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. When appropriate we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (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 by The Gateway Pundit: The Biden administration plans to “Send the Taliban Millions in US Dollars.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (humanitarian aid to groups in Afghanistan, not the Taliban.) U.S. Is Sending Aid to Independent Groups in Afghanistan, Not the Taliban |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Ben Shapiro tweeted: Joe Biden is gonna tell me how long my pubes have to be.
Lead Stories rating: False (Fake Message)
Fact Check: Ben Shapiro Did NOT Tweet ‘Next Joe Biden Is Gonna Tell Me How Long My Pubes Have To Be’ |
| TRUE | Claim by Jen Psaki (D): COVID-19 was the number one cause of death for police officers in 2020.
Newsweek rating: True Fact Check: Jen Psaki’s Claim on Police Officer COVID Deaths |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Viral social media posts purporting to show Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot maskless in an arena.
The Dispatch rating: True |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine died from the vaccination.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Old conspiracies die-hard….The hospital where she works verified that she is still alive and employed there.) There’s still no evidence a Tennessee nurse who fainted after getting the vaccine is dead |
| FALSE | (International: Kenya): Claim by Jimmy Wanjigi: “When this government took over, do you know what the poverty rate was? It was 36%. Today it is 52%”
Africa Check rating: Incorrect Kenyan billionaire Jimi Wanjigi wants to be president, but were his TV interview facts on the money? |
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