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Sen. Risa Hontiveros did not question or criticize the decision of incoming president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to name retired political science professor Clarita Carlos as his National Security Adviser.

This is contrary to a fabricated quote Facebook user Lethe Sasan Anipse attributed to Hontiveros.

The communication team of Hontiveros confirmed to FactRakers that the senator made no such remark. No news media outlet also reported Hontiveros as having criticized Carlos’ credentials.

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FactRakers is a Philippines-based fact-checking initiative of journalism majors at the University of the Philippines-Diliman working under the supervision of Associate Professor Yvonne T. Chua of the University of the Philippines’ Journalism Department. Associate Professor Ma. Diosa Labiste, also of the Journalism Department, serves as editorial consultant.

The name of the initiative, coined from the words “fact” and “raker,” is inspired by the term “muckrakers,” first used in the early 1900s by American president Theodore Roosevelt to express his annoyance at progressive, reform-minded journalists at the time.

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