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: “President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.”
PolitiFact rating: False Russian president Vladimir Putin has not banned mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim: The Impossible Burger contains more estrogen than transgender hormone therapy.
USA Today rating: False (Pseudoscience) |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral Image: The US government is trying to create food shortages by telling farmers to destroy their crops.
Politifact rating: False (There are currently no major disruptions to the U.S. food supply chain, or any threat of a nationwide food shortage.) No, the U.S. government isn’t telling farmers to destroy their crops |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral Image: the cameras shut off when President Joe Biden was asked in a press conference about an alleged “hit list” provided to the Taliban.
Check Your Fact rating: False (they didn’t) FACT CHECK: Did Cameras Cut Off When Joe Biden Was Asked About A ‘Hit List’ Provided To The Taliban? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: There is a new virus variant called COVID-22.
Lead Stories rating: False (No Such Virus) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Claim by theexpose.uk: 80% of Covid-19 deaths in Scotland in August were people who had been vaccinated.
Lead Stories rating: False (They have high vaccination coverage, which is misleading.) |
Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact checks by third-party fact-checkers. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.
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