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: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was photographed holding a shirt reading, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.”
FactCheck.org rating: False |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Mike Huckabee: The CDC found its PCR test is unable to differentiate between different types of coronaviruses, including telling whether someone has COVID or influenza and has withdrawn its application for Emergency Use Authorization.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not true on either account) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Dr. Dan Stock: Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Ridiculous and without evidence.) No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines causing the summer surge in COVID-19 cases |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said COVID-19 vaccines are “failing” and vaccinated individuals can be “super-spreaders.”
Check Your Fact rating: False (nope, didn’t say that and it is not true) FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims The CDC Director Said COVID-19 Vaccines Are ‘Failing’ |
| FALSE | Claim by Rand Paul (R): “Most of the masks you get over the counter don’t work. They don’t prevent infection.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Masks limit virus spread) Examining the false claims that got Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended on YouTube, Twitter |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Philippines): Photo shows Manila mayor Francisco Domagoso filming movie during pandemic.
AFP Fact Check rating: False This photo of Manila’s mayor was taken in 2019, not during the pandemic |
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