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
FALSE | Claim by Joe Biden (D): “And here’s what the American Families Plan doesn’t do: It doesn’t add a single penny to our deficit.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (it does increase the deficit for up to 19 years) |
FALSE | Claim by viral image: 70 lawyers for the election technology firm Dominion Voting Systems tried to stop the election audit in Arizona
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Did 70 Lawyers For Dominion Voting Systems Try To Stop The Election Audit In Arizona? |
FALSE | Claim by National File and We Love Trump: “15-year-old boy passes away from heart attack two days after Pfizer COVID-19 experimental jab.”
Politifact rating: False (No evidence) Report that teen died 2 days after a COVID shot was unverified, isn’t confirmed |
TRUE | CLAIM: In 2021, South Carolina lawmakers passed a bill that could allow for some death penalty executions to be carried out by firing squad. Snopes.com rating: True (still needs to pass the Senate) Did South Carolina Legislators Pass a Bill Allowing Firing Squad Executions? |
FALSE | Claim via Social Media: The COVID-19 vaccines and side effects from them can “shed” to affect unvaccinated people.
PolitiFact rating: False (Wrong and biologically impossible) |
FALSE | (International: India) Image showing hundreds of birds that died recently because of the 5G testing in India
FACTLY rating: False Old image of dead birds in Bihar is falsely linked to 5G trials in India |
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