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 Caitlyn Jenner (R): “50% of all homeless people live in California.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (28%) Caitlyn Jenner Overstates California’s Share of U.S. Homeless Population |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: the image shows a Fox News chyron about President Joe Biden announcing looting would be renamed “justice shopping”
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Announce Looting Would Be Renamed ‘Justice Shopping’? |
| MOSTLY TRUE | Claim by Kamala Harris (D): The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True Harris right on American Jobs Plan being largest increase in research and development |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral Image: Dominion whistleblower said 3.8 million votes were switched.
Check Your Fact rating: False |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Says BLM activist Sasha Johnson tweeted, “The white man will not be our equal but our slave.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire No, a British BLM leader did not tweet about enslaving white people |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): President Rodrigo Duterte has officially declared his candidacy for the 2022 vice presidential election according to a video uploaded on Thursday, May 27.
Rappler rating: False FALSE: Duterte confirms vice presidential candidacy in 2022 polls |
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