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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| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump Jr.: “American journalist” Jack Posobiec was “arrested at World Economic Forum.”
Politifact rating: False (Jr. is lying) |
| FALSE | Claim by Michele Bachmann (R): Amendments to the International Health Regulations will give the World Health Organisation power to unilaterally impose lockdowns within member countries.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The amendments will not give the WHO power to override national governments on matters such as lockdowns.) |
| TRUE | Claim by Cavalier Johnson (D): In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department “collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York.”
PolitiFact rating: True (Milwaukee’s rate was 10 times higher than New York City’s rate of 42 per 100,000 people.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Dominion lost its lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.
USA Today rating: False (Still ongoing) Fact check: Dominion lawsuits against Powell, Giuliani ongoing |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Paul Gosar (R): The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.”
Politifact rating: False (No evidence to corroborate claims that Ramos was transgender or a “leftist,” and officials have said he was a U.S. citizen, not an “illegal alien.”) Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde, Texas school shooter |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Australia): The amount of carbon dioxide in the air increased just .004 percent in 50 years
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The real figure is an 11.7 percent increase with the correct calculation.) Recycled letter’s dodgy maths on C02 rise is bad for the planet |
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