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„Amerikanci uručili Plenkoviću Oscara: ‘Za vizionarsko vodstvo Hrvatske i predanost’“.
Publisher’s rating: Uglavnom točno, Manipulacija, Mamac poveznica/clickbait
Photo shows Akhilesh Yadav with Pakistani MP Saifullah Abro
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review identifies the man pictured with Akhilesh Yadav as industrialist Ashish Saraf, not Pakistani MP Saifullah Abro. It says Saraf is Chairman and CEO of Facor Global Pte Ltd.
محمد بن سلمان يصرح برغبته في العودة بالسعودية إلى زمن الجاهلية
Publisher’s rating: معدل
වජිර අබේවර්ධන සිදුකළ ප්රකාශයක් ද?
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCrescendo reports that it found no media reports of Abeywardena making the claimed statement about medicine prices, and says his media office denied that he made it. It also identifies the image used to suggest he made the statement as a still from a 2023 UNP media briefing, before the National People’s Power came to power.
لختشدن نماینده مجلس مکزیک در اعتراض به لختکردن مردم و فقیرکردن آنها بوده است.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
इटली की प्रधानमंत्री जियोर्जिया मेलोनी ने पाकिस्तान को कड़ी चेतावनी देते हुए दावा किया वह नक्शे से मिट सकता है
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
The review found that the video was from 2019, when Meloni was advocating for Rome to become the European Union’s capital—not warning Pakistan. It concluded that the footage had been misleadingly connected to India and Pakistan. [S1]
A photo of K.B.Hedgewar alongside Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, riding a motorcycle.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the viral image has signs of digital manipulation, including blurry faces and unnatural body postures. It also says the image is absent from reliable historical collections and that the motorcycle’s registration number is inconsistent with the period.
河野太郎氏が「専業主婦は余裕がある」と発言した?
Publisher’s rating: 不正確
The review says Kono did not simply assert that full-time homemakers have leeway. It explains that he was discussing fairness in the pension system and gave examples involving households with a full-time homemaker and single mothers.
Предки немецких политиков состояли в НСДАП.
Publisher’s rating: Дедушки Анналены Бербок и Урсулы фон дер Ляйен, а также отец Фридриха Мерца не состояли в НСДАП
هل ارتفع عدد الدبلوماسيين الليبيين في الخارج إلى 22 ألف موظف؟
Publisher’s rating: مضلل
විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්ය විජිත හේරත් වතිකානුවේදී සිදුකළ කතාවක් ද?
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review says the video was not a speech Herath gave in the Vatican; it was footage from a 27 January 2017 speech in London. It identifies him at the time as a JVP parliamentarian speaking at a meeting with the Tamil and Muslim diaspora. [S1: “මෙය අමාත්යවරයා වතිකානුවේදී සිදුකළ කතාවක් නොව, මීට වසර ගණනාවකට පෙර කතාවක් බවයි.”; “2017 ජනවාරි 27 වන දින ලන්ඩනයේ ඊස්ට් හැම් හි ට්රිනිටි ප්රජා ශාලාවේදී දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් ඩයස්පෝරාව හමුවි සිදුකළ කතාවක කොටසක්”]
የኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ በኤርትራው ፕሬዝዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ፊት ተምበርክኮ ያሳያል በሚል ኤክስ (የቀድሞው ትዊተር) ላይ የተጋራው ይህ ምስል
Publisher’s rating: False
" I have stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America. It’s back."
Publisher’s rating: Over President Donald Trump's first 100 days, his administration repeatedly took action against people and organizations exercising their right to free speech, including media, universities and law firms.