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
| FALSE | Claim by Greta Neubauer (D): “Republican leadership has not been clear about whether they support Rep. Ramthun’s illegal and undemocratic resolution” on the 2020 election.
Politifact rating: False ( Key Assembly leaders have already disagreed with Ramthun’s assertions. Other members of Assembly Republican leadership signed a statement saying Ramthun was spreading misinformation, acknowledging the Legislature cannot decertify the election.) Republican leaders have made clear they don’t think Wisconsin’s electoral votes can be rescinded |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral video: purportedly shows the “Ukrainian headquarters” exploding after being bombed by the Russians.
Check Your Fact rating: False (The video shows a massive blast in Beirut, Lebanon, in August 2020.) FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show The ‘Ukrainian Headquarters’ Exploding? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social media posts: CNN identified “Bernie Gores” as the “first American casualty of the Ukraine crisis.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Bernie Gores does not exist.) Bogus Tweet Spreads False Account of ‘First American Casualty’ in Ukraine |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via social media: Photo shows African youths disfigured by vaccines
USA Today rating: False (Polio injuries, not vaccines.) Fact check: Image shows African children suffering from polio, not injured in vaccine trails |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “Bill Gates hatches ‘horribly stupid’ plan to block out the sun”
Politifact rating: False (The claim first surfaced in 2021 and has been previously debunked.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Russia): Claim by Vladimir Putin: “Ukraine has the nuclear technologies created back in the Soviet times and delivery vehicles for such weapons, including aircraft, as well as the Soviet-designed Tochka-U precision tactical missiles with a range of over 100 kilometers.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False (They have none.) |
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