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)

	Claim by Allen West: Says the coronavirus has a “99.9% recovery rate” in Texas. Politifact rating: False What is the recovery rate for COVID-19 in Texas?
	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
	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
	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
	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 False Claims Follow Old Portland Mugshots
	(International: India) Claim: 40 passengers of Air India Express plane crash at Kozhikode tested positive for coronavirus Alt News rating: False Air India crash: Malappuram Collector terms news of 40 passengers testing COVID positive “fake news”

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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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