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): Election officials are “sending 80 million ballots all over the country. Eighty million ballots, non-requested. I call them ‘unsolicited ballots.’”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False |
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Claim via Social Media/QAnon: Child traffickers tag cars with codes to identify potential victims.
USA Today Fact Check rating: False Fact check: No evidence child traffickers are tagging cars as potential targets with codes |
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Claim by Joe Biden (D): “$400,000 … is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False |
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Claim by Anonymous and 21st Century Wire: “UN Forced to Admit Gates-funded Vaccine is Causing Polio Outbreak in Africa”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate |
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Claim by Viral image: President Donald Trump deleted a tweet calling Democratic Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth “Lieutenant Nolegs.”
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Call Tammy Duckworth ‘Lieutenant Nolegs’ In A Tweet? |
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(International: Sri Lanka) Claim: Sri Lankan State Minister Sarath Weerasekera says that he feels conserving forests is futile
AFP Fact Check rating: False The image of a Sri Lankan newspaper has been doctored to include a manipulated headline |
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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