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 via Social Media: Says Gov. Greg Abbott offered the uncle of a Uvalde shooting victim money to say “we don’t need stronger gun laws.”
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (Gov. Greg Abbott has denied claims made in a recent Twitter thread that he offered to pay the uncle of a Uvalde shooting victim to say he doesn’t support stronger gun laws. The Twitter account told a reporter it was hacked.) No, these tweets about Greg Abbott trying to pay off a Uvalde victim’s uncle aren’t accurate |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Post: claims diesel is projected to reach $9 a gallon by August.
Check Your Fact rating: False (There is no evidence diesel is projected to reach $9 a gallon by August. Experts say the price will likely remain around current levels throughout the summer.) FACT CHECK: Is Diesel Projected To Reach $9 A Gallon By August? |
| FALSE | Claim by Marco Rubio (R): “There hasn’t been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet.”
Politifact rating: False (The firearms used in the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999 and the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech were purchased online or through an unlicensed seller at a gun show. ) Fact-checking Marco Rubio claim that no guns used in mass shootings were bought online |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Epoch Times: “[Spike] is harmful to the human body in at least eight different ways [and] can persist in the human body for weeks, or even months, after a person gets vaccinated”
Health Feedback rating: Misleading (Small studies in cells or animals have found that the COVID-19 spike protein may cause damage in high concentrations. However, there is no indication that this would be relevant after vaccination with much lower quantities of spike present in the bloodstream.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Matthew Dowd (D): “50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Experts said there is no data to show what percentage of Texas gun sales is done without a background check.) No proof for claim in wake of Uvalde that 50% of Texas guns sales lack background checks |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Russia): Claim by Igor Beliaev: “Just in a few months, Russia’s presence in Mali brought security and stability.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False |
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