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 Tucker Carlson: “I don’t think it’s going way out on a limb to draw the connection then between cannabis use, particularly I assume chronic use, and acts of violence.”
PolitiFact rating: Heavily disputed
Claim by Viral image: A photo shows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar “at a Al’ Qaida training camp in Somalia.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire
Claim by Joe Biden: Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
PolitiFact rating: Blends three heroic events
Claim by Viral Image: Claims that Kevin Hart was paralyzed in a car accident
CheckYourFact.com rating: False
Claim by Viral meme: A fake tweet claims Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: “I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars.”
FactCheck.org rating:False
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Claim by Multiple Sources: Indian security forces setting a Kashmiri protester on fire
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Multiple sources: Photo shows a Hong Kong police officer “hiding in a dark corner”
AFP Fact Check rating: Misleading
Claim by Social Media: Police recover explosions, arrest four in Maharashtra’s Ahmadnagar Maliwada bus stand
Alt News rating: False
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