Claim: Incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Senate President Vicente Sotto III had a talk, and speculates what they were talking about
Category: Misleading
Complete Details: A video uploaded on Youtube by a user named Pilipinas Malakas details an interview with outgoing Senate President Vicente Sotto III concerning his conversation with incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. It also details Senator Sotto's plans after he steps down from office.
Why we fact-check this: This video tricks its viewers into thinking that there was something important or relevant that the incoming President and the outgoing Senate President with regard to the next administration. But instead, it acts as a click-bait where it captures the viewer's curiosity into clicking on the video, only to be subjected to nothing but the possible retirement plan of the Senator.
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