fact checking misinformation about migrant caravan
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Started by carlberky - Oct. 28, 2018, 6:52 a.m.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/oct/25/fact-checking-misinformation-about-migrant-caravan/

Here’s what’s not true or lacks corroborating evidence.

Trump: "unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in" the caravan

Pressed for more information, Trump said, "There’s no proof of anything."

"Intensifying Hurricane Willa headed directly toward 10,000 migrant caravan path."

This is False ... A headline on a site called Patriotic Express misled by giving the impression that the hurricane
 was headed directly toward the caravan. The headline also overstated the number of people reported in the caravan.

Viral Facebook post claims pictures show current caravan migrants on trains and buses

False. A post on a Facebook group called "Drain the Swamp" used old images to falsely claim that migrants currently
 traveling in the caravan are coming in buses and on top of trains ... There are people in the current caravan
 coming in trucks and other vehicles, but most appear to be walking.

"The illegal caravan of immigrants are flying the Honduras flag as they burn the American flag as they march towards  the USA wanting asylum!"

The Facebook post that’s been shared more than 20,000 features three images: one showing a man’s face as he lights a flag on fire, another of a flag burning on the ground, and a third of a man holding a burning flag surrounded by a group. But the photos are not from the migrant caravan ... All photos were taken years ago during protests in London and the United States. One of the flags burning was not even an American flag. We have not found credible reports of caravan migrants burning the American flag.

" 'Caravan' migrant army paint swastika on American flag, burn it in the street."

False. This claim has been shared more than 20,000 times on Facebook, but the photo is mischaracterized. It is not of a "caravan migrant army" burning a defaced U.S. flag ... The AP photo was taken at a protest in Honduras when the
 caravan had already passed through Guatemala and was stalled at the Guatemalan border with Mexico. AP told us the photo was taken in front of the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Oct. 19 during a protest against Trump’s response to the caravan ...



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By mcfarm - Oct. 28, 2018, 10:02 a.m.
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fact checking...that is knee bender funny for libs to throw around "fact checking"....at any rate you might want to watch any of the actual live reports Sarah Carter has been doing from the caravan....those reports blow what ever sensitive kind hearted feelings anyone could have right out of the water...facts are hard and cold