da primeira-dama e de ministros. Antes dele, há registros de visitas de Médici, Geisel e Figueiredo ao Marajó
Infografía publicada en La Cuarta sobre la Convención Mixta Constitucional
Publisher’s rating: Impreciso
A photo depicts Nancy Pelosi as drunk.
Publisher’s rating: False
Hunter Biden y su padre han cometido actos de corrupción
Publisher’s rating: Engañoso
Video clip shows Biden making racist comment about "some Black women" stocking shelves
Publisher’s rating: Missing context
Saravanan Kumar IRS is one of the lesser known of the three leaders who went to Delhi from Tamil Nadu yesterday and joined the BJP. People are unlikely to know much about this young man who resigned from the top post of the IRS and joined the BJP. His father is a simple worker who repairs father gas stove. Born in a village where there was not even a bus facility, He was very interested in studying at the time of his study, worked as a student journalist in Ananda Vikatan, because of the interest in reading books he bought a book for Rs.1030 even though his first month salary was Rs. 1000. Gradually advancing in life he was selected for a higher job based on the qualification of IRS. Mr. Saravanakumar IRS is an exemplary young man who, despite being born into an economically inferior family, rose to prominence and added pride to his family and the country. So many educated youth across the country today are coming towards the BJP! Now is a good time for Tamil Nadu!
Publisher’s rating: Fake
President Donald Trump is required by law not to show his tax returns.
Publisher’s rating: False
The claim arose from social-media posts arguing that IRS Code section 7213 made Trump legally unable to release his own tax returns. The review explains that the cited section concerns people who disclose someone else’s tax information: it “outlines all the different people who are prohibited from sharing someone's tax returns and the penalties they could face.” The claim therefore misapplied a restriction on disclosure by others to Trump’s own decision about his records. The review’s central legal finding is explicit: “It does not, however, prohibit a person from releasing his or her own tax returns. No law does.” It also reports that, when Trump cited an ongoing audit as a reason for not releasing his returns, the IRS had said in 2016 that “nothing prevents individuals from sharing their own tax information.” Thus, the audit explanation did not establish a legal prohibition either. The review placed the dispute in the context of the 2020 controversy over Trump’s tax records. It says the New York Times had obtained more than two decades of tax-return data, and describes Trump’s response to questions about releasing his returns: “It's under audit. They've been under audit for a long time.” Those details explain the setting, but the decisive issue was narrower: whether law barred a person from releasing their own tax information. The review’s stated answer was that it did not.
Barack Obama is the first former president to publicly criticize a successor
Publisher’s rating: False
"El plan de Biden es aumentar 14% los impuestos a las familias de clase media. El 82% de los estadounidenses pagaría más, y el plan de Biden da amnistía y atención médica a los inmigrantes ilegales. Joe Biden es un político de carrera que pasó décadas aumentando los impuestos"
Publisher’s rating: Falso
මහාචාර්ය ලලිතසිරි ගුණරුවන් අදහස් දක්වන්නේ සැහැල්ලු දුම්රිය ව්යාපෘතිය (LRT) ගැන ද? (VIDEO)
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Cuando Pence era gobernador de Indiana firmó un proyecto de ley para encarcelar a quienes solicitaran casarse con personas del mismo sexo
Publisher’s rating: falso
ABC News confirmed that guests at a White House event were paid $150 and had to sign NDAs
Publisher’s rating: False
ISSO DAÍ QUE VOCÊ ESTÁ VENDO É A BASE DE SUSTENTAÇÃO DO FORO DE SÃO PAULO. INIMIGOS DO BRASI
Publisher’s rating: Falso
நேற்று தமிழகத்தில் இருந்து டெல்லி சென்று பாஜகவில் இணைந்த மூன்று முக்கியனவர்களில் அதிகம் அறியப்படாதா நபர் சரவணகுமார் IRS. IRS என்கிற அரசு உயர் பதவியை ராஜினாமா செய்துவிட்டு பாஜகவில் இணைந்திருக்கும் இந்த இளைஞரை பற்றி அவ்வளவாக மக்களுக்கு தெரிந்திருக்க வாய்ப்பு இல்லை. இவர் தந்தை கேஸ் அடுப்பு ரிப்பேர் செய்யும் ஒரு எளிய பணியாளர். பஸ் வசதி கூட இல்லாத ஒரு கிராமத்தில் பிறந்து, படிக்கும் காலத்திலேயே, படிப்பதில் இருந்த மிகுதியான ஆர்வத்தினால் ஆனந்த விகடன் மாணவ பிரிவு பத்திரிக்கையில் பணிபுரிந்து, முதல் மாத சம்பளத்தில் 1000 ரூபா க்கு 1030 ரூபா க்கு புத்தகம் வாங்கி அதற்கு மேலான தொகைக்கு புத்தகம் எழுதி கொடுத்து. படிப்படியாக வாழ்க்கையில் முன்னேறி IRS என்ற தகுதி அடிப்படையிலான உயர்ந்த பணிக்கு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். பொருளாதார ரீதியாக மிகத் தாழ்ந்த குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்து இருந்தாலும் என்று தானும் உயர்ந்து தன் குடும்பத்திற்கும் பெருமை சேர்த்து என்று நாட்டிற்கும் பெருமை சேர்க்க ஒரு முன்னுதாரண இளைஞராக திரு சரவணகுமார் IRS விளங்குகிறார். இப்படி இன்று நாடு முழுவதும் படித்த பல இளைஞர்கள் பாஜகவை நோக்கி வந்து கொண்டிருக்கின்றார்கள்! இனி தமிழ்நாடுக்கு நல்ல காலமே!
Publisher’s rating: Fake
Der Grünen-Politikerin Claudia Roth sind schon allerlei Aussagen fälschlicherweise untergeschoben worden. Immer wieder wird zum Beispiel ein Screenshot des Twitter-Accounts «@Cl_Roth» geteilt (hier archiviert). Auf dem Profilbild ein Foto der Bundestags-Vizepräsidentin zu sehen. Im dazugehörigen Tweet heißt es: «Ihr Deutschen habt doch sowieso keine Kultur und Identität mehr, also wofür Jubeln? Wir grünen werden schon dafür sorgen das alles Deutsche verschwindet und endlich der Islam einzieht [sic].»
Publisher’s rating: Der Twitter-Account war gefälscht und ist schon lange gesperrt. Das Zitat ist erfunden.
The review concerns the specific screenshot and wording in the claim: a post from the account “@Cl_Roth” attributed to Bundestag Vice-President Claudia Roth. It reports that Roth’s office told dpa in February 2020 that she had never had a Twitter account, either in the past or at that time. That evidence bears directly on whether the account shown in the screenshot was hers. [S1: “Wie das Büro der Grünen-Politikerin bereits im Februar 2020 auf Anfrage der Deutschen Presse-Agentur (dpa) mitteilte, hatte Roth weder in der Vergangenheit noch seinerzeit einen Twitter-Account.”] The article also says that, as of mid-October 2020, Roth still had no official Twitter presence. It identifies her official Facebook account as her only social-network activity according to her website, and reports that the @Cl_Roth account had been suspended. Together, those details contradict the screenshot’s presentation of @Cl_Roth as Roth’s account. [S1: “Auch Mitte Oktober 2020 gab es weiterhin keinen offiziellen Auftritt der Politikerin auf Twitter. Die einzigen Aktivitäten in sozialen Netzwerken gibt es nach Angaben auf Roths Webseite auf ihrem offiziellen Facebook-Account.”] [S1: “Der Twitter-Account «@Cl_Roth» ist längst gesperrt.”] The review says the false attribution had circulated for years and points to earlier fact-checking by Correctiv, Mimikama and dpa. The supplied excerpt does not describe a technical examination of the screenshot or trace the original creation of the quote; its stated evidence is the account’s status and the information from Roth’s office and website. [S1: “Seit Jahren schreiben Faktenchecker gegen die falsche Unterstellung gegen Roth an - etwa Correctiv, Mimikama oder dpa.”]
क्या वायरल तस्वीर में कांग्रेस नेताओं के साथ डॉ राजकुमारी बंसल हैं?
Publisher’s rating: FALSE












