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 TrialSite News: The ‘CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel’ cannot differentiate between Covid-19 and flu.
Full Fact rating: False (This test can only detect SARS-CoV-2. It will not confuse Covid-19 and flu, and can ‘differentiate’ between them. But it cannot test for both at the same time.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: Stallone wore an anti-Joe Biden and anti-Anthony Fauci shirt. Check Your Fact rating: False (photoshopped) FACT CHECK: Did Sylvester Stallone Wear This Anti-Joe Biden Shirt? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Law Enforcement Today: Washington state is considering a proposal to create internment camps for the unvaccinated.
Snopes.com rating: False (The SBOH and the Washington State Senate’s Republican Caucus have both released statements debunking the claims since.) No, Washington State is Not Building Internment Camps for the Unvaccinated |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Post claims Bill Gates call for withdrawal of COVID-19 vaccines.
boomlive.in rating: False (He did not) No, Bill Gates Did Not Call For Withdrawal Of COVID-19 Vaccines | BOOM |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by The Expose: By the end of January 2022, all vaccinated Germans will have AIDS and be 100% more vulnerable to Covid infections.
Full Fact rating: False (The figures this article is based on have since been corrected. There is no evidence that vaccines cause AIDS, that declining efficacy from a Covid vaccine would cause AIDS or that being vaccinated reduces your protection against Covid.) Vaccinated Germans won’t have AIDS by the end of January 2022 – Full Fact |
| FALSE | (International: China): Claim by China Daily: “U.S. Navy threatens livelihoods in South China Sea”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False |
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