The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 9/08/2019

Posted by Media Bias Fact Check

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 Samuel Sinyangwe: “America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors.”

PolitiFact rating: True

It’s true: There are more governors who have worn blackface than black governors | PunditFact

Claim by Trump Make America Great Again Committee: “Democrats have finally admitted what they truly want: a repeal of the Second Amendment.”

FactCheck.org rating: Misleading

Deceptive Second Amendment Ads

Claim by Kamala Harris: Says she “sued Exxon Mobil” as California attorney general.

PolitiFact rating: False

Kamala Harris claimed she ‘sued Exxon Mobil’ as California AG. She didn’t.

Claim by Facebook posts: Says actor Tim Allen wrote a lengthy anti-Democrat attack on Facebook.

PolitiFact rating: False

Viral anti-Democrat post didn’t come from actor Tim Allen

Claim by Tom Reed: After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, “the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment.”

PolitiFact rating: Half True

Reed points to economic gains

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Claim by Multiple Sources: Kashmiri woman telling Indian politician Rahul Gandhi not to visit Kashmir?

AFP Fact Check rating: False

This video shows a woman complaining about conditions in Indian Kashmir

Claim by FB User: Rajdeep Saha: Pepaero cures dengue in 48 hours

vishvasnews.com rating: Half true

Fact Check: Pepaero cures dengue in 48 hours is a misleading claim

Claim by Multiple sources: Hong Kong woman claims police wanted to rape her

AFP Fact Check rating: False

This woman told reporters Hong Kong police officers pepper sprayed her boyfriend