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
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| FALSE | Claim by One America News: Suggests ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.
Politifact rating: False (A recently published large clinical trial found that ivermectin did not decrease either hospitalizations or prolonged emergency room stays among COVID-19 patients.) Scientific evidence does not support ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Charlotte Gerson: “Toothpaste is poisonous”; “fluoride is a neurotoxin” and doesn’t prevent tooth decay.
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Contrary to the claim, fluoride is effective at preventing tooth decay. It isn’t neurotoxic and the amount of Fluoride in toothpaste is safe.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The COVID-19 vaccines contain “HIV lipid wrappers.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (None of the approved COVID-19 vaccines contain any HIV material.) No, the COVID-19 vaccines do not contain ‘HIV lipid wrappers’ |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by rumble.com: COVID-19 IS not A Virus And Is Snake Venom Being Used To poison People and Turn Them Into Satanic Hybrids.
Lead Stories rating: False (This confirms that Rumble really has no limits in what they allow posted on their service.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Gilbert Gottfried died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Politifact rating: False (Gilbert Gottfried died from a heart problem caused by an inherited muscular dystrophy disease. He didn’t die from the COVID-19 vaccine. ) |
| FALSE | (International: Japan): No child under the age of two is vaccinated in Japan.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Japanese children are vaccinated from two months and the country has consistently high inoculation rates.) Facts the best medicine for error-strewn Japanese vaccine meme |
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