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: Asked what his administration would be doing about “the gun problem,” said, “We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot.”
PolitiFact rating: Half True
Claim by Joe Biden: President Trump “asserted that immigrants would, quote, ‘carve you up with a knife.'”
FactCheck.org rating: False
Claim by Nicolle Wallace: Says President Donald Trump is “talking about exterminating Latinos.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire
Claim by Bernie Sanders: “There are more assault rifles, as I understand it, in the hands of private citizens than in the hands of the United States military. We’re talking about 5 to 10 million assault weapons in the hands of private citizens.”
PolitiFact rating: Half True
Claim by Multiple sources: List showing Nigerian politicians banned from entering the US
AFP Fact Check rating: False
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