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 Tom Tiffany (R): Says it doesn’t make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they “really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Younger people are less likely than their older counterparts to have severe outcomes from contracting COVID-19, but hospitalizations and deaths have occurred within the group.) Tiffany misses mark with claim that young adults are not susceptible to coronavirus |
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Claim by Alfredo Bowman: AIDS was cured in more than a dozen patients
Health Feedback rating: Incorrect (there is no cure for AIDS) There is currently no cure for AIDS; reports to the contrary are incorrect |
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Claim by Tim Scott (R): Georgia “has more day-of voting rights than CO.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Colorado does not require photo ID) |
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Claim by OANN editors: “coronavirus itself is responsible for just 6% of all deaths listed as coronavirus related”, the other being “due to pre-existing comorbidities”
Health Feedback rating: Flawed Reasoning (Covid deaths are Covid deaths regardless of pre-existing conditions.) COVID-19 related deaths are indeed caused by COVID-19 and not by contributing health conditions |
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Claim via social media: Prince Philip said that he would like to be reincarnated as a deadly virus as a form of revenge against human overpopulation.
Snopes.com rating: True (He Said “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation.”) Did Prince Philip Say He Wanted To Be Reincarnated as a Deadly Virus? |
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(International: Hong Kong) Claim: Photo shows Hong Kong artists holding banners in support of Xinjiang cotton.
AFP Fact Check rating: False Fabricated photo misleads on celebrity support for Xinjiang cotton |
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