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 Donald Trump: “If you go back and look at the swine flu, and what happened with the swine flu … and how actually nothing was done for such a long period of time, as people were dying all over the place.” FactCheck.org rating: False |
| CLAIM: Billionaire philanthropist George Soros owns Smartmatic voting machines. Don’t throw your vote away if you live in a state that uses them. Ask for a paper ballot. Under federal law the polling place must provide one.
AP Fact Check rating: False |
| Claim via Social Media: An image shared on Facebook more than 11,000 times claims the mansion pictured belongs to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Check Your Fact rating: False
FACT CHECK: DOES THIS PHOTO SHOW A MANSION OWNED BY BERNIE SANDERS? |
| Claim by TRUMP: “If an American is coming back or anybody is coming back, we’re testing. We have a tremendous testing setup where people coming in have to be tested. … We’re not putting them on planes if it shows positive, but if they do come here, we’re quarantining. There’s going to be a pretty strong enforcement of quarantine.”
AP Fact Check rating: False |
| Claim by American Thinker: “Sea level rise has been slow and a constant, pre-dating industrialization”
Science Feedback rating: Inaccurate Sea levels rose faster in the past century than in previous time periods |
International Fact Checks
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Claim by Multiple sources: An employer posts a coronavirus warning to employees but covers up the part about ‘staying home when sick’
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Claim: Washing hands with soap kills coronavirus |
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Claim by US radio personality Rush Limbaugh: The novel Coronavirus is like the common cold stated on the Rush Limbaugh show.
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