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
| FALSE | Claim by DJHJ Media: Santa Claus was arrested by German police for not wearing a mask at a market.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Not arrested and not about the mask) ‘Santa’ Detained at Unregistered Protest, Not ‘Arrested’ for Mask Violation |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by redvoicemedia.com: CDC Admits Vaccinated Parents Are Killing Unvaccinated Kids Lead Stories rating: False (For the 100th time the vaccinated cannot shed!) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Steve Kirsch: “They’ve now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (There are no confirmed deaths involving children linked to the vaccines.) Contorted claim of children killed by COVID-19 vaccines is Pants on Fire |
| TRUE | Claim by Jennifer Strahan (D): Marjorie Taylor Greene Owns Stock in Three Vaccine Manufacturers
Newsweek rating: True Fact Check: Does Marjorie Taylor Greene Own Stock in Three Vaccine Manufacturers? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: Vice President Kamala Harris tweeting that Kyle Rittenhouse created a specific Instagram account and that people should not follow it
Check Your Fact rating: False (Fake account) |
| FALSE | (International: Russia): “The Budapest Memorandum concerns security guarantees for Ukraine as a non-nuclear state … [A]ll guarantees have been provided and observed.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False (Kremlin propaganda) Kremlin Has Flagrantly Broken Budapest Pact on Ukraine’s Security |
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