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: Masks have negative impacts on 68% of children.
PolitiFact rating: False No, study didn’t prove that masks have negative effects on 68% of children |
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CLAIM: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants to eliminate at least 3 billion people in the world, starting in Africa, in a plot involving vaccines.
AP Fact Check rating: False |
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Claim by Marco Rubio (R): “Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders.”
PolitiFact rating: False Marco Rubio falsely claims former leaders are prosecuted ‘only in the Third World’ |
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Claim by Viral social media posts: Three percent of people receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the US suffer irreversible side effects.
Australian Associated Press rating: False Video falsely claims Pfizer vaccine causes widespread ‘irreversible’ effects |
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Claim via Social Media: Says Joe Biden said, “I don’t know what I’m signing,” while signing a document.
PolitiFact rating: False |
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(International: Philippines) Claim: Video shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte criticizing legislators Tito Sotto and Vilma Santos in January 2021
AFP Fact Check rating: False This video shows Duterte criticising broadcaster ABS-CBN in 2017 |
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