Filtered By: Topstories
According to fact-checking initiative group Tsek.ph, Vice president Leni Robredo and former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remained the primary targets of disinformation in the Eleksyon 2022 presidential race, with the false or misleading information about Marcos being favorable to him while the disinformation targeting Robredo was negative.
Tsek.ph also reported that their respective running mates Senator Francis Pangilinan and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte were also the top targets of disinformation, noting that this was significant because “it reflects high political polarization.”
“What is even more significant is how supporters of the Marcos-Duterte tandem have succeeded in further boosting narratives in their favor through an increase in the volume of negative messages against Robredo,” the group said.
“As of April 30, 92% of fact checks about Marcos were false or misleading information in his favor. The proportion of debunked false claims praising Duterte was even higher at 95%. On the other hand, 96% of disinformation targeting Robredo was negative. Pangilinan consistently received negative messaging among the fact-checked claims since November,” they added.
Tsek.ph explained that negative messaging refers to claims that malign their targets. Positive messaging, on the other hand, denotes claims praising their targets.
The two types of messaging convey sentiments ranging from “approval, support, contempt, and ridicule, to...
Djibouti hosts a US naval base called Camp Lemonnier, the only American military facility of its kind in Africa. Amid a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East war, a clip circulating in Ethiopia sho...