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)
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Claim by Facebook posts: Says the CDC now says that the coronavirus can survive on surfaces for up to 17 days. PolitiFact rating: False There’s no evidence COVID-19 can survive on surfaces up to 17 days |
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Claim by LifeSite News: “If we want to protect ourselves from the coronavirus, we must back away from all the climate change efforts we’ve been making”
Health Feedback rating: Flawed Reasoning |
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Claim via Social Media: Does a video show workers installing 5G, the fifth-generation wireless technology, at a school in Lindale, Texas? Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 5G Installation At Texas School |
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Claim via Social Media: Social media users have been sharing an image online that purports to be a screen grab of a news report claiming that the coronavirus has been found in crab legs.
Reuters Fact Check rating: False |
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Claim: Is the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planning, in the next 10 days, to change guidance and advise Americans to wear masks in everyday life? Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: CDC Is NOT Scheduled To Recommend Masks For Everyday Life |
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Claim by Multiple FB netizens: Photo shows army trucks in Italy carrying bodies of fatalities from coronavirus disease or COVID-19
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Claim by Multiple sources: Drone shoots fireworks at Malaysians violating coronavirus lockdown
AFP Fact Check rating: False
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Claim by Mzwandile Masina, mayor of Ekurhuleni: Interferon alpha-2b is a vaccine for the new coronavirus.
Africa Check rating: Incorrect
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