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 via Social Media: “Putin has ordered his military to seek and destroy US-Deep State bio-labs” in Ukraine.
FactCheck.org rating: False (The US has not created Bio-labs. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Biological Threat Reduction Program has provided technical support to improve and protect Ukraine’s public health laboratories.) Social Media Posts Misrepresent US-Ukraine Threat Reduction Program |
| TRUE | Claim: The word “propaganda” was misspelled “propoganda” at CPAC 2022.
Snopes rating: True Pupil Propoganda? Yes, ‘Propaganda’ Was Misspelled on CPAC Stage |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Josh Mandel (R): The 2020 election “was stolen from Donald J. Trump.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Multiple investigations in six key states — including reviews ordered by Republicans — have found isolated incidents of fraud, but nothing that comes close to being large enough to have changed the outcome.) Ohio’s Josh Mandel repeats false claim of stolen 2020 election |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visiting front line troops during the February 2022 invasion by Russia.
Lead Stories rating: False (2021 Photo) Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine’s President On Russian Invasion Front Line In 2022 |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Rand Paul (R): “We now have the scientific evidence that shows the risk of myocarditis for young males is greater for the vaccine than it is for the disease.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risk as Myocarditis due to the vaccine is milder than from the disease.) Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccination Outweigh the Rare Risk of Myocarditis, Even in Young Males |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Russia): Claim by Russian state-owned media: “Zelenskyy fled and abandoned Ukraine.” “The West wants to replace Zelensky with somebody braver.” “The West won’t let Zelenskyy flee Ukraine.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False (all claims are false) |
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Voter Fraud…Just one of many
Claim by Josh Mandel (R): The 2020 election “was stolen from Donald J. Trump.”
Wisconsin probe finds 2020 election riddled with nursing home voting fraud – Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/2/wisconsin-probe-finds-2020-election-riddled-nursin/