The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 08/11/2020
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)
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Claim by Allen West: Says the coronavirus has a “99.9% recovery rate” in Texas.
Politifact rating: False |
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Claim by Trump: on whether he was expecting legal challenges to his orders: “I didn’t say that. No, no. I didn’t say that.”
AP Fact Check: False AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s smoke and mirrors on executive orders |
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Claim by Facebook posts: Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents.
PolitiFact rating: False No, a list of sex cases on Facebook is not from unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell records |
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The claim: If masks cannot keep out drywall particles, they cannot keep out coronavirus, which is smaller
USA Today Fact Check rating: False Fact check: Masks can keep out COVID-19 particles even though smaller than dry wall dust |
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Claim by Viral meme: “Mug shots of Antifa members arrested in Portland!! 13 out of 20 are TEACHERS!! This should be a ‘wake up call’.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mugshots are from 2017 |
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(International: India) Claim: 40 passengers of Air India Express plane crash at Kozhikode tested positive for coronavirus Alt News rating: False |
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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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