The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 09/19/2020

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Each day Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. (D. Van Zandt)

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

Claim by Michael Caputo (R): “There are hit squads being trained all over this country” to violently oppose a second term for President Donald Trump.

PolitiFact rating: False

Fact-checking Trump health aide’s unproven ‘hit squads’ claim from controversial Facebook video

Claim by Viral Image: a voter can vote four times because he received four vote-by-mail applications

Check Your Fact rating: False

FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims A Person Who Receives 4 Ballot Applications Can Vote 4 Times

Claim by Joe Biden (D): “Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.

PolitiFact rating: True

Joe Biden says under Donald Trump, Iran’s uranium stockpile has grown tenfold. It has.

Claim by Sāvion Wright: Did Joe Biden say that Breonna Taylor should be arrested?

Poynter rating: Not Legit

Fact-check: Did Joe Biden say that Breonna Taylor should be arrested?

Claim by Facebook posts: Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay.

PolitiFact rating: Mostly True

Trump credited with saving 1995 Veterans Day parade in NYC with contribution, but didn’t fund event

(International: Australia) Claim: Finance Minister Grant Robertson claims New Zealand’s stricter lockdown and greater reliance on tourism than Australia led to the country experiencing a bigger economic shock in the June quarter.

Australian Associated Press rating: Mostly True

Tourism, lockdown key to deep New Zealand recession

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