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 Dr. Ryan Cole: Washington bureaucrats “have suppressed” ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19.
FactCheck.org rating: False (no evidence) Idaho Doctor Makes Baseless Claims About Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines |
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Claim via Social Media: Covid-19 vaccine causes erectile dysfunction
AFP Fact Check rating: False (It doesn’t) |
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Claim by Mark Born (R): “Private insurance gives … better coverage” than people would get under a Medicaid expansion.
Politifact rating: False (there is more to it) No, private insurance doesn’t provide ‘better coverage’ than Medicaid |
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Claim by Joe Martino of Collective Evolution: “WHO data shows [that] ivermectin reduces COVID-19 mortality by 81%, but they won’t recommend it?”
Health Feedback rating: Misleading (There is currently insufficient evidence to establish whether ivermectin is safe and effective in COVID-19 patients.) |
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Claim via Social Media: “Joe Biden and the Democrats want to remove any term that denotes gender.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Biden changed WhiteHouse.gov so that people contacting the White House can identify themselves without a specific gender, but it does not eliminate traditional gender options.) Fact-checking whether Biden, Democrats want to remove all terms that note gender |
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(International: India) Claim: It is not possible to come to power in West Bengal in 2021 elections. BJP’s central supervisor team has informed.
vishvasnews.com rating: False Fact Check: BJP did not say it will lose 2021 Assembly polls, viral breaking plate is edited |
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