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: “Roe v. Wade happened because a woman lied about being raped by black men.”
Politifact rating: False (Debunked conspiracy theory. The U.S. Supreme Court did not consider the circumstances of plaintiff Jane Roe’s pregnancy when ruling on the landmark case in 1973. An alleged rape was never mentioned in court or in the court’s ruling. ) Contrary to claim, rape never mentioned in Roe v. Wade proceedings and did not form basis of case |
| FALSE | Claim by The Other 98%: The corporate tax rate under Eisenhower was 90%
USA Today rating: False (During Eisenhower’s presidency, the corporate tax rate ranged from 30 to 52%, according to the Tax Foundation.) Fact check: Viral post exaggerates tax rates under Eisenhower |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by National Republican Senatorial Committee: “Republicans DO NOT want to throw doctors” in jail.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (They do want to jail Doctors. Over a dozen Republican-controlled states have passed abortion laws that permit jail sentences for doctors. 45 Republicans in the U.S. Senate sponsored or co-sponsored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would impose a prison sentence of up to five years.) Do Republicans want to throw doctors who break abortion laws in jail? Their plans say yes |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Post: claims Republican North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer stated that saving a fetus is worth losing the mother’s life.
Check Your Fact rating: False (There is no record of Cramer making such a remark.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Mike Franken (D): “Senator Grassley hopped off the Finance Committee, where he could be helpful to Iowa and the nation, in favor of the Judiciary Committee”
Politifact rating: False (Grassley, the committee’s former chairman, is still on the committee.) Chuck Grassley left the Senate Finance Committee? That’s wrong |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Claim by Bob Katter: Algae ponds can capture all the carbon dioxide from coal-fired power stations, resulting in zero-emissions energy.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The ponds would only be able to absorb a small fraction of CO2 emitted from coal burnt at a power plant.) Algae plan to make coal-fired power C02 free is not feasible |
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