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 via Social Media: “Anderson Cooper floating the idea of withholding SS from the unvaxxed. Hope you enjoy what you voted for commies.”
Reuters rating: False (Anderson Cooper did not say he wanted to remove social security benefits from the unvaccinated during an August 2021 interview with Bill Gates.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Pfizer CEO Bourla talking about the microchip that will be in medications. Sounds normal right?? Just a conspiracy theory?
The Dispatch rating: False (Yes, it is a conspiracy theory.) |
| TRUE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): COVID Testing has declined under Joe Biden.
Newsweek rating: True (Daily test numbers are lower) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: COVID-19 vaccine caused football player Donald Parham Jr.’s heart to explode.
USA Today rating: False (The concussion did not create heart problems…crackpottery) Fact check: NFL’s Donald Parham Jr. had concussion, not heart problem |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Dark colors on at home test strip shows COVID is in the water
Lead Stories rating: False (The est is not meant for water and produces an invalid result.) Fact Check: BinaxNOW COVID Home Test Kit Is NOT For Use With Water | Lead Stories |
| FALSE | (International: India): Shah Jahan Chopped Off Hands Of Workers Who Built Taj Mahal
The Logical Indian rating: False Shah Jahan Chopped Off Hands Of Workers Who Built Taj Mahal? No, Viral Claim Is False And Baseless! |
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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