The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 3/4/2021

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 Bill Hemmer: “We are seeing (gasoline) prices now that we frankly haven’t seen in years.” PolitiFact rating: False (Not years; about 18 months) Are gas prices going up? And is it Joe Biden’s fault?
	Claim by Gaia: HAARP may deliberately create destruction on a global scale, causing earthquakes, cyclones, flooding, snowstorms, around the world; HAARP may be attacking the citizens of the world telepathically, influencing thoughts with low frequency vibrations Climate Feedback rating: Incorrect (pseudoscience-conspiracy theories) The scientific research facility HAARP cannot create natural disasters or influence human thoughts and movements, contrary to online claims Gaia Rating
	Claim by Joe Biden (D): “America will be the first country — perhaps the only one” — to administer 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. FactCheck.org rating: Mostly True (First to 100 million yes, but other countries such as Israel have administered 4 times as much per capita.) Pace of U.S. Vaccinations vs. the World
	Claim via Social Media: Evangelicals are worshipping the golden Trump statue. AFP Fact Check rating: False (Altered image) Manipulated photo shows evangelicals worshipping Trump statue
	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “Radical Democrat policies” have sparked a 30% jump in gas prices “since the election.” FactCheck.org rating: False (market forces) FactChecking Trump’s CPAC Speech
	(International: Israel) Claim: Claim by social media users: Israel implementing an internal COVID-19 vaccine passport USA Today rating: True Fact check: Israel launching ‘Green Pass’ for COVID-19 vaccinated

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.

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