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 Ned Price: “Taliban and the Haqqani network are separate entities.”
The Dispatch rating: False Are the Taliban and the Haqqani Network ‘Separate Entities’? |
FALSE | Claim via Social Media: No one has called for the flags to be flown at Half Mast in honor of our Marines.
Lead Stories rating: False (Biden Ordered it) Fact Check: Flags Were NOT Left At Top Of Federal Flagpoles In Wake Of Kabul Airport Attack |
BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral image: purportedly shows a tractor-trailer with an advertisement for Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the back being loaded with dead bodies.
Check Your Fact rating: False |
FALSE | Claim via Social Media: A COVID-19 booster means that the initial vaccination didn’t work
Health Feedback rating: Incorrect |
BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: “No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.”
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire No, cancer and heart disease deaths didn’t disappear during the pandemic |
BLATANT LIE |
(International: India): Video of Indian soldiers dropping dead after receiving the vaccine.
Newsmeter rating: False Fact Check: Video of Indian soldiers dying, fainting after vaccination is false |
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