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
| TRUE | Claim by Mitt Romney (R): The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
PolitiFact rating: True Mitt Romney accurately says Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Kamala Harris and Jeffrey Epstein photographed together.
Lead Stories rating: False (Photoshopped) Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris and Jeffrey Epstein Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped |
| FALSE | Claim by Joe Rogan: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are “really gene therapy.”
PolitiFact rating: False (they really aren’t as they do not alter DNA.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral Post: the U.S. has only admitted 1,592 refugees from Afghanistan since 2001 and that nearly 250,000 Afghans have been killed in that same time frame.
Check Your Fact rating: False (20,000 Afghan refugees since 2001) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Wearing a harness) Person hanging from helicopter in Afghanistan appears to be wearing a harness |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: China): Claim by Chinese Embassy in the United States: “Since the outbreak of COVID-19, China has taken an open, transparent and responsible attitude.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False |
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