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
Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Tucker Carlson: The violence on Jan. 6 was led by left-wing agitators and agents provocateurs.
PolitiFact rating: False (debunked conspiracy) Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Videos Show Legitimate Ballots Discarded and Shredded In Gloucester County, NJ
Lead Stories rating: False (Envelopes and dated material from the primary.) Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Legitimate Ballots Discarded, Shredded In Gloucester County, NJ |
| FALSE | Claim by Social media posts: “Pfizer adds ingredient used to stabilize heart attack victims in vax for kids.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (nope) A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids 5-11 |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by conservativebeaver.com: CEO of Pfizer arrested, charged with fraud – media blackout – Conservative Beaver
Lead Stories rating: False (not arrested) Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Was NOT Arrested By FBI In Scarsdale, NY |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Joe Biden (D): “Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Wages have risen faster than inflation in August and September, but not for Biden’s presidency as a whole.) |
| FALSE | (International: Iran): Claim by Press TV: “During the episode, American forces confiscated the tanker that was carrying a cargo of Iranian oil in the strategic Sea of Oman, transferring its consignment of crude to another vessel.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False |
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