The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 12/07/2020

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 Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis: Did Republican campaign staffers assigned to observe at the Fulton County, Georgia, vote counting center on election night swear under oath in affidavits that they were told to leave before the ballot counting ended on election night?

Lead Stories rating: False

Fact Check: GOP Observers Did NOT Swear In Affidavits They Were Told To Leave Fulton County, Georgia, Vote Count Center On Election Night

Claim by National Republican Senatorial Committee: Jon Ossoff “praised” the Green New Deal.

FactCheck.org rating: Ossoff Opposes It

NRSC’s Dual Attack on Warnock and Ossoff

Claim via Social Media: “Did vaccines get rid of polio? The answer is NO!”



Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate

Polio vaccine plays a critical role in eradicating polio; polio is caused by a virus, not by DDT

Claim by Trump (R): suggesting ballots were found in nefarious places: “When the numbers come out of ceilings and come out of leather bags you start to say what’s going on.?”

AP Fact Check rating: False

AP FACT CHECK: Trump floods rally with audacious falsehoods

Claim via Social Media: Does Bill Barr Have Connections to Dominion Voting Systems?

The Dispatch rating: False

Does Bill Barr Have Connections to Dominion Voting Systems?

(International: Philippines) Claim: Video shows BJP flags being waved in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

India Today rating: Mostly false

Fact Check: Video of people waving BJP flags is from Jammu and not PoK

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