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Loreben Tuquero

Loreben Tuquero

Staff writer

Loreben Tuquero is a reporter covering artificial intelligence and misinformation for PolitiFact. She previously worked as a researcher/writer for Rappler, where she wrote fact checks and stories on disinformation actors and techniques. She graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in communication.

ltuquero@poynter.org

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Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 social media posts:
An image shows Bad Bunny wearing a dress and burning the U.S. flag.
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By Loreben Tuquero • February 9, 2026

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stated on March 27, 2026 social media posts:
Image shows President Donald Trump asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Truth Social to pardon Tiger Woods following a DUI charge.
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By Loreben Tuquero • March 30, 2026
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Social Media
stated on March 19, 2026 social media posts:
Video shows Israelis fleeing to Cyprus.
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By Loreben Tuquero • March 23, 2026
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Social Media
stated on March 13, 2026 social media posts:
An AI video is proof that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dead.
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By Loreben Tuquero • March 13, 2026
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stated on March 1, 2026 social media posts:
Videos show Iranian missiles struck and damaged the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
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By Loreben Tuquero • March 2, 2026
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stated on February 24, 2026 social media posts:
An audio clip reveals a Jeffrey Epstein victim’s account of abuse by the Clintons.
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By Loreben Tuquero, Maria Briceño • February 26, 2026
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on February 24, 2026 the Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address:
President Donald Trump’s tariff policies “have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs” since last year.
Mostly True
By Loreben Tuquero, Zoe Weyand • February 25, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 14, 2026 social media posts:
The Epstein files “expose Ellen DeGeneres” as a cannibal.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • February 16, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 remarks:
In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”
Half-True
By Loreben Tuquero • January 29, 2026
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Social Media
stated on January 25, 2026 posts:
Evan Kilgore is one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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By Loreben Tuquero • January 26, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2026 a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram:
The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
False
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2026
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Latest Articles By Loreben Tuquero

Foto de avion de Spirit Airlines
JetBlue and Spirit planes, 07-07-2022
Los Alamos National Laboratory, 4-16-2019
Photo of woman touching Bible 05-11-25
Woman checking phone in Tehran, Iran, 04-12-2026
Trump in press briefing room, 04-07-2026
Trump at press briefing, White House, 04-06-2026
Tyler Robinson at hearing in Provo, Utah, 12-11-2025
Women walk with Iran flag in Tehran March 20, 2026
Benjamin Netanyahu, Meitar, Israel, 01-28-2026
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