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: COVID-19 vaccines contain metals or microchips that cause magnets to attach to the arm of vaccinated people
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate |
| FALSE | Claim by Xavier Becerra (D): “There is no law that deals specifically with the term ‘partial-birth abortion.’”
PolitiFact rating: False (Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003, and the Supreme Court upheld it in 2007. ) Xavier Becerra is wrong that no law addresses partial-birth abortion |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: the image shows Vice President Kamala Harris as she is about to board a fake airplane created using a green screen
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Kamala Harris Staging Boarding An Airplane Using A Green Screen? |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral image: University of Miami researchers have found that the COVID-19 vaccine affects sperm production.
PolitiFact rating: False University of Miami researchers looked at effects of COVID-19, not vaccines |
| FALSE | Claim via social media: HIPAA prevents anyone from asking if you are vaccinated
USA Today rating: False
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| MOSTLY FALSE |
(International: India): Video shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.
India Today rating: Mostly false Fact Check: This clip of Netanyahu on video call with Prince Salman is morphed |
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