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 Viral Image: President Joe Biden recently faked a visit to a children’s hospital in Washington, D.C
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Fake A Recent Visit To A Children’s Hospital? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Alex Jones and Banned Video: Vaccines Cause Brain Damage
Lead Stories rating: False (Pseudoscience) Fact Check: NO Evidence That Vaccines Cause Brain Damage | Lead Stories |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Video: purportedly shows a man who died two weeks after stating that he had an affair with former President Barack Obama.
Check Your Fact rating: False (Still alive, no affair) |
| FALSE | Claim via Blogger: We Can ‘Eat Our Way Out Of This Pandemic’ By Eating Leeks. Lead Stories rating: False (Unproven Pseudoscience) Fact Check: NO Evidence We Can ‘Eat Our Way Out Of This Pandemic’ By Eating Leeks | Lead Stories |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: It Is ‘Odd’ That The COVID-19 Vaccine Was Developed So Quickly.
Lead Stories rating: False (Many Reasons) Fact Check: It Is NOT ‘Odd’ That COVID-19 Vaccine Was Developed So Quickly | Lead Stories |
| FALSE | (International: India): Congress party spokesman calls PM Modi a hero.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (nope) |
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