The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 1/24/2019

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 post on Facebook: Pepsi admitted an employee contaminated its products with AIDS.

PolitiFact rating: Pants On Fire

No, a Pepsi employee didn’t contaminate the company’s products

Claim by Patricia Fahy: As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, “we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly False

Fahy claim about ‘disappointing’ marijuana revenue is wrong

Claim: A person can be seen committing suicide by jumping from a bridge in the background of a scene in the movie “The Basketball Diaries.”

Snopes.com rating: False

FACT CHECK: Does a Scene from ‘The Basketball Diaries’ Capture a Suicide in the Background?

Claim: A video of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s niece saying he was a Republican proves the the civil rights leader was affiliated with that party.

Snopes.com rating: False

FACT CHECK: Does This Video Prove Martin Luther King Was a Republican?

Claim: Nathan Phillips falsely claimed to be a U.S. military veteran who served in the Vietnam War.

Snopes.com rating: Unproven

FACT CHECK: Did Nathan Phillips Falsely Claim He Was a Vietnam Veteran?

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