The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 09/18/2020

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 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Sen. Steve “Daines is pushing a plan that … experts say could end Social Security benefits by 2023.” FactCheck.org rating: False DSCC Falsely Attacks Daines on Social Security
	The claim: Former Vice President Joe Biden received five draft deferments from the Vietnam War  USA Today Fact Check rating: True Fact check: Biden, like Trump, received multiple draft deferments from Vietnam
	Claim by Li-Meng Yan: “This virus, COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 virus, actually is not from nature. It is a man-made virus created in the lab.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire Tucker Carlson guest airs debunked conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was created in a lab
	Claim via Social Media and Gateway Pundit: A viral tweet claims that CBS portrayed a photo from a Latinos for Trump event in Phoenix, Arizona, as being from a Biden event.  The Dispatch rating: False Did CBS Conflate a Latinos for Trump Rally With a Biden Event?
	Claim by Instagram post: “The same deputy who got shot through her jaw in Saturday’s shooting is the same officer seen on video laughing and smirking at the scene of security guard Andres Guardado’s death after he was shot and killed by LASD officers on June 18th, 2020.” PolitiFact rating: False Lacking evidence, posts falsely tie ambushed deputy to previous shooting
	(International: Kenya) Claim: There is a ‘global average’ for the number of judges and magistrates to number of people Africa Check rating: Unproven Factchecking Kenya’s chief justice on judiciary funding and backlog of cases

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