The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 04/26/2020

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 via Social Media: Did President Trump urge people to ingest or inject disinfectants as a treatment for coronavirus? Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Urge People To Inject Disinfectants To Thwart Coronavirus
	Claim by Brian Westrate: “The Confederacy was more about states’ rights than slavery.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire Wis. GOP official’s claim that ‘Confederacy was more about states’ rights than slavery’ combusts
	Claim: Did PBS donate coronavirus stimulus money to the Democratic Party? USA Today Fact Check rating: False Fact check: Did PBS donate coronavirus stimulus money to the Democratic Party?
	Claim via Social Media: Did President Trump announce that the “biological” lab in Wuhan where the “COVID-19 virus was created” was “funded” by President Barack Hussein Obama? Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Announce The ‘Biological’ lab In Wuhan Was ‘Funded’ By Obama
	Claim on Facebook: During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True Yes, San Francisco residents formed Anti-Mask League during 1918 flu
	(International: Turkey) Claim: Three blue check marks on WhatsApp mean that messages are read by governments. Teyit.org rating: False Do three blue check marks on WhatsApp mean that messages are read by governments?

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