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 by Tomi Lahren: “Unvaccinated, you can get COVID and have over 99% chance of survival. Get vaccinated and you can still get COVID and will still have over 99% chance of survival.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Reports indicate that more than 99% of recent COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are among unvaccinated people.) Fact-checking Tomi Lahren on vaccines and COVID-19 survival chances |
BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Bitchute Video: 45,000 dead from vaccination in 3 days, lawyer Thomas Renz sues federal government.
Lead Stories rating: False (crackpot conspiracy theories) |
BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): The Arizona Senate hearing “showed 168,000 fraudulent ballots printed on illegal paper (unofficial ballots).”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Sharpie Gate part II debunked long ago) |
BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Chiropractor Jen DePice: A Harvard study showed that vaccinated people are “twice as likely to get hospitalized as opposed to if they had a natural exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, then got exposed to a Delta variant” Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (this is the opposite of what happens as vaccinated people are less likely to be hospitalized.) |
MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Hakeem Jeffries (D): “Republicans used it in 2017 to pass the GOP tax scam, where 83 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent and they saddled us with approximately $2 trillion in debt to subsidize the lifestyle of the rich and shameless.”
The Washington Post rating: Three Pinocchios (Not until 2027 will 83% of the tax cuts go to the top 1%. In 2017, it was less than 30%, but increases some each year) Analysis | The zombie claim that the 2017 tax cut gave ‘83 percent’ to the top 1 percent |
FALSE | (International: India): Cadbury products sold in India contain beef,
Newsmeter rating: False Cadbury products sold in India do not contain beef, company issues clarification |
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I’m disappointed. A quick glance reveals the fact that you’re not even trying. The 7/22 page features, among other things, the claim that vaxxed people get COVID with a higher frequency than those naturally immune from infection- deemed false with the explanation that non-vaxxed people get sick with higher frequency than vaccinated. Why? Non-vaxxed people are entirely outside of the subject of the claim. You’re the fact-checkers? Considering your glaring lack of basic reading comprehension, how can we trust your conclusions? Why should we?