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 Facebook posts: Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter’s open house.”
PolitiFact rating: False Michigan governor didn’t have a family event in reopened region |
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Claim by Trump: For all of the political hacks out there, if I hadn’t done my job well, & early, we would have lost 1 1/2 to 2 Million People, as opposed to the 100,000 plus that looks like will be the number.” — tweet Tuesday, before the toll of known deaths passed 100,000.
AP Fact Check rating: False |
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Claim by Social media posts: The arrest and death of George Floyd in Minneapolis “was staged.”
FactCheck.org rating: False |
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Claim via Social Media: A viral Facebook post shared more than 51,000 times claims top White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci served on the Clinton Foundation’s board of directors for 20 years.
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: DID ANTHONY FAUCI SIT ON THE CLINTON FOUNDATION’S BOARD FOR 20 YEARS? |
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Claim by Facebook posts: “This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!”
PolitiFact rating: False No, this isn’t a photo of Biden making out with a 15-year-old girl |
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(International: Thailand) Claim: Bank of Thailand refutes misleading claim that it released fresh statistics on retirement
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