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 Joe Biden (D): “If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
PolitiFact rating: False (between $8.98 and $12.27) Joe Biden’s town hall mistake about an inflation-indexed minimum wage |
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Claim by Greg Abbott (R): “So this shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America.”
The Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios (Natural gas not windmills) Analysis | ‘Frozen windmills’ aren’t to blame for Texas’s power failure |
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Claim by Joe Biden (D): “You spend almost that much money [$9 billion] as a break for people who own racehorses.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (No Evidence) |
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Claim via Bitchute Video: COVID-19 Vaccines will cause severe harm and even death if vaccinated person is later exposed to COVID-19.
Lead Stories rating: False (Unproven Claim) |
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Claim by Ted Cruz (R): Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (opposed the initial draft because it did not contain other forms of bigotry, once added she supported it) Ted Cruz’s misleading attack on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over anti-Semitism |
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(International: Australia) Claim: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has claimed that coal from rival exporters produces 50 percent more emissions than Australia’s product.
Australian Associated Press rating: False PM’s claim Australian coal produces much lower emissions is ‘nonsense’ |
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