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 The Raging Patriot: “Vice President Kamala Harris laughs at the plight of Ukraine; at idea of America offering assistance”
Politifact rating: False (Vice President Kamala Harris laughed while she and Poland’s President Andrzej Duda tried to decide who would answer first in response to a question, while simultaneous translations also were occuring, according to her spokesperson. Duda also laughed.) Kamala Harris did not laugh at Ukraine or idea of U.S. offering aid |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral Post: A post shared on Facebook claims Johns Hopkins University confirmed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests can vaccinate patients.
Check Your Fact rating: False
FACT CHECK: Did Johns Hopkins Confirm PCR Tests Can Vaccinate Patients? |
| FALSE | Claim by newspunch.com: Russia Went Back To Using A Gold Standard.
Lead Stories rating: False (Tax Adjustment) Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Go Back To Using A Gold Standard In Early March 2022 |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: Facebook video shows “counting Biden’s votes at 2 a.m.”
PolitiFact rating: False (The Facebook user who shared the video said it was a joke.) No, this video on Facebook doesn’t show someone ‘counting Biden’s votes at 2 am’ |
| FALSE | Claim by Social media posts: “Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with South Korean President.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Mislabeled video) Old, Mislabeled Video Circulating Amid Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Cloud seeding caused record-breaking floods in Queensland and NSW.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Cloud seeding is impossible on the scale of the NSW and Queensland floods. A La Nina weather system is the cause.) |
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