The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 4/18/2021

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 Viral image: Coca-Cola, Ben & Jerry’s and other companies support rioting.

PolitiFact rating: False

No, these companies don’t support rioting

Claim by Social media: Democrats voted against notifying ICE when undocumented immigrants buy firearms

USA Today rating: Mostly False (old bill from 2019 that died in the Senate)

Fact check: Meme misleads on Democrats’ vote on immigrants and guns

Claim by George Papadopoulos: Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.”



PolitiFact rating: False (No evidence)

No evidence that Joe Biden is withholding aid to Ukraine to help his son Hunter

Claim by the Daily Wire: the active warrant for which Minnesota police attempted to arrest Daunte Wright was related to an aggravated robbery case

Check Your Fact rating: False (wanted on a gun charge, he was set to go on trial for the robbery case)

FACT CHECK: Was Daunte Wright’s warrant for aggravated robbery?

Claim via Social Media: 2342 Fatalities From COVID Vaccines, including Hank Aaron Marvelous Marvin Hagler killed by vaccine

Lead Stories rating: False (according to CDC no evidence people have died from the vaccine)

Fact Check: Vaccine Claims Debunked: NO Evidence 2,342 Fatalities From COVID-19 Vaccine

(International: Iran) Claim: “Damascus says the U.S. is fully responsible for the adverse outcome of its criminal policies against Syria, calling on Washington to … compensate for the losses the nation has suffered as a result of the American military aggression and troop deployment.”

POLYGRAPH.info rating: False

Damascus Makes Misleading Claims About Civil War Destruction

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.

MBFC Ad-Free 

or

MBFC Donation




Left vs. Right Bias: How we rate the bias of media sources

Found this insightful? Please consider sharing on your Social Media:

Subscribe With Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to MBFC and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 22.9K other subscribers



Be the first to comment on "The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 4/18/2021"

Comments

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.