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 Viral image: “There is no added safety to the public if you’re vaccinated.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Vaccination does more than help prevent infection among the vaccinated — it reduces the chances of COVID-19 spread among the general public.) No truth to claim that vaccination provides ‘no added safety to the public’ |
| FALSE | Claim by washingtontimes.com: Biden team won’t admit it, but the COVID-19 pandemic is over
Lead Stories rating: False (It is not over. Numbers are rising in colder climate countries.) Fact Check: The COVID-19 Pandemic Is NOT Over
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| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children contains tromethamine, “a heart attack medication” with “a lot of potentially serious side effects”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Tromethamine isn’t a medication to treat heart attack. Tromethamine has been safely used in many products, including the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Footage: Claims to show Joe Biden revealing that all Americans would have their guns taken by the government.
Check Your Fact rating: False (The clip has been taken out of context and actually shows him dismissing rumors that government officials plotted to confiscate all guns.) FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Say The Government Would ‘Gather Up Every Gun In America’? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by englishwire.today: Three States Pulled CNN’S Broadcasting License
Lead Stories rating: False (CNN is not a broadcaster, they are a cable network.) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio filed a petition at the Commission on Elections for the disqualification of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as a candidate for president in the 2022 elections.
VERA Files rating: False VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Carpio did NOT file disqualification petition vs. Marcos Jr. – Vera Files |
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