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The Infodemic: Fact Checking Trump's Tijuana Claim


President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with commercial fishermen at Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine, June 5, 2020.
President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with commercial fishermen at Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine, June 5, 2020.

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Daily Debunk

Claim: Tijuana, Mexico, is "the most heavily infected place anywhere in the world" when it comes to COVID-19.​

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: FactCheck.org

Social Media Disinfo

Xu Lin, vice head of the publicity department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. REUTERS/Florence Lo

"Coronavirus Disinfo: These Two Tweets Could Be the Key to Understanding China's Propaganda Campaign," June 11, The National Interest.

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