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 by Social media post: “There wasn’t a SINGLE American casualty in Afghanistan in the last year and a half of the Trump admin.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (11 were killed) |
| FALSE | Claim by Democratic campaign advertisement: Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin called COVID-19 relief “unnecessary” in a May 12 interview
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Did Glenn Youngkin Call COVID-19 Relief ‘Unnecessary’ In A May 12 Interview? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.”
PolitiFact rating: False (A CDC analysis did not find an increased risk of miscarriage among nearly 2,500 pregnant women who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine before 20 weeks of pregnancy.) Claim about COVID-19 vaccines and miscarriages based on flawed reading of study |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: An image shows Ronald Reagan meeting with the Taliban at the White House, and he compared the group to the Founding Fathers
USA Today rating: False Fact check: Post makes false claim about Ronald Reagan and the Taliban |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (conspiracy theories) Conservative influencers wrongly claim Capitol bomb threat was ‘false flag’ |
| FALSE | (International: India): Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia said, if Hindus & Buddhists want to live safely, they should either convert to Islam or go to India.”
BOOM Live rating: False Fake Quote Attributed To Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Goes Viral |
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