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 Kayleigh McEnany: “No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False White House says officers didn’t fire tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters. Why that’s misleading |
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Claim via Viral Video: Did Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Illinois Gov. Jay Robert Pritzker conspire to place pallets of bricks on sidewalks so that rioters could use them at protests?
Lead Stories rating: False |
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Claim by Kamala Harris: Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”
Poltifact rating: Mostly True Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ claim about Donald Trump and investigations of police misconduct |
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Claims by Donald Trump: Trump now claims he fired Mattis, says President Barack Obama did the same and takes credit for nicknaming him Mad Dog Mattis.
AP Fact Check rating: False AP FACT CHECK: Trump skews history by saying he fired Mattis |
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Claim by Joe Biden: “Farm bankruptcies jumped 20% last year due largely to Trump’s unmitigated disaster of a tariff war.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False |
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(International: UK) Claim: Nigerian man beats London security officers to death
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