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 Donald Trump (R): “We have already built 300 miles of border wall.”
PolitiFact rating: False |
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Claim: ‘Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings.’
USA Today Fact Check rating: True Fact check: Police gave Kyle Rittenhouse water and thanked him before shooting |
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Claim by Howard Marklein (R): Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, “did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False Claim that Evers, Barnes did not call for peace, calm after Blake shooting goes too far |
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Claim via Social Media: Did CNN use the words “FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING” as the caption on video of a building and car-lot torched by protesters?
Lead Stories rating: True Fact Check: CNN DID Use The Chyron ‘Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests After Police Shooting’ |
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Claim by Viral image: A meme claims to show images that “were captured during the wildfires in California” and suggests they could be “evidence that powerful lasers were used to cause” the fires.
FactCheck.org rating: False |
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(International: Ghana) Claim: Even with a voters’ ID card, you won’t be allowed to vote on December 7 if your name is not found in the Register. So people should take advantage of the exhibition exercise to verify their names.
Ghana Fact rating: True |
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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