The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 01/14/2020

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 Michael Bloomberg: “We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country.”

PolitiFact
 rating: Mostly True


Claim by Viral image: Hillary Clinton “threatened to bomb Iran — totally obliterate them — if she was president.”

Claim by Donald Trump: “We’re actually taking in more revenue now than we did when we had the higher taxes because the economy’s doing so well.”

Washington Post
 rating: Four Pinocchios




Claim by Facebook posts: “That’s 5,615 projected coal-powered plants in just 8 countries. The USA has 15 – building 0 more.”

Claim by Facebook posts: “Nicole Kidman ‘blacklisted’ from Hollywood for vowing to support president.”

International Fact Checks

Claim by Prof Abayomi Ogun: In Nigeria, stroke is the most common medical emergency in most hospitals.

Claim by Prof Abayomi Ogun: At least 100,000 stroke cases occur every year in Nigeria.


Claim by Multiple sources: Rocket attack on the US embassy in Baghdad in January 2020

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