The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 05/26/2022

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)

No, Jack Posobiec was not arrested or detained in Davos

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.)

Claims of a WHO globalist takeover are out of this world

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.)

Milwaukee’s high gun rate rivals New York’s

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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