The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 10/11/2019

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 Viral Image: claims Barack Obama tweeted, “While we’re at it ask Ukraine if they found my birth certificate.”

Claim by Donald Trump: Accused Hunter Biden of making millions of dollars in a “payoff” from China, after accompanying his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, on a 2013 diplomatic trip to Beijing.

FactCheck.org
 rating: No Evidence


Claim by Facebook posts: Says the sons of Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney and John Kerry are all on the boards of “energy companies doing business in Ukraine.”

Claim by Donald Trump: The thousands of ISIS fighters captured in Syria were “mostly from Europe.”

FactCheck.org
 rating: False


Claim by Viral Image: Claims to show George Soros in a Nazi uniform

International Fact Checks

Claim by Multiple sources: Australian police shoot dead Chinese woman in Australia

Claim by Multiple Sources: Police in Indian-administered Kashmir recovering ammunition from a motorbike

Claim by Multiple sources: Image shows Buddhist monks killed in Sri Lanka


Do you appreciate our work? Please consider one of the following ways to sustain us.

MBFC Ad-Free 

or

MBFC Donation




Left vs. Right Bias: How we rate the bias of media sources

Found this insightful? Please consider sharing on your Social Media:

Subscribe With Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to MBFC and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 22.8K other subscribers



Be the first to comment on "The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 10/11/2019"

Comments

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.