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 Meme: “California Attorney General Xavier Becerra bragged there are now 10 Million Illegal Aliens in CA!”
FactCheck.org rating: False
Claim by Fiona Hill: The theory that Ukraine was behind 2016 election interference “is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves.”
PolitiFact rating: Fiona Hill, others agree
Claim by Gordon Sondland: Rudy Giuliani led an irregular diplomatic channel to Ukraine.
PolitiFact rating: Multiple figures confirm it
Claim by Alexander Vindman: There was nothing nefarious with the secrecy with which the White House treated President’s Donald Trump’s July 25 call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
PolitiFact rating: Vindman, Morrison agree
Claim by Gordon Sondland: U.S. officials pushed a quid pro quo with Ukraine
PolitiFact rating: Offered meeting, military aid
International Fact Checks
Claim by Joshua Potash: Protest in Colombia on November 21, 2019
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Fake Website: SMS Reads For lncome Tax E-filling Follow The Link
BOOM: Fact Checks rating: False
Claim by Multiple sources: This photograph shows a boy jailed in Nigeria
AFP Fact Check rating: This boy was jailed in Ghana
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