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 Marco Rubio (R): Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines.
Politifact rating: Mostly False (two of those photos were taken in different countries, and Austin was recorded and photographed wearing a face shield in the Philippines.) Why Rubio’s critique of Lloyd Austin’s face shield falls short |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim: Swedish multimillionaire Johan Eliasch purchased around 400,000 acres of Amazonian rainforest in Brazil from a logging company for $14 million, solely to conserve the forest.
Snopes.com rating: Mostly True Did Swedish Millionaire Johan Eliasch Buy 400K Acres of Amazon Rainforest? |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Terry McAuliffe (D): “Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (when adjusted for inflation, McAuliffe’s spending did not rise to the education budgets signed in the three last years before the Great Recession) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Natural News: Vaccinated people are the super spreaders of COVID-19.
Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: CDC Director Has NOT Said Vaccinated People Are ‘The COVID-19 Super-Spreaders’ |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Nancy Pelosi (D): “The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Pelosi implies that the executive branch has clear authority to extend the eviction moratorium, but legal experts say it’s a long shot at best.) Nancy Pelosi’s dubious claim about who can extend the eviction moratorium |
| FALSE | (International: Japan): Black man punched in Tokyo during the Olympics
AFP Fact Check rating: False |
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