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 Elizabeth Warren (D): A Democratic plan for “canceling student loan debt would help close the Black-white wealth gap by 28 points for African Americans and by a similar number for Latinos.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (Among Loan Holders Only) |
 |
Claim via Social Media: Bill Gates refuses to vaccinate his children
AFP Fact Check rating: False (all vaccinated) Children of billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates have all been vaccinated |
|
Claim by Newsmax: “Only one person died on that day” during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
PolitiFact rating: False (5 died) Newsmax host falsely claims ‘only one person died’ at Capitol Jan. 6 |
|
Claim via Social Media: Fox News did not air the impeachment
Lead Stories rating: False (On-Air) Fact Check: Fox News DID Air Impeachment Proceedings On February 10, 2021 |
|
Claim via Social Media: HR 1 includes a “16-year-old voter age”
PolitiFact rating: False (still 18) Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill |
|
(International: India) Claim: Indian news outlet OpIndia published an article alleging Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg is actually a Muslim woman named Ghazala Bhat
Check Your Fact rating: False (OpIndia did not publish it and Greta Thunberg is not Muslim) FACT CHECK: Did This Indian News Outlet Falsely Report That Greta Thunberg Is A Muslim Woman? |
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 2/12/2021"