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 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D): “I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Census data shows that Manchin represents roughly 2.6 times the number of residents as Ocasio-Cortez does.) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong about representing more constituents than Joe Manchin |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a poster created by the World Health Organization that says, “We’re in this forever.”
Check Your Fact rating: False (created by an artist, not WHO) FACT CHECK: Did The World Health Organization Create This Poster Stating ‘We’re In This Forever’? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Hydroxychloroquine Does Decalcify The Pineal Gland.
Lead Stories rating: False (No Evidence) Fact Check: NO Evidence That Hydroxychloroquine Decalcifies The Pineal Gland | Lead Stories |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone.”
Politifact rating: False (off on all accounts) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Western Journal: a “game-changing study” showed that “COVID vaccines [were] more dangerous than the virus itself”; “children aged 12 to 17 are more likely to be hospitalized for myocarditis than for COVID.”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Data indicate that the risk of myocarditis following vaccination is lower than following COVID-19.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): People with “natural immunity” from COVID-19 due to prior infection cannot catch the virus again.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Multiple studies using real-world data show those with prior infection can become reinfected with the virus.) |
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