VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tiglao falsely claims Philstar ‘wrong’ on Robredo topping Google search – Vera Files – Vera Files

The Manila Times columnist Rigoberto “Bobi” Tiglao falsely claimed that the Philippine Star erred in reporting that Vice President Leni Robredo was the most-searched presidential candidate on Google earlier this month.

Not true. To support this wrong claim, Tiglao used a data set different from the one used by Google Trends. The newspaper report based its data on Google.

STATEMENT

On the afternoon of March 11, Tiglao posted on his official Facebook (FB) account:

“Philstar is now a venue for fake news. It reported Robredo is more searched than Marcos. This is false.”

Source: Bobi Tiglao official FB account, “Philstar is now a venue for fake news…,”, March 11, 2022

Tiglao referred to a Philippine Star report published that day, which said Robredo was the top searched presidential candidate in the country then. It reported that searches for Robredo comprised 46% of queries among five presidential candidates, using data from Google Trends’ Philippine elections dashboard. Disputing…

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