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 Mandela Barnes (D): “It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
PolitiFact rating: True Yes, it’s been decades since the minimum wage kept up with inflation, and years since it increased |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Oil and Gas executives are planning to have to replace all vaccinated staff within three years.
Lead Stories rating: False (no evidence) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by John Barrasso (R): “Joe Biden will never veto a bill. He’ll go down in history as a president who has never vetoed a bill, cause he will sign whatever Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi put on his desk. … They’re running the show.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (Lacks Context as a unified government result in very few vetoes.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social media: Videos show a satanic ritual taking place near G7 in England
USA Today rating: False Fact check: G-7 demonstration was climate protest, not satanic ritual |
| FALSE | Claim by Conservative Podcaster Liz Wheeler: The NIH funded research to “weaponize” bat coronaviruses to attack humans.
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported |
| FALSE | (International: Russia): Claim by Vladimir Putin on Iran Satellite Deal: “It’s just fake news. At the very least, I don’t know anything about this kind of thing. Those who are speaking about it probably know more about it. It’s just nonsense, garbage.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False |
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