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 Rob Hutton: A “study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence.”
PolitiFact rating: True
Claim by Facebook posts: Quotes Andy Borowitz as saying “stopping Hillary is a short-term solution. The long-term solution — and it will be more difficult — is fixing the educational system that has created so many people ignorant enough to vote for Hillary.”
PolitiFact rating: False
Claim by Elizabeth Warren: “Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False
Claim by Viral Image: Says a photo of a woman wearing a costume holding the sign “vagina lady” is Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan.
PolitiFact rating: False
Claim by Viral meme: Facebook meme that makes economic comparisons between Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading
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Claim by Multiple sources: 63 eateries in Singapore to lose Halal certification
AFP Fact Check rating: False
Claim by Facebook and Twitter: Photos of Assam police assaulting women
Boom rating: False
Claim by Multiple sources: Donald Trump tweets to congratulate Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Nobel Peace Prize
AFP Fact Check rating: False
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