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 Mary Felzkowski (R): “Over-vaccination causes faster mutation of the (COVID-19) virus, which causes a super virus we may not have the ability to fight off.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Vaccines curb virus mutation, not speed it up.) |
| FALSE | Claim by the Other 98%: Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered “Family and Protective Services to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting their parents as abusers.”
The Dispatch rating: False
Did Greg Abbott Order an Agency to ‘Investigate All Trans Children’? |
| FALSE | Claim by Joe Biden (D): Gun manufacturing is “the only industry in America that can’t be sued.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Though gun manufacturers are protected from some civil lawsuits, there are exceptions) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by theirishsentinel.com: Taiwan’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths Higher Than All Virus Fatalities.
Lead Stories rating: False (Fake Data) Fact Check: Taiwan’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths NOT Higher Than All Virus Fatalities |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by the Republican National Committee: January 2022 fentanyl seizures show “illicit drugs are flowing into the country at an alarming rate because of Biden’s open border.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Seizures fentanyl have increased steadily since 2016, before Joe Biden became president. Trump policies still in effect. There is not an “open border” between the U.S. and Mexico.)
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| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Russia): Claim by Sputnik News Agency (China section): “Biden: World War 3 because of Ukraine could be an alternative to sanctions against Russia.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False Russian Propaganda Falsely Claims Biden Sees WWIII As ‘Alternative’ |
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