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
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Claim via Social Media: The USPS backdated 100K ballots so they could be counted illegally.
PolitiFact rating: False Alleged ‘backdated’ ballots wouldn’t have been counted even if USPS claim were true |
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Claim by Clean TV: Trump won the 2020 election based on legal votes
USA Today rating: False |
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Claim by Chris Larson (D): “In 2019, Republicans stripped $40 million from the budget for lead pipe replacement – because they thought it helped MKE too much.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True Yes, GOP did oppose $40 million for lead pipe replacement because it helped Milwaukee too much |
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Claim via Social Media: “Vitamin D insufficiency […] may account for the majority of COVID-19 deaths”
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported |
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Claim by Rick Scott (R): Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”
PolitiFact rating: False |
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(International: Philippines) Claim: The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and Antonio Trillanes IV recently defended drug addicts and attacked President Rodrigo Duterte.
VERA Files rating: False VERA FILES FACT CHECK: CHR, Trillanes DID NOT defend drug users nor attack Duterte |
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