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 Social media posts: Meme quotes Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam as saying, “The infant Would be Delivered, kept Comfortable Then terminated.” FactCheck.org rating: Not His Quote |
| Claim: Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is popularly known as AOC, propose a $10.5 billion cut to Social Security?
Lead Stories rating: False |
| Claim by Bloggers: Quotes Kamala Harris as saying: “After we impeach, we round up the Trump supporters.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire
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| Claim by TRUMP: “Remember last time we won the primary tremendously. We should have won the election but they had buses being shipped up from Massachusetts, hundreds and hundreds of buses.”
AP Fact Check rating: False |
| Claim by Mike Bloomberg: “I inherited the police practice of stop-and-frisk, and as part of our effort to stop gun violence it was overused. By the time I left office, I cut it back by 95%…”
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading |
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Claim by Viral social media post: A message that has gone viral on social media claims that Zimbabwe now has 118 confirmed coronavirus cases.
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Claim by toronto-ontario.news: Beef products in Canada recalled due to E. coli contamination
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Claim by Facebook user “Mohammad Javed”: Sikhs seen in the video reached Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh to support Muslims against NRC and CAA.
India Today rating: False |
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