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: “Soon after, I went down to Ground Zero with men who worked for me to try to help in any little way that we could.”
Washington Post rating: No evidence
Claim by Bernie Sanders: “Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False
Claim by Joe Biden: Says the Obama administration “didn’t lock people up in cages.”
PolitiFact rating: False
Claim by Tucker Carlson: Says John Bolton “fundamentally was a man of the left.”
Claim by Viral image: The Odessa shooter “had a Beto sticker on his truck.”
PolitiFact rating: False
International Fact Checks
Claim by Multiple sources: Islamic preacher visited Papua during 2019 unrest
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Multiple Sources: Security forces in Indian Kashmir clamping down on Shia Muslim festival Muharram
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Facebook page Janshakti Samachar: Man attacks traffic cops for issuing a challan
Times of India rating: False
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