The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 12/7/2019

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Claim by Jim Jordan: “The Ukrainians, third, didn’t know the aid was held up at the time of the phone call.”

FactCheck.org rating: Unclear When They Knew

Republicans Cherry-Pick Facts on Impeachment

Claim by Robin Vos: On red-flag laws says, “What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly False

Assembly Speaker’s new take on red-flag gun laws still amiss

Claim by Breitbart: Says Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman confessed to giving a wrong account of President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine.

PolitiFact rating: Doesn’t say which call

7 questions about the Trump and Ukraine impeachment hearings, answered

Claim by Woody Thrasher: “West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly True

Does West Virginia rank 6th in the nation in at-risk youth?

Claim by Gordon Gee: “In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers.”

PolitiFact rating: Half True

Is W.Va. short of 20,000 skilled workers its economy needs?

International Fact Checks

Claim by The Guardian newspaper, Nigeria: In their history, Nigerian universities have not had more than 15 vice-chancellors.

Africa Check rating: Incorrect

More than 15 female vice-chancellors have led Nigerian universities, but higher education still a man’s world

Claim by Multiple sources: Human traffickers use zip tie stratagem to abduct strangers

AFP Fact Check rating: False

Zip ties on windshield wipers not linked to human trafficking, North American police say

Claim by North 99: Ontario public school teachers make $56,000 on average

AFP Fact Check rating: False

Average teacher salary in Ontario misrepresented during union talks

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