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 via Social Media: “There were in fact watermarks on the ballots in Arizona.”
FactCheck.org rating: False |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Dr. Douglas G. Fran Via Mike Lindell video: 2010 national census data was used to manipulate the 2020 election rolls and to inject phantom votes into the election totals
The Dispatch Fact Check rating: False |
| TRUE | Claim by Buzzfeed: In May 2021, a Buzzfeed report claimed to find U.S. President Joe Biden’s personal account on the cash-sharing app, Venmo.
Snopes.com rating: True Does Biden Have a Personal Venmo Account? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: A child was kidnapped at a Sam’s Club in Omaha, Nebraska
USA Today rating: False Fact check: Sam’s Club child abduction story is decades-old hoax |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Terry McAuliffe (D): “Every single Petersburg (Va.) school was accredited when I left office.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False McAuliffe overstates school progress in Petersburg, Va. during his governorship |
| FALSE | (International: Pakistan) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says it is not essential for Muslims to accept Prophet Mohammad is the last prophet of Allah
AFP Fact Check rating: False Facebook posts misquote Pakistan PM’s comments on Prophet Mohammad |
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.
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