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 NC Futures Action Fund / Roy Cooper (D): State Sen. Kirk deViere voted against Medicaid expansion, the governor’s budget and teacher raises.
Politifact rating: False (None of it is true.) Liberal group targets incumbent NC Democrat with false claims |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Post: claims chemicals in sunscreen products cause cancer while the sun does not.
Check Your Fact rating: False (Rest assured Sun Screen is safer than Sunburn.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “Just released” Pfizer documents show the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is “12% effective.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (A misreading of the document. Closer to 95%.) Pfizer Documents Show Vaccine Is Highly Effective, Contrary to Social Media Posts |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A township electric vehicle charging station is powered with a diesel generator.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not Connected) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Kathy Barnette (R): Says she never tweeted comments linking pedophilia and Islam.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (In a 2015 tweet, Barnette shared a headline that said: “Pedophilia is a Cornerstone of Islam.”) Senate candidate Kathy Barnette tweeted a headline that said, ‘Pedophilia is a cornerstone of Islam’ |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Claims Queen Elizabeth II disparaged Filipinos while congratulating Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos Jr. for winning the country’s presidential election.
Check Your Fact rating: False (No Record of this) |
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