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 via Social Media: Bath and Body Works products are not recommended during pregnancy because they are suspected of “damaging fertility or the unborn child.”
PolitiFact rating: False (A Bath & Body Works safety data sheet includes warnings about skin irritation, infertility and organ damage. These disclosures aren’t new or limited to Bath & Body Works. Home fragrance companies are required to post these notices on their websites. The disclosures are meant for manufacturers and emergency workers — not consumers.) Social media posts misrepresent safety of Bath & Body Works products during pregnancy |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Newspunch: Vaccines Are Killing People Of Color At Twice The Rate Of White People, HHS Said Lead Stories rating: False (No evidence) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Epoch Times via Joseph Mercola: “Pfizer Knew About Immunosuppression”; “Fully Vaxxed Are More Likely to Die From COVID”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (vaccinated people are less likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die. There is also no evidence demonstrating that vaccinated people are immunosuppressed.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by “Watch The Water”: COVID-19 is a synthetic version of “snake venom” that evil forces are spreading through remdesivir, the COVID-19 vaccines and drinking water to “make you a hybrid of Satan.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (The crackpottery re-emerges.) Stew Peters film ‘Watch the Water’ ridiculously claims COVID-19 is snake venom. That’s Pants on Fire |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: a screenshot of a Newsmax segment that purportedly included Ben Shapiro as an example of a black conservative.
The Dispatch rating: True Fact Check: Did Newsmax Include Ben Shapiro in a Graphic on Black Conservatives? |
| FALSE | (International: Russia): Claim by Russian Defense Ministry: “1,464 Ukrainian servicemen laid down their arms and surrendered. They are not subjected to violence or psychological pressure.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False (Unsubstantiated) |
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