The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 11/01/2021

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

BLATANT LIE	Claim by Robert Kennedy Jr. (Children’s Health Defense): The US CDC shows children are 107 times more likely to die from COVID-19 shots than from the disease. BOOM Live rating: False (Per CDC there haven’t been any verified deaths of Children from the vaccine.) CDC Has Not Said COVID-19 Vaccines Are Riskier For Children Children’s Health Defense Rating
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Blood “starts to clot in a minute or two” after a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injection. PolitiFact rating: False (Social Media Scientists are wrong.) No evidence that Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine causes blood clots
BLATANT LIE	Claim via viral image: Black Boxes stored in Madison Georgia are disposable coffins owned by the CDC or FEMA Lead Stories rating: False (Old Myth) Fact Check: Field In Madison, Georgia, Does NOT Store ‘Disposable Coffins’ And Is Not Owned By CDC Or FEMA
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan “simply because of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they wanted to reverse any policy that Trump had implemented.” PolitiFact rating: False (President Joe Biden didn’t break with Trump on Afghanistan policy, except for pushing back the withdrawal by a few months. Trump set the U.S. troop removal in motion and Biden continued on that path.) Posts falsely say Joe Biden broke with Donald Trump on Afghanistan withdrawal
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Ben Zeisloft Of Daily Wire: Study Shows The Great Barrier Reef Is Growing Quickly. Climate Feedback rating: Misleading (a small rebound in 2021, does not indicate an overall trend) Coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef improved in 2021, but that doesn’t mean the reef is ‘growing quickly,’ contrary to Daily Wire claim Daily Wire Rating
FALSE	(International: Philippines): Photos compare Manila Bay cleanup before and during Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency USA Today rating: False Fact check: False claim that photos show Manila Bay cleanup before, during Duterte presidency

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