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 Bloggers: “Church services can’t resume until we’re all vaccinated, says Bill Gates.” Politifact rating: False No, Bill Gates didn’t say no church services until everyone is vaccinated |
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CLAIM: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer banned hydroxychloroquine for use against COVID-19.
AP Fact Check rating: False |
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Claim via Viral Image: Says 44 senators “voted NOT to send stimulus checks.”
Politifact rating: False
The Senate voted unanimously in favor of the stimulus bill, despite claim 44 opposed |
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Claim: National guidelines for reporting COVID-19 deaths will lead to inflated statistics because they allow officials to assume a person had the disease without testing
USA Today Fact Check rating: False Fact check: Is US coronavirus death toll inflated? Experts agree it’s likely the opposite |
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Claim by Trump: “Biden/Obama were a disaster in handling the H1N1 Swine Flu. Polling at the time showed disastrous approval numbers. 17,000 people died unnecessarily and through incompetence! Also, don’t forget their 5 Billion Dollar Obamacare website that should have cost close to nothing!”
Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Trump Tweet On Swine Flu Death Toll and Obamacare Website Is Misleading |
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(International: Pakistan) Claim: Pakistani journalist Moeed Peerzada, who has over 2 million followers on Twitter, shared a video showing a navy ship coming dangerously close to another, the former ramming into the latter and sailing past, saying, “Pakistan Navy intercepts and rams Indian ship in Arabian Sea?” Times of India rating: False FACT CHECK: Did a Pakistan Navy ship intercept, damage an Indian ship recently? |
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