The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 3/27/2019

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 Kellyanne Conway: “[W]hat we know from the Mueller report, through the Barr memo, is instructive not so much for what it says, but for what it doesn’t say, … no — quote — ‘obstructive conduct.’”

FactCheck.org rating: False

Conway’s Spin on Trump’s ‘Obstructive Conduct’

Claim by Bob Hall: “We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I’ve read recently is that a baby born today, their age expectancy is 110, at least.”

PolitiFact rating: Half True

How many retired teachers in Texas are over 100 years old?

Claim by Joe Biden: The Trump budget “cuts $845 billion, almost a trillion dollar cut in Medicare.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly False

It’s wrong to claim Trump budget cuts $845 billion from Medicare

Claim by Mark Walker: “HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put ads on TV.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly False

Fact-checking Mark Walker’s video on HR 1’s campaign-finance provisions

Claim by Viral Image: Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, “Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?”

PolitiFact rating: False

Did the Wall Street Journal run two different headlines on the same day to influence voters?

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