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
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Rick Scott (R): “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Debt increased under both parties including $7.8 trillion under President Donald Trump.) Rick Scott blames Democrats for expanding the debt. But it was a bipartisan feat |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: General Dynamics canceled its vaccine mandate after employees threatened to walkout.
USA Today rating: False (They never announced a vaccine mandate) Fact check: Defense firm General Dynamics has not yet announced vaccine mandate |
| FALSE | Claim by Ryan Cole / Lifesite News: COVID-19 vaccines weaken the immune system; “Idaho doctor reports a ‘20 times increase’ of cancer in vaccinated patients.”
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by sgtreport.com: THE VAX IS HUMAN SACRIFICE — DR. ZEV ZELENKO
Lead Stories rating: False (Crackpottery) Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Is Not Rated ‘Toxic,’ No Evidence For ‘Eugenics’ Conspiracy Theory |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by theexpose.uk: study finds myocarditis occurs in 1 in every 1000 people injected with a covid 19 vaccine.
Lead Stories rating: False (Withdrawn Pre-Print study was way off mathematically.) |
| FALSE | (International: Afghanistan): Photo of Afghanistan trafficking airplanes to Pakistan.
FACTLY rating: False Unrelated old photo shared as recent visuals of aeroplane trafficking from Afghanistan to Pakistan |
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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