MANILA, Philippines – In President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first year as president, lies and false narratives about him and his family continued to spread on social media.
Prior to his presidential victory, Marcos benefitted from election-related disinformation to boost his image, according to several Rappler reports and investigations, and other experts such as digital media researcher Fatima Gaw. (READ: Tracking the Marcos disinformation and propaganda machinery)
However, this victory didn’t stop the spread of false claims about Marcos, his family, and his father, the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. One year into his presidency, some of the lies that disinformation peddlers spread to rebrand and rehabilitate the Marcos name have persisted.
Other lies changed and adapted to reinforce the false narratives, making Marcos look like he’s fulfilling the promises that disinformation peddlers spread during the elections.
We analyze these false claims tracked after the May 9, 2022 presidential elections up to the present.
Rappler fact-checked 130 claims related to the Marcoses from the day after elections up to the present.
Several themes have emerged in these false claims, but 73 of them – more than half of all debunked lies – were about the purported Marcos gold, as well as claims pertaining to propaganda.
Rappler analyzed the themes of claims related to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his...
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