{"id":28405,"date":"2026-03-30T15:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=28405"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:47:25","slug":"false-senator-saah-joseph-did-not-promise-muslims-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/false-senator-saah-joseph-did-not-promise-muslims-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"False! Senator Saah Joseph did not promise Muslims holiday\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim:<\/strong> Verity Online News alleged<\/a> that Montserrado County Senator Saah Joseph promised a holiday for Muslims if elected President in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdict:<\/strong> False! The claimant failed to provide evidence, as Senator Saah Joseph denies the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Verity Online News claimed that Montserrado County Senator Saah Joseph has promised a holiday for Muslims if elected President in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Online News Network made the claim on March 23, 2026, on their official social media page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post generated 1.1k likes, 622 comments and 68 shares. Another online media institution, Montserrado Media Inc., made<\/a> the same claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA decided to conduct a fact-check of the claim as part of its mandate to counter misinformation and disinformation and to promote truth-telling in public discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our researcher contacted the journalist, Emmanuel M. Kangar Jr.<\/a>, who wrote the story, to provide the source of the Senator\u2019s remark. He has since refused to respond to the inquiry. The researcher also contacted Senator Saah Joseph, and he denied the allegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The researcher also monitored other credible media platforms to see if any such news item had been reported, but found none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the Senator’s response, Verity Online News’s claim is false. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: Verity Online News alleged that Montserrado County Senator Saah Joseph promised a holiday for Muslims if elected President in 2029. Verdict: False! The claimant failed to provide evidence, as Senator Saah Joseph denies the claim. Full Text Verity Online News claimed that Montserrado County Senator Saah Joseph has promised a holiday for Muslims if elected President in 2029. The Online News Network made the claim on March 23, 2026, on their official social media page. The post generated 1.1k likes, 622 comments and 68 shares. Another online media institution, Montserrado Media Inc., made the same claim. DUBAWA decided to conduct a fact-check of the claim as part of its mandate to counter misinformation and disinformation and to promote truth-telling in public discourse. Verification Our researcher contacted the journalist, Emmanuel M. Kangar Jr., who wrote the story, to provide the source of the Senator\u2019s remark. He has since refused to respond to the inquiry. The researcher also contacted Senator Saah Joseph, and he denied the allegation. The researcher also monitored other credible media platforms to see if any such news item had been reported, but found none. Conclusion Based on the Senator’s response, Verity Online News’s claim is false. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,3815,1960],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[4091],"class_list":["post-28405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-homepage","category-liberia"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-7o9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4091,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"lee-monjue","display_name":"Lee Monjue","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-30-at-3.35.09-PM.png?fit=493%2C353&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28408,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28405\/revisions\/28408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28405"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=28405"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=28405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}