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 Erin Burnett: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.”
PolitiFact rating: False Erin Burnett corrects inaccurate statements about Insurrection Act |
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Claim via Social Media: Is President Trump holding a Bible in his right hand imitating an image of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler posing with a Bible?
Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Photo of Hitler Holding Up Bible Similar to Trump is NOT Real |
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Claim via Social Media: Says “a rioter accidentally dropped” a riot manual with detailed instructions Politifact rating: Pants on Fire ‘Riot manual’ is misinformation from 2015 |
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Claim via Social Media: the video-sharing service TikTok has banned the use of the hashtag “Black Lives Matter”
Reuters Fact Check rating: False Fact check: The #blacklivesmatter hashtag is not banned on TikTok |
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Claim by Viral Image: “Rocks being dropped off in cages in LA for rioters. Compliments of George Soros.”
Politifact rating: False Photo shows security barriers, not rocks George Soros supplied for rioters |
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(International: China) Claim: Video of Chinese citizens converting to Islam due to COVID-19
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