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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,754 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYPolitics & government

PM Modi announced a Tele-helpline service ‘1098’ for picking up food leftovers from functions and parties

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review examines a circulating WhatsApp message claiming that PM Modi announced helpline 1098 to collect leftover food from functions, parties and homes to feed hungry children. It says the message had circulated for years and was again being shared on Facebook. The review’s finding is that 1098 is not a food-collection service: it describes it as a free helpline launched by CHILDLINE India Foundation (CIF) in 1996 to rescue children in distress. [S1]

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

Caste certificate of MP Jay Siddheshwar Maharaj is Bogus.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned Jay Siddheshwar Mahaswami, the BJP MP elected from Solapur, and a social-media post alleging that his caste certificate was bogus. Fact Crescendo says it checked the allegation by consulting the Solapur district collector’s official website and speaking with election decision officer Dr. Rajendra Bhosale.

Pagella PoliticaPolitics & government

A distanza di quasi un anno dall’inizio del governo, i cittadini italiani confermano e anzi rafforzano, seppur di poco, la fiducia verso questa esperienza di governo.

Publisher’s rating: Nì

The claim concerns Giuseppe Conte’s assertion that, roughly a year after his government began, Italians had strengthened their trust in it. The review distinguishes that claim from the election result Conte used to support it: the combined vote share of the governing Lega and Five Star Movement in the 2019 European elections exceeded their combined share in the 2018 general election. That comparison measures support for the parties, not trust in the government. The review notes that polls measure party voting intentions and confidence in the executive separately, and says those polls showed trust in the government had fallen by about 16 points since it was formed. It therefore judged Conte’s inference from the parties’ vote totals to increased confidence in his government misleading.

RMIT ABC Fact CheckPolitics & government

"The ministry that I announce today maintains the record representation of women in cabinet for an Australian Government, with seven female members of our Cabinet."

Publisher’s rating: Checks out

The claim concerned Scott Morrison’s announcement of his Cabinet after the Coalition’s 2019 election victory: he said it maintained a record for women in an Australian Government Cabinet, with seven female members. The review assesses that specific claim by comparing the number and proportion of women in Cabinets, rather than treating the number seven alone as the full measure of representation. On the count of women, the review says Morrison’s Cabinet set a record in early March, after Linda Reynolds was promoted into Cabinet following Steve Ciobo’s retirement. It identifies the previous record as six, first held briefly by former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd and later matched by Malcolm Turnbull and Morrison. After the election, Morrison’s Cabinet still had seven women, with Sussan Ley replacing Melissa Price and Anne Ruston joining Cabinet while other women continued or received adjusted portfolios. The review also qualifies the claim by comparing proportions. It reports that Rudd’s Cabinet had six women among 20 members, or 30 per cent, while Morrison’s had seven among 23, or 30.4 per cent. Thus the review’s evidence supports a record in both the raw count and, narrowly, the proportion of women—but it notes that neither government exceeded one-third representation. The review concludes that the claim checks out.

FACTLYPolitics & government

Modi bowing down to touch the feet of Saudi’s King Salman.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns an image presented as showing Narendra Modi bowing to touch Saudi King Salman’s feet. FACTLY says the image was altered: it identifies the original as a photograph of Modi bowing to touch the feet of Advani in 2013, with the Saudi king’s image substituted for Advani’s. The review therefore rejects the image as evidence that Modi bowed to King Salman. [S1]

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

Claim: Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman warned India

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a social-media post alleging that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had warned India about reports of Muslims being forced to say “Jai Shri Ram.” The post attributed to him a threat to convert Hindus in Saudi Arabia to Islam and cancel their visas if the alleged coercion continued. The review says the post also showed an image of the Crown Prince with Hindi text beneath it, which was presented as the basis for the translated claim. It identifies Royal Ibrahim as a person who shared the post on June 2, 2019, and says it was being widely recirculated as true. To check the allegation, the publisher reports searching Google for news about such a warning and separately searching for any warning from the Saudi government to India. It says neither search produced reporting that Saudi Arabia or its Crown Prince had issued the claimed warning. The other results it found concerned different Saudi-related subjects, including Saudi assistance to India in a time of danger and a Saudi warning to Iran; those results do not substantiate the post’s allegation. The review concludes that the Facebook post was false. The evidence described is the absence of any matching news report in the searches the publisher conducted, rather than a quoted denial or a separate verification of the image’s Hindi text. The excerpt does not identify the image’s original source or provide a translation of that text, so it does not establish those details independently.