A couple of Facebook (FB) pages that support presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and running mate Sara Duterte-Carpio published an edited image to claim that a million people gathered at Vice President Leni Robredo’s Cebu grand rally this week.
Robredo’s camp was criticized for releasing a fake photo while others called out the pro-Uniteam pages for publishing the manipulated images. This is not the first time pro-Uniteam FB pages published a fake photo taken from one of Robredo’s grand rallies. (Read VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pro-Uniteam pages spread FAKE photo of Leni-Kiko Pasig rally)
The manipulated images published on April 22 used a real photo taken a day before which was doctored in varying degrees – two showing a crowd of Robredo supporters filling the areas near the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City and the other showing them seemingly standing on the sea.
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