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. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. 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
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Joe Biden (D): Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Only about one-third of actual insurance signups under the Affordable Care Act ended up costing $10 or less per month in premiums. So about one-third, not four out of five, are “finding” such coverage.) Joe Biden overstates statistics on Affordable Care Act signups |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Viral Image: The OPP And RCMP Report 2.3 Million People On Foot And Upwards To 150,000 Truckers At Anti-Vaccine Protest in Ottawa
Lead Stories rating: False (the agency “has not provided any estimate on numbers of vehicles or demonstrators in relation to the demonstrations in Ottawa.”) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social media posts: Ivermectin was effective against omicron in phase 3 clinical trials.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Some social media users have repeated Reuters’ reporting error but have not repeated the correction.) Social Media Posts Repeat Inaccurate Reporting on Ivermectin and Omicron |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social media users and Meshawn Maddock (R): A Michigan school put litter boxes in bathrooms for students who identify as cats.
USA Today rating: False (Not true at all) Fact check: Rumor about litter box in a Michigan school is false |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Rick Scott (R): “(I) am proud that Senator Rubio and I were able to help secure an unprecedented $1 billion for Everglades restoration, the largest single amount ever allocated by the federal government.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Voted against bill) Sen. Rick Scott, carrying on a tradition, takes credit for infrastructure funding he opposed |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Canada): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted a message on social media telling vaccinated Canadians to stop talking to their unvaccinated relatives.
Snopes.com rating: False Did Trudeau Tell Canadians to Stop Talking to Unvaccinated Relatives? |
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