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 Donald Trump: “There was nobody that was in the history of our country more transparent than me. I said give them every document, give them every person. … I gave them White House counsel, I gave them other lawyers – anybody you want you can talk to.”
FactCheck.org rating: He Refused to Talk
Claim by Donald Trump: Democrats “don’t want money” to go to the Florida Panhandle for Hurricane Michael aid
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False
Claim by Donald Trump: “We got rid of the Johnson Amendment.”
Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios
Claim by Dan Bishop: Says he “cast the deciding vote” to override a vetoed ‘born alive’ bill
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False
Claim by viral meme: An image shared on Facebook claimed that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said that “once the herd accepts mandatory forcible vaccinations, it’s game over!”
Check your Fact rating: False
DID HENRY KISSINGER SAY ‘FORCIBLE VACCINATION’ WOULD LEAD TO ‘EXTERMINATION SERVICES’?
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