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: Trump got 74 million votes and there are only 133 million registered voters in the USA
USA TODAY rating: Mostly False Fact check: Over 159 million people voted in US general election |
![]() |
Claim via Social Media: “The COVID-19 virus does not exist”; “The virus has never been isolated”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate |
![]() |
Claim by Viral image: claims that the multinational technology company Microsoft acquired Sony Corporation, a rival technology conglomerate.
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Social Media Posts Falsely Claim Microsoft Acquired Sony |
![]() |
Claim by Social media users: A meme of election statistics discredits Biden’s victory.
USA Today rating: Missing Context Fact check: 5 election statistics do not discredit Joe Biden’s victory |
![]() |
CLAIM: University of Florida researchers found “no asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread of Covid” in a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
AP Fact Check rating: False |
![]() |
(International: India) Claim: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal offered namaz in Delhi’s Jama Masjid wearing a skull cap on the first day of the New Year.
India Today rating: Mostly false Fact Check: Kejriwal did not begin New Year 2021 by offering namaz at Jama Masjid |
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.
Do you appreciate our work? Please consider one of the following ways to sustain us.
or
Left vs. Right Bias: How we rate the bias of media sources
Be the first to comment on "The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 1/3/2021"