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
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim via Social Media: “The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False Student debt forgiveness is not in Biden’s 2022 budget, but it’s still in play |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Breaking 911: Dr. Anthony Fauci and Peter Marks said 40% to 50% of CDC and FDA employees are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine
USA Today rating: False Fact check: Fauci didn’t say half of CDC, FDA employees refused COVID-19 vaccine
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| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim via Social Media: Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (No evidence of a connection at this time) Facebook post makes unproven claim about police funding and homicides |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Popeyes Sign Says They ‘Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To White People’
Lead Stories rating: False |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Val Arkoosh: Pennsylvania House Bill 118 of 2021 would fine women who have a miscarriage, or force them to pay for a fetal death certificate.
Snopes.com rating: Mostly False Did Pennsylvania Lawmakers Vote to Fine Women Who Have a Miscarriage? |
| FALSE | (International: India): Birds died of Covid-19 in India
AFP Fact Check rating: False |
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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