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日本ファクトチェックセンターPolitics & government

「高市早苗じゃないと日本は終わります」と石丸伸二氏が発言?

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The review says the statement was made by Hiromichi Toba, founder of Doutor Coffee and a supporter of Ishimaru, not by Ishimaru himself. The cited interview reported Toba saying that, in his view, “there is no one but Takaichi” among politicians who would contribute to Japan; it did not report Ishimaru making the claim.

PA MediaScience & space

A heat pump generates 3 times more energy than it consumes

Publisher’s rating: Heat pumps are highly efficient and can release three times as much heat energy into a home as they consume energy in the form of electricity, but this is not the same as generating three times more energy than they consume.

Related reporting describes two wastewater heat pumps in Vancouver that provide heating for 47 buildings and says their efficiencies exceed 300%, with the system generating three times more working energy than it consumes. This supports the claim for that specific installation, not heat pumps generally.

Projeto ComprovaPolitics & government

Lula teria admitido ser comunista

Publisher’s rating: Enganoso

The review finds that Lula did not admit to being a communist; the viral post used a montage of two videos from different occasions in 2023. In one, he discussed the PT’s relationship with China’s Communist Party; in the other, he said that being called a communist was a source of pride, while contrasting it with being called a Nazi, neofascist, or terrorist. [S1]

Fact Crescendo

তিৰুপতি মন্দিৰ প্ৰসাদ বিতৰ্কত অভিযুক্ত ঘিঁউ যোগানকাৰীৰ সৈতে মিছাকৈ জড়িত পাক কোম্পানীৰ কৰ্মচাৰীৰ প্ৰফাইলৰ স্ক্ৰীণশ্বট।

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo found that the screenshot showed employees of Pakistan-based A.R. Foods (Pvt) Limited, not the Tamil Nadu-based A.R. Dairy Food Private Limited identified as a ghee supplier under scrutiny. The review says the screenshot’s location information had been removed, leading to the false association.

PA MediaImmigration

“In the 80 days since Keir Starmer has taken power and has been in Downing Street, compare that to the last 80 days of the Conservative government. The number of people crossing the channel illegally has grown by 60%.”

Publisher’s rating: Official data recording small boat crossings shows an increase when comparing the last 80 days of Rishi Sunak’s government and the first 80 days of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership. Scrapping the Rwanda scheme may or may not have impacted on this – it is difficult to tell. However the number of people crossing always increases around this time of year, which is likely to be due to better weather.

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