The Latest Fact Checks from IFCN Fact Checkers 12/11/2018
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)
Claim by Jim Justice: “Hunters contribute more than $500 million” to West Virginia.
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True
Claim by Viral meme: “For those who don’t believe Obama is a Muslim, the red book is the Quran.”
FactCheck.org rating: False
Claim: A photograph shows former FBI director Robert Mueller meeting with former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych in 2013.
Snopes.com rating: True
Claim: A photograph shows President Trump kissing former senator Bob Dole on the forehead.
Snopes.com rating: True
Claim by Multiple Sources: President Trump instructed his acting secretary of state to nullify oaths taken on the Quran.
Snopes.com rating: False
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