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
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Kevin McCarthy (R): “I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election.”
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (McCarthy objected to certifying election results from two states that Biden won.) Ignoring claims from his own party, Kevin McCarthy says no one questions Biden’s election |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Census data “called into question the official vote tally from the 2020 election”
USA Today rating: False Fact check: Census voting data isn’t proof of fraud in 2020 election |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “If you die within 20 days of testing positive for [COVID-19][…], you’ll be counted as a COVID death.” Vaccines are systematically dismissed as a possible cause of death.
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: CDC Will Only Count Unvaccinated COVID-19 Cases
Lead Stories rating: False (All Cases) Fact Check: CDC Will NOT Count Only Unvaccinated COVID-19 Cases |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Ted Cruz (R): The voting rights bill “would register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It is intended to do that.”
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire Ted Cruz repeats false claim that voting bill ‘would register millions of illegal aliens to vote’ |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines) Six senators will be sued with treason for defunding the National Task Force to End Local Communist Insurgency (NTF-ELCAC).
Rappler rating: False FALSE: 6 senators to be sued for treason for defunding NTF-ELCAC |
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