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 William Barr: “There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”
Politifact rating: Pants of Fire Barr says federal police didn’t use chemical irritants to clear area by DC church. They did |
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Claim via Social Media: Social media users are sharing images that show Chick-fil-A employees sporting t-shirts with the words “Back the Blue”, a color used to refer to the police in the U.S.
Reuters Fact Check rating: False |
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Claim by Glenn Grothman: “Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”
PolitiFact rating: True Glenn Grothman on target about tie between vitamin D and COVID-19, but vitamin D isn’t a cure |
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Claim by the Montana Daily Gazette: “Bill Gates’ shoddily-hastened vaccine has been determined to make all animal test subjects get COVID-19 when exposed to the virus”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate |
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Claim by Tweets: Says officials in Washington, D.C., are “jamming all communications.”
PolitiFact rating: False How a false conspiracy theory about a Washington communications blackout went viral on Twitter |
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(International: Hong Kong) Claim: Images of protests in Hong Kong on May 24.
BOOM 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/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience