The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 06/09/2020

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 William Barr: “There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.” Politifact rating: Pants of Fire Barr says federal police didn’t use chemical irritants to clear area by DC church. They did
	Claim via Social Media: Social media users are sharing images that show Chick-fil-A employees sporting t-shirts with the words “Back the Blue”, a color used to refer to the police in the U.S. Reuters Fact Check rating: False Fact check: Chick-fil-A did not distribute “Back the Blue” shirts in response to recent Black Lives Matter protests
	Claim by Glenn Grothman: “Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.” PolitiFact rating: True Glenn Grothman on target about tie between vitamin D and COVID-19, but vitamin D isn’t a cure
	Claim by the Montana Daily Gazette: “Bill Gates’ shoddily-hastened vaccine has been determined to make all animal test subjects get COVID-19 when exposed to the virus” Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate Article inaccurately claims that coronavirus vaccine by Oxford researchers caused animal test subjects to develop COVID-19
	Claim by Tweets: Says officials in Washington, D.C., are “jamming all communications.” PolitiFact rating: False How a false conspiracy theory about a Washington communications blackout went viral on Twitter
	(International: Hong Kong) Claim: Images of protests in Hong Kong on May 24. BOOM rating: False Undated Photo Claims To Show Protests On May 24 In Hong Kong

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/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience

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