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
| TRUE | Claim by Mark Born (R): “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state (Wisconsin) or federal UI benefits.” Politifact rating: True (accurate, as of May 22 there were 127,745 claims) State Rep. Born claim on unemployment claims since the pandemic is on the mark |
| FALSE | Claim by Sky News Australia: Airlines in Spain and Russia are warning people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus not to travel because of the risk of blood clots.
Lead Stories rating: False |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: “All males who have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 “are effectively sterile.” FactCheck.org rating: False Research Rebuts Claims Linking COVID-19 Vaccines to Male Infertility |
| FALSE | Claim by nationalfile.com: EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s Military Puts West Point Cadets in Solitary Confinement If They Refuse COVID Vaccine – National File
Lead Stories rating: False (Not Required) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by The Gateway Pundit: Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (It was imported through seizure, it was not bought) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the imprisonment of Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo over sexual harassment charges
VERA Files rating: Fake VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos on Duterte ordering arrest, jailing of Bishop Pabillo |
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