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: Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.
PolitiFact rating: False |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media and previously Donald Trump: Pennsylvania sent out 1,823,143 mail-votes, but got back 2,589,242 votes.
The Dispatch: False (The numbers come from the 2020 primary election data, not the general election) Did Pennsylvania Receive More Mail-In Ballots Than Were Sent Out? |
| FALSE | Claim by Dr. Robert Malone: COVID-19 vaccines will cause the virus to be more dangerous, will make the SARS-CoV-2 more dangerous due to a mechanism called antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE)
Health Feedback rating: False (COVID-19 vaccines haven’t shown signs of antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) in animal studies or vaccinated people. On the contrary, evidence indicates that vaccination reduces the risk of infection and the severity of the disease.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: General Motors admits 95% of energy for electric vehicles comes from coal
USA Today rating: False |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social media posts: Photo shows President Joe Biden’s motorcade being met by swarm of Trump supporters during Biden’s July 28, 2021, trip to Pennsylvania.
FactCheck.org rating: False (old photo) |
| FALSE | (International: Nigeria): Viral video claims Nigerian Senate is calling for division of the country.
Ripples Nigeria rating: False (The call for division mentioned in the video was not for the division of the country, but rather a terminology used in the house in the process of revisiting an issue earlier decided upon.) |
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