The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 12/10/2020

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 via Social Media: People in Germany saw this electoral map that shows Trump beating Biden with 410 electoral votes before Dominion’s servers were seized.

PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire

Map showing Trump winning election with 410 electoral votes is bogus

Claim by Multiple Sources: Lipid nanoparticles in the Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine contain computers

AFP Fact Check rating: False

Video shares false claim that Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine contains ‘nanotechnology’

Claim via Social Media: this is a photo of kelly loeffler’s house



Lead Stories rating: Not Loeffler’s

Fact Check: This Is NOT A Photo Of Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s Atlanta House

Claim via Social Media: Virginia voter turnout exceeded 100% in several counties

Lead Stories rating: False

Fact Check: Meme Does NOT Show Some Virginia Counties Had Turnout Exceeding 100%

Claim via brandnewtube.com: There is no SARS-Cov-2 virus, no COVID-19 pandemic, no safe vaccine and no need for one.

Lead Stories rating: False

Fact Check: Psychiatrist Is NOT Correct To Claim No Virus, No COVID Pandemic, No Safe Vaccine, Nor Need For Vaccine

(International: Nigeria) Claim: Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, is dead and has been replaced in the statehouse with a lookalike: here’s a picture of the lookalike, who has now grown chubby.

Dubawa rating: False

Buhari’s Portrait Manipulated To Make Him Look Fatter ㅡ And It Misled Many

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