The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 12/18/2020

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	Claim by Rush Limbaugh: The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says “hydroxychloroquine is okay” for COVID-19. PolitiFact rating: False No, the AMA didn’t rescind statement on hydroxychloroquine Rush Limbaugh Rating
	Claim via Social Media: A photo depicts a Dec. 12 march of 1 million Trump supporters in Washington, D.C. USA Today rating: False Fact check: Photo depicts 2018 March for Our Lives event, not post-Election Day pro-Trump march
	Claim via Social Media: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is grouping “Pneumonia and Influenza and Covid together… and reports them all as Covid deaths.” FactCheck.org rating: False Instagram Post Distorts Facts on COVID-19 Death Reporting
	Claim by Mark Levin and the Post Millennial:  Is a Trump Critic ‘In Charge of Who Can Become a Facebook Fact-Checker’? The Dispatch Rating: False Is a Trump Critic ‘In Charge of Who Can Become a Facebook Fact-Checker’? Post Millennial Rating
	Claim by Joe Biden (D): “His own cybersecurity chief overseeing this election said it was the most secure in American history.” PolitiFact rating: Accurate Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote
	(International: Indonesia) Claim: Indonesian politician Fadli Zon is arrested Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab’s spokesperson AFP Fact Check rating: False These images purporting to show an Indonesian politician and an arrested Muslim cleric have been manipulated

Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact checks by third-party fact-checkers. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.

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