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 Mark Pocan (D): End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.
Politifact rating: True Yes, “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic |
| FALSE | Claim via Brand New Tube video: Germany suspended COVID-19 vaccinations
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate
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| FALSE | Claim by Kevin McCarthy (R): Telecom and social media platforms risk breaking the law, and could see their US business suffer, if they comply with records requests from the Jan. 6 investigation committee.
PolitiFact rating: False (McCarthy did not name the law, and legal experts say they are unaware of one that would fit that description.) House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy wrong on telecom law violations in Jan. 6 records request |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by viral photo: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unmasked in a classroom with masked children.
The Dispatch rating: Mostly True ( the photo is real, but it is unclear if Hochul’s visit was to a pre-K class or after-school program. After-school programs have separate guidance, under which vaccinated adults were not required, but were encouraged, to wear masks when with children who had to wear masks.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by viral post: claims the COVID-19 vaccine can cause HIV to develop due to fragments of HIV being used in the vaccine.
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: No, COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not Cause Recipients To Develop HIV |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Afghanistan): Taliban is playing with Blackhawk helicopters on the tarmac in Afghanistan
AFP Fact Check rating: False (from Libya) The video has circulated in reports about a helicopter captured in Libya |
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