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 via Social Media: “Thanks to (Israel’s) sacrifice, we now know that natural immunity is far superior with 1% experiencing re-infection while 40% of new cases were previously vx’d.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Comparing COVID-19 reinfection rates among the unvaccinated and vaccinated to gauge protection against the virus ignores the dangers of contracting COVID-19 and the protections against severe illness that vaccines provide. ) Reinfection rates do not tell the whole story about protection against COVID-19 |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by dailyworldupdate.us: Trump Gets Subpoenas For Arizona Routers, Paving The Way To Reinstatement
Lead Stories rating: False (There is no way to reinstatement) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “They didn’t allow” Simone Biles “to take her ADHD medication.”
PolitiFact rating: False No evidence that Olympics barred gymnast Simone Biles from using a medication |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: the image shows an article from The New York Times with the headline: “Even If The Election Was Stolen, Recalling It Will Just Further Divide The Country.” Check Your Fact rating: False (Photoshopped) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim: On Aug. 3, 2021, Jeffrey Toobin appeared on CNN to comment on the sexual assault allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Snopes.com rating: False |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Claim by The Daily Expose: A study on the effects of Covid vaccines during pregnancy shows 82% of respondents miscarried, contrary to what its authors claimed.
Full Fact rating: False (The study it is based on found the rates of miscarriage were no different to those before Covid-19, although it concedes that further research is needed.) Study did not show 82% of pregnancies end in miscarriage after Covid vaccination – Full Fact |
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