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 by Trump: “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a fact-check label to Trump’s tweet.
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Twitter is ‘completely stifling free speech’ by fact-checking him |
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Claim via Social Media: An image shared on Facebook claims the man pictured wearing a “Make Whites Great Again” hat is Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was videotaped kneeling on the neck of George Floyd.
Check Your Fact rating: False |
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Claim by Viral image: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”
PolitiFact rating: False |
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Claim by The HighWire: There is no need for social distancing because we have a treatment for COVID-19
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported |
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Claim by Viral image: A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin – the cop who killed George Floyd.”
PolitiFact rating: False Police say the officer on stage with Trump isn’t Derek Chauvin |
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(International: India) Claim: Rahul Gandhi tweeted – ‘Schools and colleges must reopen from 1st June on odd/even basis. Odd days teachers will come and even days, students will come’
Factly 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