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 via Social Media: “Fauci’s emails leaked.”
PolitiFact rating: False (nope, legally obtained through the FOIA) Fauci’s emails didn’t ‘leak,’ they were obtained under federal law |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Unvaccinated people have to wear masks to protect vaccinated people
Health Feedback rating: False (Flawed Reasoning) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Starbucks closed to educate white people about their racism.
Lead Stories rating: False (Fake Sign) Fact Check: Starbucks Location Did NOT Post Sign Announcing It Was Closed To ‘Educate White People’ |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Says Donald Trump signed the Insurrection Act and “still is president.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Did this really need to be fact-checked? Yes, because some people believe it.) No evidence that Trump invoked federal Insurrection Act. And he’s not still president |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral post: claims that audits of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election results revealed that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
Check Your Fact rating: False (Repeating a long-debunked conspiracy theory. An audit revealed Biden won the state by 80k votes) FACT CHECK: Did Audits In Pennsylvania Reveal That Donald Trump Won The Election? |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Pakistan): Photos show Pakistani journalist accepting an envelope from politician.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (Altered image) Images of Pakistani journalist with opposition party chairman doctored to include |
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