Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
Marcos’ main goal is to unite the country — something he could not emphasize enough in his proclamation rally speech, where he mentioned the Filipino word equivalent of “unity” 21 times.
Marcos’ main goal is to unite the country — something he could not emphasize enough in his proclamation rally speech, where he mentioned the Filipino word equivalent of “unity” 21 times.
Bago tayo mag-goodbye sa 2023, pag-usapan at suriin muna natin 'yung mga na-fact check mula January hanggang December. Para sa ikatlong serye, ano na nga ba ang estado ng Marcos-Duterte alliance, ang UniTeam? Pakinggan ang kwentuhan ng VERA Files reporters sa ika-32 na episode ng What The F?! Podcast.
Bago tayo mag-goodbye sa 2023, pag-usapan at suriin muna natin 'yung mga na-fact check mula January hanggang December. Para sa ikalawang serye, alamin ang mga misinformation at disinformation na kumalat sa unang taon ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., kasama ang VERA Files reporters. Pakinggan dito sa ika-31 episode ng What The F?! Podcast.
Sa isyu ng disinformation sa agrikultura, nakapag-monitor ang VERA Files Fact Check ng 15 pahayag ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno at online posts. Labintatlo rito ay tungkol sa bigas at siyam ang direktang tumutukoy sa pagpapababa ng presyo nito.
Political doublespeak: omission, diversion and confusion, characterized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s first full year in office. More than half of his claims in 2023 lacked context, were flip-flops, or misleading.
In the social media landscape this year, disinformation peddlers sketched an image of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a decisive leader who fired errant officials and as a figure sought by foreign leaders for his wealth.
From clickbait headlines of videos to patently false claims, the allegations that he fired several errant government officials, withdrew wealth from foreign countries or that the Maharlika Fund will collate national wealth and pay the country’s debts all seemed to prop up President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s image.
Misleading claims of former president Rodrigo Duterte on the jurisdiction of the ICC continued to haunt the disinformation landscape in 2023 even as the current administration now considers cooperating in the tribunal’s ongoing probe into the bloody drug war.