The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 05/11/2020

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 by Dr. Judy Mikovits: “If you’ve ever had a flu vaccine, you were injected with coronaviruses.” PolitiFact rating: Inaccurate Fact-checking ‘Plandemic’: A documentary full of false conspiracy theories about the coronavirus
	Claim by Before It’s News: Did the U.S. military rescue over 35,000 malnourished, caged children from U.S. tunnels? Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Military Did NOT Rescue Over 35,000 ‘Malnourished, Caged Children’ Out of US Tunnels
	Claim: A woman who claimed to be in a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a “Dr. Phil” episode in 2019 is Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who has accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her. AP Fact Check rating: False NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
	Claim by the Progressive Coalition: Shared over 70 thousand times on Facebook, a post in the public group “We Need More Statesmen” claims that the U.S. Italian restaurant chain Olive Garden is funding Trump’s re-election in 2020 Reuters Fact Check rating: False False claim: Olive Garden is funding Donald Trump’s re-election campaign
	Claim by Liberty Council: Under the mayor’s COVID-19 order, Kansas City “churchgoers must register with the government.” Politifact rating: Mostly False No, churchgoers don’t have to register with the government
	(International: India) Claim: World Health Organization is providing free 1GB data vishvasnews.com rating: False Fact Check: World Health Organization Did Not Offer Free 1GB Data, Viral Post Is Fake

Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact checks by the IFCN. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.

Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political

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