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Politics & government fact checks

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

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Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

Claim: Anbumani Ramadoss supporting Chennai Salem Express way

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a social-media post portraying PMK youth-wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss as supporting the Chennai–Salem eight-lane expressway. The review says the post used a scene from a Tamil film featuring actor Senthil, with Ramadoss’s face digitally substituted, and added text implying that the PMK had not opposed the project. It traced the post to the Troll Mafia Facebook page on May 31, 2019. The review’s account therefore addresses the specific claim and the image used to promote it, rather than merely discussing the road project generally. To check the claim, the publisher says it reviewed recent news for a statement by Ramadoss and located a statement of his opposing the project. The review reports that Ramadoss had joined a legal challenge to the road plan and had described the High Court’s stay as a victory for that legal effort. It further quotes his statement that he would continue the fight against the project and that the PMK would press the central and state governments to abandon it. The review distinguishes the government’s appeal from the PMK’s position: it says the central government appealed against the High Court order, while Ramadoss’s statement characterized the government’s action as harmful to farmers and reiterated opposition to the scheme. On the evidence presented, the post’s implication that the PMK supported the eight-lane project was false; the review says no supporting statement from Ramadoss had been found and provides his contrary statement.

The QuintPolitics & government

IPS officer Roopa Yadav denied Modi govt's award over Pragya Thakur's Hemant Karkare remark.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim circulated in a tweet asserting that an IPS officer named Roopa Yadav had refused a Modi-government award in protest over BJP MP Pragya Thakur’s remarks about Hemant Karkare. The Quint’s review says the post used former DIG (prisons) D Roopa’s picture and name, but gave her surname incorrectly. Thus, the post attributed the supposed refusal to a real officer while misidentifying her.

NewtralPolitics & government

Foto de Inés Arrimadas haciendo el saludo nazi y llevando una bandera falangista

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerns two images circulated as showing Inés Arrimadas: one of a woman making a Nazi salute and another of a woman with a Falange flag. Newtral says it tried to establish where both images came from, but found no evidence that either woman was Arrimadas. It also reports that Ciudadanos’ communications team denied the identification. As a further comparison, the review points to an image Arrimadas herself posted for the #10yearschallenge, showing her appearance in 2009, and says the resemblance in the circulated images was questionable. The review describes different findings for each photo. For the Falange-flag image, reverse-image searching produced few results; Newtral traced it to a Twitter post in 2017 and also found it on Facebook, ForoCoches and personal blogs. For the salute photo, it identifies the image as belonging to AFP and Getty Images and says The Telegraph published it in 2009 in connection with a demonstration in Toledo organized by the far-right group Alianza Nacional for Spain’s National Day. Thus, the review’s evidence does not identify either woman as Arrimadas: it reports no proof for that attribution, cites a denial from her party’s communications team, and traces the salute image to a different event and publication history. The excerpt gives no original identification for the woman with the flag beyond its circulation history, so it does not establish who she is.

Sonal GuptaPolitics & government

After Amit Shah became home minister former J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah has changed his tone and started saying 'Bharat mata ki Jai'.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim attached to the viral clip suggested that Farooq Abdullah had changed his stance after Amit Shah became Home Minister, pointing to Abdullah saying “Bharat Mata ki jai.” The Quint’s review says the footage itself is authentic, but that the claim misrepresented when and why it was recorded: Abdullah made the slogan at a tribute event for former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, not in the later setting implied by the viral message. The review describes its search process: a keyword search led it to a News24 YouTube video posted on 20 August 2018. It identifies that footage as coming from an all-party prayer meet in Delhi on that date, where Abdullah paid tribute to Vajpayee and ended his speech with “Bharat Mata ki jai.” The review also says Bharat Tak had shared the clip the previous year and described the same prayer gathering and tribute, providing a second piece of provenance for the circulating video. The timing matters to the claim. The review reports that Abdullah’s slogans were followed by heckling during Eid prayers at Srinagar’s Hazratbal mosque on 22 August 2018. Its account therefore places the quoted slogan in a specific 2018 event, rather than establishing a change prompted by Shah becoming Home Minister. The review’s conclusion is that the video is genuine but the viral message’s implied chronology and explanation are false.

Pagella PoliticaPolitics & government

Chiedo solo di rispettare il Contratto di governo. L’autonomia c’è, la flat tax c’è, il decreto sicurezza bis c’è. E sulla Tav il progetto è stato rivisto e rifinanziato.

Publisher’s rating: Nì

The claim reproduces Matteo Salvini’s remarks to journalists at a reception at the Quirinale on 1 June. Pagella Politica checked whether the four subjects he cited were actually in the government agreement between the League and the Five Star Movement, using its “Traccia il Contratto” project to assess commitments in the agreement and their status. The review found that the statement was only partly accurate. Regional autonomy was indeed a commitment in the agreement, but it had not yet been granted: the government was still discussing arrangements with Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna, and the parties had not resolved how to allocate the associated resources. The contract also committed the parties to tax reform involving fixed rates, but the review distinguished that pledge from a single-rate flat tax. It described the contract as providing for two rates, while the tax measures then in force covered only specified income groups and the broader reform remained unfulfilled. The review found no contractual basis for the disputed measures in the proposed “security bis” decree. On the Turin–Lyon rail project, it said the contract only promised to reopen discussion of the project and was vague about what that meant. Although the government had proceeded with a tender-related step, the review found that this did not amount to revising or modifying the project as Salvini claimed.

Our.NewsPolitics & government

Trump tells The Sun: Meghan Markle is ‘nasty,’ Boris Johnson would do a ‘very good job’ as Prime Minister

Publisher’s rating: Considering the exact topics Vazquez and McGee chose to highlight from The Sun’s interview with Trump (his responses to questions about climate change and his expressed favor for Boris Johnson), we’ve determined that this article spins this news (The Sun interview) to the center-left. We therefore rate this as Real News, Left Spin, and Accurate.

Factchecking.clPolitics & government

"Por ejemplo, hoy día a pesar de los avances son más de 180 los trámites que piden Certificado de Nacimiento, documento que el propio Estado emite y posee. Hace un par de meses decretamos la gratuidad total de los principales certificados que entrega el Registro Civil por internet y hemos logrado avances notables en materia de uso de la licencia médica electrónica, bajando el tiempo promedio de tramitación de 64 a 25 días".

Publisher’s rating: Sería creíble, pero...