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 by Andrew Cuomo (D): “No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (On balance true, Per capita 4th) Does New York get less from the federal government than any state? |
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Claim by Viral Post: President Joe Biden canceled $250 million in funding that former President Donald Trump gave to historically black colleges and universities
Check Your Fact rating: False (no evidence) FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Cancel $250 Million For Historically Black Colleges And Universities? |
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Claim by Joe Biden (D): “No one should work 40 hours a week and live below the poverty wage. And if you’re making less than $15 an hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (Exaggerates) |
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Claim via Social Media: We went from the highest in exports in oil and natural gas to the lowest in one week
Lead Stories rating: False (Bad Stats) |
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Claim by One America News Network: “Computer software must have used an algorithm to change the votes” in Georgia, according to a mathematician.
FactCheck.org rating: False (unproven conspiracy theory) OAN Report Features Baseless Assertion of Election Fraud by Algorithm |
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(International: Ethiopia) Claim: US embassy says Ethiopia opposition leader will be released soon
AFP Fact Check rating: False The US embassy in Ethiopia did not suggest that jailed opposition leader would be released soon |
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