The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 10/26/2019

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 Donald Trump: “We have spent $8 trillion on wars in the Middle East, never really wanting to win those wars.”

Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios

Analysis | Fact-checking Trump’s spin about the ‘great outcome’ in Syria

Claim by Viral Quote: Claims that Michelle Obama said, “White folks are what’s wrong with America.”

Check Your Fact rating: False

FACT CHECK: Did Michelle Obama Say, ‘White Folks Are What’s Wrong With America’?

Claim by Viral Quote: Claims Bill Gates said, “I will always choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because he will find an easy way to do it.”

CheckYourFact.com rating: False

FACT CHECK: Did Bill Gates Say, ‘I Choose A Lazy Person To Do A Hard Job

Claim by Facebook posts: Says Chick-fil-A funds the National Christian Foundation, which “paid a preacher to go to Uganda and help their lawmakers” with a bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality.

PolitiFact rating: Mostly False

What does Chick-fil-A have to do with Uganda’s anti-gay bill? Not much

Claim by Donald Trump: “The previous administration spent no money on [ending the AIDS epidemic] and we’re spending a lot.”

FactCheck.org rating: Distorts the Facts

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Claim by Facebook Posts: Video Shows A Factory Of Tata Salt

BoomLive rating: False

Video Of Raid On Spurious Salt Viral As Unhygienic Tata Salt Factory

Claim by Tatyana Moskalkova: “Thanks to joint efforts by the bodies of power, human rights activists and the public Maria Butina is returning home. I hope that joint efforts will secure the return home of all of our fellow citizens who are in trouble abroad.”

POLYGRAPH.info rating: False

Russian Official Claims Butina ‘Returning Home’ Thanks to Advocacy, not Plea Deal

Claim by Person: A photograph shows part of California high school curriculae about ‘Conservative vs. Liberal’ viewpoints.

Truth or Fiction? rating: Unknown

Conservative Versus Liberal, ‘Taken at a California Public High…

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