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 via Social Media: Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Blood clots and heart problems linked to the COVID-19 vaccines are rare, but the virus itself continues to cause deaths and hospitalizations.) Clots, heart problems from COVID-19 vaccines rare; deaths from the virus persist |
| FALSE | Claim by Young Americans for Liberty and Being Libertarian: “In Germany, a fence separates vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The biggest symptom of COVID is insanity”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Photo from Romania and not based on vaccine status.)
Young Americans for Liberty Rating, Being Libertarian Rating |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “The toxicity of COVID-Omicron is 5 times higher than that of the Delta variant, and the mortality rate is also higher than that of Delta.”
FactCheck.org rating: Unsupported Post Comes to Premature Conclusions About COVID-19 Omicron Variant Severity |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by halturnerradioshow.com: Pilot Deaths Up 1700% after Vax Mandates.
Lead Stories rating: False (no connection) Fact Check: Pilot Deaths Are NOT ‘Up 1700% After Vax Mandates’ |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Says Vice President Kamala Harris called the unvaccinated “dirty Trump people.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire No, Kamala Harris didn’t call unvaccinated Americans ‘dirty Trump people’ |
| FALSE | (International: India): Video shows the atrocities faced by minorities in Kashmir.
Newsmobile rating: False Fact Check: Video Of Fight In Faridabad Falsely Linked To Kashmir With Communal Angle |
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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