The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 12/03/2020

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 Rand Paul (R): “Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?”

Politifact rating: Pants on Fire

Fact-checking Rand Paul’s unsupported claim about fraud in the presidential election

Claim via Social Media: Video shows election worker manipulating data in Gwinnett County Georgia with USB drive

Lead Stories rating: False

Fact Check: Election Video Does NOT Show Worker ‘Manipulating’ Data In Gwinnett County, Georgia

Claim by Kelly Loeffler (R): Says Raphael Warnock defended the “hatred” of Jeremiah Wright, the pastor who said “not God bless America, God damn America,” and gave Wright “an award for truth telling.”



PolitiFact rating: Mostly False

Raphael Warnock defended Jeremiah Wright’s damning of the mistreatment of Black people

Claim by David Harris Jr.: A judge who reversed an order in Georgia to impound and preserve voting machines is “in someone’s back pocket”

The Dispatch Fact Check rating: False

Why Did a Georgia Judge Reverse an Order to Impound and Preserve Voting Machines?

David Harris Jr. Rating

Claim by Donald Trump (R): “There are many mailmen that are in big trouble right now for selling ballots, getting rid of ballots.”

PolitiFact rating: No evidence

Fact-checking Trump’s whopper-laden interview with Maria Bartiromo

(International: India) Claim: Kamala Harris condemned the Indian government’s response to the farmer’s protests on Twitter.

BOOM rating: False

No, Kamala Harris Did Not Tweet Her Support For The Farmers’ Protests

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