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 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D): “40% of Uvalde’s city budget goes to police.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (It is 17% of the city’s total operating expenditures.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: DUI charges against Nancy Pelosi’s husband dropped.
Lead Stories rating: False (Case Ongoing) Fact Check: DUI Charges Against Paul Pelosi NOT Dropped As Of June 13, 2022 |
| UNPROVEN | Claim by Epoch Times: “New Peer-Reviewed Study: COVID-19 Vaccines Increase Risk of Cardiac Arrest in Young People by 25 Percent.”
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (Disputed study) Posts Distort Questionable Study on COVID-19 Vaccination and EMS Calls |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The impeachment of Joe Biden “in progress;” Ted Cruz and GOP lawmakers file a lawsuit.
Lead Stories rating: False (No Impeachment) Fact Check: Biden Impeachment NOT ‘In Progress’; Ted Cruz, GOP Lawmakers Did NOT File New Lawsuit |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Young America’s Foundation: A doctor at the Mayo Clinic is misdiagnosing pregnancies of Trump supporters so they have abortions.
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (The false claim about a doctor at the Mayo Clinic has been circulating since 2018. It was initially tweeted by “a troll with no relationship to Mayo Clinic,” according to the clinic’s statement in 2018.) Hoax claim about Mayo Clinic, Trump supporters and ectopic pregnancy is still false |
| FALSE | (International: China): Claim by Wang Wenbin: “It is a false claim when certain countries call the Taiwan Strait ‘international waters’ in order to find a pretext for manipulating issues related to Taiwan and threatening China’s sovereignty and security.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False |
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