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 via Social Media: The number of children in seven countries “missing so far this year” range from 20,000 to 460,000.
Politifact rating: False Social media post conflates reports of missing children with pending cases |
| FALSE | Claim: Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert’s restaurant received a $233,000 PPP loan.
Snopes.com rating: False |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Daily Expose: A Lisbon court found only 152 deaths have been caused by Covid in Portugal.
Full Fact rating: False (A Lisbon court found doctors from the Ministry of Justice recorded 152 deaths have been caused by Covid in Portugal. Most deaths are recorded by doctors from the Ministry of Health. In total over 17,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Portugal.) A Portuguese court hasn’t said there have only been 152 Covid deaths – Full Fact |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Jeff Bezos is set to be a trillionaire, will have enough wealth to save the planet more than three times over
Lead Stories rating: False (No and no) |
| FALSE | Claim by Jim Jordan (R): “Average gas price: June 2020: $2.21 June 2021: $3.07 President Biden’s economy!”
The Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios (gas prices fluctuate based on crude prices, which a President has little control over.) Analysis | The bogus GOP claim that Biden is responsible for higher gasoline prices |
| FALSE | (International: Germany): The image shows cars abandoned by Germans in protest of increased fuel prices
Check Your Fact rating: False |
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