The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 07/16/2020

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 Alex Azar: “First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.” Politifact rating: Mostly False Azar says federal law had preexisting conditions covered before ACA. Not so much.
	Claim by Various: Blacks account for 81 percent of the murders against white people in a given year The Dispatch Fact Check rating: False What Are the Real Stats on Black vs. White Violence and Police Shootings?
	Claim by Viral image: Photo shows “Wayfair president of operations Bill Hutcherson with Ghislaine Maxwell.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire No, this photo doesn’t show Ghislaine Maxwell with a Wayfair executive
	Claim by Kayleigh McEnany: “Just last week you heard Dr. Redfield say that children are not spreading this.” AP Fact Check: False AP FACT CHECK: Trump team’s false comfort on schools, virus
	Claim by Kayleigh McEnany: Roger Stone was charged with “alleged crimes.” PolitiFact rating: Found guilty by jury Fact-checking 4 claims from the White House on Roger Stone’s commutation
	(International: India) Claim: A student from Pondicherry University has found a home remedy for COVID-19 that has been accepted by World Health Organization (WHO) vishvasnews.com rating: False Fact Check: Viral post about Indian Student finding COVID-19 cure and its acceptance by WHO is fake

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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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