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 Hillary Clinton: Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False |
| Claim by the Washington Times: Did the U.S. Department of Homeland Security say that they fear illegal border crossings may increase the spread of the novel coronavirus?
Lead Stories rating: False |
| Claim by TRUMP: “We’re going to have Americans staying home instead of going and spending the money in other countries. And maybe that’s one of the reasons the job numbers are so good.” — remarks to the press Friday.
AP Fact Check rating: False AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s rosy take on govt’s handling of virus |
| Claim by Bernie Sanders: “On my first day in office, through executive order, we will legalize marijuana in every state in this country.”
PolitiFact rating: He can’t, experts say |
| Claim via social media: A viral tweet circulating on social media alleges that U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said that President Donald Trump “probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC. If anyone is going to eradicate this plague it’ll be the president.”
Reuters rating: False |
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Claim by Twitter and Facebook: Video shows reciting Namaaz and Quran can only be the treatment of pandemic COVID-19.
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BOOM rating: False
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Claim by Multiple sources: This is a Syrian boy sleeping between his parents’ graves
AFP Fact Check rating: False
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