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.”
Check Your Fact rating: False
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.”
PolitiFact rating: False
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
Check Your Fact rating: False
International Fact Checks
Claim by Multiple sources: Australian police shoot dead Chinese woman in Australia
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Multiple Sources: Police in Indian-administered Kashmir recovering ammunition from a motorbike
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Multiple sources: Image shows Buddhist monks killed in Sri Lanka
AFP Fact Check rating: Misleading
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