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 Kellyanne Conway: “This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that.” Politifact rating: False Kellyanne Conway misleads on name for COVID-19, says it’s ‘not COVID-1’ |
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Claim: Social media users have been sharing a post online with what they claim to be a list of bullet points compiled by Johns Hopkins University to summarize best practice for avoiding the coronavirus.
Reuters Fact Check rating: False False claim: Johns Hopkins University shared bullet-point coronavirus tips |
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Claim via Social Media: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci “stands to lose 100 million dollars on Bill Gates ‘vaccine’ for the coronavirus. Because he invested in this vaccine.”
Politifact rating: False
Facebook posts falsely claim Dr. Fauci has millions invested in a coronavirus vaccine |
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Claim by the Epoch Times: Did China’s Communist government create the novel coronavirus in a laboratory and release it into the world as a deadly bioweapon?
Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence China Created, Then Unleashed Coronavirus As Bioweapon |
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Claim by Donald Trump: Trump said the WHO “attack[ed]” and “actually fought” the U.S. over Trump’s decision to impose travel restrictions on China.
Factcheck.org rating: False |
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(International) Claim: That the intensive care unit (ICU) of Causeway Hospital in Northern Ireland will close during the coronavirus pandemic. (here) Reuters Fact Check (Northern Ireland) rating: False False claim: Northern Irish hospital to close intensive care unit during coronavirus pandemic |
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