The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt)
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Claim via Social Media: Hospitals get paid $750 for patients who die from the flu, $17,500 for COVID-19.
Politifact rating: False No, there aren’t set amounts hospitals are paid for deaths from flu vs COVID-19 |
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Claim via Social Media: H.R. 5717 would implement a 30% tax on all gun sales and 50% tax on all ammunition sales
USA Today Fact Check rating: True Fact check: Democrat’s bill would increase taxes on firearms and ammunition |
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Claim by Donald Trump: The novel coronavirus “is going to go away without a vaccine.”
FactCheck.org rating: Not Based in Science Trump Baselessly Claims Coronavirus Will ‘Go Away’ Without Vaccine |
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Claim via Social Media: Is the U.S. survival rate for COVID-19 cases 99.983 percent?
Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: U.S. Survival Rate From COVID-19 Is NOT 99.983 Percent |
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Claim via Social Media: Social media users have been sharing an image online that shows a cover of TIME magazine featuring President Donald J. Trump, with the text “TIME … to go”
Reuters Fact Check rating: False False claim: TIME magazine cover featuring President Trump reads “Time to go” |
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(International: India) Claim: Pro-Pakistan slogans shouted at a railway station in Mumbai, India
AFP Fact Check rating: False |
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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political