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: “I’ve been tougher on Russia than any president in history.”
PolitiFact rating: Ignores Obama’s record
Claim by Donald Trump: “You have a whistleblower with a fake story, it is just as fake as (Adam) Schiff’s story.”
PolitiFact rating: Wrong
Claim by Donald Trump: Former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch is “an Obama person … I heard bad things.”
PolitiFact rating: Not an Obama person
Claim by Donald Trump: “I don’t like to use the word ‘deep state’.”
PolitiFact rating: Uses phrase regularly
Claim by Donald Trump: “(Adam Schiff) made up my phone call. He made it up. He made up a phone call, and then when I released it, everybody was embarrassed.”
PolitiFact rating: Wrong in two ways
Claim by Donald Trump: “This guy Sondland, hardly know him.”
PolitiFact rating: They’re not strangers
Claim by Donald Trump: “I watched Joe Biden with the prosecutor, who a lot of people said was a great prosecutor, and they took him off and he was prosecuting that company.”
PolitiFact rating: Ignores facts
International Fact Checks
Claim by Multiple sources: Longwe Twala arrested for the murder of Senzo Meyiwa
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Social media: Man electrocuted atop train at Secunderabad
Alt News rating: False
Claim by Multiple sources: Multiple claims
AFP Fact Check rating: Mixture
Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact checks by the IFCN. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.
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