{"id":1493475,"date":"2022-05-26T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493475"},"modified":"2022-05-26T15:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:30:18","slug":"fact-check-did-31-million-people-vote-for-leni-robredo-in-the-2022-philippine-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-31-million-people-vote-for-leni-robredo-in-the-2022-philippine-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did 31 Million People Vote for Leni Robredo In The 2022 Philippine Presidential Election?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-31-million-people-vote-for-leni-robredo-in-the-2022-philippine-presidential-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10159267621673889&#038;set=a.10150710662953889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show a vote tally indicating that 31 million people voted for Philippine presidential candidate Leni Robredo in the country\u2019s 2022 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image has been edited. There is no evidence to suggest that 31 million people voted for Robredo.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr. decisively won the 2022 Philippine presidential election with over 30 million votes, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/05\/10\/1097903733\/ferdinand-marcos-wins-philippines-presidential-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>. Robredo, who was Marcos Jr.\u2019s main rival in the race, conceded on May 13, urging her supporters to accept the results and continue to fight disinformation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/13\/world\/asia\/robredo-philippine-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image appears to show an ABS-CBN webpage that shows Robredo receiving over 31 million votes, more than Marcos Jr. received. \u201c<span class=\"nc684nl6\">COMELEC<\/span> how can 31,839,638 votes for Leni become 14 million + in latest tallies? Is the transparency server doing negative addition? This should be answered to know the real voice of the people,\u201d reads the image\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Robredo ever had 31 million votes. If she had, media outlets would have covered it, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=robredo+31+million+votes&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwinypnXmfn3AhWCnXIEHe5hCDwQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=821&#038;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">none have<\/a>. Check Your Fact also reviewed ABS-CBN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/halalanresults.abs-cbn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">election results website<\/a>, which currently shows Marcos Jr. with over 31 million votes and Robredo with 14 million. Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=robredo+31+million+votes&#038;source=lnms&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwih2OjYmfn3AhXzhHIEHZKwB1EQ_AUoAHoECAEQAg&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=821&#038;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> to support the claim that Robredo received more votes than Marcos Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reviewed archived screenshots of ABS-CBN\u2019s election results website from <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/vQJAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 9<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/CEmwS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 10<\/a> and found <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220509162550\/https:\/\/halalanresults.abs-cbn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/9Mfxr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">evidence<\/a>\u00a0the news outlet ever reported that Robredo had received more than 14 million votes. It is possible to change vote tally numbers on a website like ABS-CBS, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-philippine-candidate\/fact-check-digitally-altered-images-made-it-look-as-if-philippine-presidential-candidate-leni-robredo-got-more-votes-than-she-did-idUSL2N2X22LT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ABS-CBN did not directly address the image, but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABSCBNNews\/status\/1523972816189624325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that \u201cedited screen shots\u201d of its results page were circulating online.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/13\/fact-check-philippines-election-vote-count\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Altered Image Shows Fake Count In Philippines\u2019 2022 Presidential Election)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kapamilya, be careful what you share on social media.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest result of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Halalan2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Halalan2022<\/a>, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wl9HF5ySGS\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wl9HF5ySGS<\/a>, with the partial and unofficial results sourced by ABS-CBN from the Comelec Transparency Media Server. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lsSKDZHKbJ\">pic.twitter.com\/lsSKDZHKbJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABSCBNNews\/status\/1523972816189624325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBeware of some edited screen shots using images from the ABS-CBN HALALAN RESULTS page that are being shared on social media,\u201d reads a statement the media outlet tweeted out. \u201cWe would like to inform the public that these are manipulated images. Like other media organizations and other institutions, ABS-CBN has been getting its data from the Comelec Transparency Media Server. The resulting data are similar. We appeal to the public to stop spreading disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/13\/fact-check-philippines-election-vote-count\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a false image that appeared to show Robredo with 19 million votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims to show a vote tally indicating that 31 million people voted for Philippine presidential candidate Leni Robredo in the country\u2019s 2022 presidential election.Verdict: False<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":1493505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}