CLAIM: Rappler wrote the fact-check story to Mayor Richard Gomez’s claim that no presidential candidate helped Ormoc City except Bongbong Marcos
RATING: FALSE
Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez thought that Rappler wrote the story that fact-checked his claim that Bongbong Marcos was the only presidential candidate who helped Ormoc City in times of calamities.
In a video by YouTube channel “SHOWBIZ CHIKA-DORO,” Gomez doubled down on his claim that Marcos was the only politician who helped Ormoc during disasters and difficult times. He said in the video:
“Well si Bongbong during those times he was here to help as although wala kayo nakita na nagawa sa- na nilabas ng Rappler na fact-check daw sila,” he said.
The actor-turned-politician mentioned Rappler five times in the video. His other mentions of Rappler as the publisher of the fact-check story are as follows:
- “Tama yung sinabi dito na December 2013, tama sinabi ng Inquirer, fact-check ng Rappler, tama yung date.”
- “So, that Rappler will know, ang nagdala ng pera dito na 1.5 is not Manny’s [Pacquiao] money.”
- “So, ayon ‘yung fact-check, hindi kayo nag fact-check sa totoong records namin dito. I’ll show you so that Rappler will know.”
- “So maraming salamat po, pero kung para pang Fact-check ng Rappler.”
Gomez’s claim that Rappler originally published the fact-check story is FALSE.
Read the full story on Fact Checked by PressOne.PH.
