The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 01/20/2020

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Claim by Thepoliticalbrief.com: Says Joe Biden “tells men to marry into families ‘with 3 or 4 sisters.’”

PolitiFact rating: False

Viral story twists Biden’s words of sympathy into womanizing advice

Claim by Donald Trump: “I’m pleased to inform you: The American people should be extremely grateful and happy no Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime.”

FactCheck.org rating: Initial Reports Were Wrong

Initial Reports of No Injuries from Iran’s Attack Were Inaccurate

Claim by PragerU: “The arsonists were responsible for about 50% of the bushfires. Not climate change. Arsonists.”

FactCheck.org rating: False

Setting the Record Straight on Climate Change and Arson in Australia’s Bushfires

Claim by Bloggers: “Nancy Pelosi’s Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at ‘Ukraine-Based Gas Company,’ Similar to Hunter Biden”

PolitiFact rating: False

Was Nancy Pelosi’s son an executive for a Ukrainian gas company?

Claim by Facebook posts: The pens Nancy Pelosi used to sign the articles of impeachment cost “$2,025 per pen.”

PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire

No, Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment pens didn’t cost $2,025 each

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Claim by Social media: Congress workers paying women with cash for azaadi.

BOOM rating: False

Video Shows Anti-CAA Protesters Receiving Cash? A FactCheck

Claim by Multiple sources: Mother refuses polio vaccine for child in Pakistan

AFP Fact Check rating: False

This video shows a scene from a Pakistani movie released in 2018

Claim by Multiple sources: The Philippines issues official alert for volcano eruption in progress

AFP Fact Check rating: False

The Philippines did not issue its highest alert for the Taal volcano – and this photo does not show an imminent tsunami threat

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