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 Kaya Jones: “If the impeachment reaches the house and passes to the senate and isn’t passed the first term is nullified and Trump can run two more terms.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire
Claim by Viral image: Israel started training teachers with guns, “there have only been two school shootings in 44 years and both shooters were killed by teachers.”
PolitiFact rating: False
Claim by Viral image: A photo shows Beto O’Rourke “in college drunk and pissing his pants.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire
Claim by Rudy Giuliani: “There is a load of evidence that the Ukrainians created false information, that they were asked by the Obama White House to do it in January of 2016.”
PolitiFact rating: This is unproven
Claim by Donald Trump: “Biden’s son walks out of China with $1.5 billion in a fund … and he’s there for one quick meeting and he flies in on Air Force Two.”
PolitiFact rating: Nature of deal disputed
International Fact Checks
Claim by Multiple sources: Refugees in Canada receive $3,874 each month
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Twitter user Sanjay Gupta: Mahatma Gandhi with a woman
Alt News rating: False
Claim by Facebook posts: Photo shows actual minutes after Gandhi’s assassination
BoomLive rating: False
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