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: Says CNN called Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi an “unarmed father of three.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire
Claim by Rush Limbaugh: Says House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump “doesn’t feature the opposition party, it doesn’t feature cross-examination.”
PolitiFact rating: False
Claim by Viral Image: Claims Barack Obama has signed a $90 million deal with Netflix to produce a series “about Trump’s impeachment.”
CheckYourFact.com rating: False
Claim by Facebook posts: Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda “betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War.”
PolitiFact rating: False
Claim by Darrell Steinberg: “90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless.”
PolitiFact rating: True
International Fact Checks
Claim by Multiple sources: Accurate comparison of Honduras’ and Switzerland’s gun laws and homicide rates
AFP Fact Check rating: Misleading
Claim by Multiple Sources: Italian journalist gives dog food to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Claim: British 65 year-olds in 2019 knew rationing.
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