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 Facebook posts: “Beto O’Rourke wants to confiscate guns because he can’t buy one himself due to his criminal record.”
PolitiFact rating: False
Claim by Tom Barrett: Milwaukee has less taxing power than most similar cities and is the only U.S. city of 400,000 or more “that does not have a sales tax or local income tax.”
PolitiFact rating: Half True
Claim by Joe Biden: “The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them.”
Claim by Viral photo: A photo of a musician with wet pants has been misidentified as showing Beto O’Rourke.
FactCheck.org rating: False
Claim by PJ Media: “New York Times Now Admits New Kavanaugh Accusation Is Fake News.”
PolitiFact rating: Times did not retract
International Fact Checks
Claim by Multiple sources: ‘Ghost fire’ burning at a cemetery in Malaysia
AFP Fact Check rating: Misleading
Claim by Facebook user Sohan Lal Sharma: Akshay Kumar makes statement about Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse
Times of India rating: False
Claim by Multiple sources: Photo of Hong Kong protesters who caused MTR derailment in September 2019
AFP Fact Check rating: False
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