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: AOC Spent Thousands On Her ‘Tax The Rich’ Dress and Her Ticket To The Met Gala 2021
Lead Stories rating: False (Free For AOC) |
BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Viral Image: Says Tim Tebow wrote, “The government might be preparing us for a cashless society, but it was predicted by the Bible.”
Politifact rating: False (No evidence he wrote this) |
FALSE | Claim via Social Media: 400,000 “Yes” votes disappear in the Calfornia recall election due to fraud.
The Dispatch rating: False (reporting error) Did 400,000 Votes ‘Disappear’ in California’s Recall Election? |
MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by Eric Toney (R): “I’m the only front-line prosecutor in this race that’s actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True Atty. Gen. candidate says he’s ‘the only front-line prosecutor’ that’s used Crime Lab |
FALSE | Claim by redvoicemedia.com: Vice President Kamala Harris “admits” that COVID vaccines don’t work.
Lead Stories rating: False (She didn’t) Fact Check: ‘Kabala’ Harris Did NOT Admit COVID Vaccine Doesn’t Work |
FALSE | (International: Philippines): The Philippine economy crashed in 1983 because the United States imposed economic sanctions on the country.
Rappler rating: False |
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