The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 02/21/2020
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 Joe Biden: “From the moment we passed that signature legislation, Mike (Bloomberg) called it a disgrace.”
PolitiFact rating: True |
| ElephantLionPolitiFact Claim by Elizabeth Warren: “A billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians’ — and no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.”
PolitiFact rating: Words are in booklet Bloomberg on the defensive, fact-checking the Las Vegas Democratic debate |
| Claim by Facebook posts: “Trump just cut the scheduled federal pay raise, stating that he can’t do it now because of ‘serious economic conditions’ in America.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True Trump cited ‘serious economic conditions’ in reducing federal worker pay raises |
| Claim by Bloggers: Says Kobe Bryant’s eldest daughter, Natalia, left a suicide video after being bullied.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire Death hoax about Kobe Bryant’s eldest daughter spreads online |
| Claim by Various Twitter posts: The supporters of President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders claim Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg insulted farmers in a 2016 video.
FactCheck.org rating: We Provide The Context |
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Claim by Twitter and facebook users: Image shows man urinating on wall with mural of Narendra Modi and Donald Trump
BOOM FACT Check rating: False
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Claim by Multiple sources: Nevada democrats made last minute changes to caucus rules
AFP Fact Check rating: Partly false
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Claim by Social Media posts: Head of Pakistan’s Islamic political party (Jamaat-e-Islami) wrote a letter urging party members to marry four women and forego contraceptives in order to increase the party’s following.
BOOM FACT Check rating: False |
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