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Claim: GMA news anchor Jessica Soho vouches for the legitimacy of the product Blueberry Eye Drops in a segment of her news magazine show Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS).
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook post containing the claim has over 2.8 million views, 13,000 reactions, and 1,100 comments.
It shows a clip from Soho’s show where she can be heard saying the line, “Kung dumikit, talagang makapit (If it sticks, it holds on tight),” followed by videos of red eyes and an alleged voiceover of the news anchor. Text overlaid on the video makes reference to pugita sa mata or the eye condition pterygium, the growth of fleshy tissue on the conjunctiva.
In the voiceover, Soho supposedly says the problem can be solved using the product Blueberry Eye Drops.
Unrelated segment: The ad used an old clip from Soho’s show that is unrelated to the pterygium eye condition or the supposed cure.
The original video, which was uploaded to GMA Public Affairs’ YouTube channel on August 3, 2020, was about leeches entering the eyes of hikers climbing during the rainy season. Soho said the best way to get rid of the leeches was by making a salt solution that would be applied like an eyedrop, but she did not mention Blueberry Eye Drops in the entire segment.
AI-generated voice: Soho’s introductory line used in the ad was also the only part taken from the original video. The rest of Soho’s alleged voiceover where she talked about Blueberry Eye Drops was flagged by TrueMedia.org’s deepfake detector for having “substantial evidence” that it used “AI-generated audio,” with a confidence level of 100%.
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Not FDA registered: Blueberry Eye Drops is not on the Philippine Food and Drug Administration’s list of registered products, as seen on its online verification portal.
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– Lorenz Pasion/Rappler.com
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