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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: House Democrats have kicked Rep. Ilhan Omar out of Congress.
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is facing a Democratic primary challenger in August, but she is still a member of Congress.) Rep. Ilhan Omar is facing a primary challenge, but she’s still a member of Congress |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Nancy Pelosi (D): Democrats “are poised to win” Senate seats in Florida and Ohio, among other states according to FiveThirtyEight.
The Dispatch rating: False (Pelosi used FiveThirtyEight’s info with founder and editor in chief Nate Silver calling Pelosi’s email, “straight-up misinformation.”) Fact Check: Are Democrats ‘Poised to Win’ Ohio and Florida Senate Races? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Claims the U.S. military is using “polymer drone flies” that look and act like a large fly.
Politifact rating: False (The video shows a person handling an actual fly, not a mechanical drone used by the U.S. military.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: purportedly shows a tweet from Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in which she suggests the Fourth of July commemorates Jesus performing a miracle.
Check Your Fact rating: False (There is no record of Greene making such a statement. The image appears to be fabricated.) FACT CHECK: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Post This Tweet About Jesus Christ And The Fourth Of July? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social media and Gateway Pundit: Vaccines are linked to SADS and the unvaccinated aren’t dying
USA Today rating: False (Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome is not linked to the vaccine. And data shows the unvaccinated are dying from COVID-19, and at a far higher rate than the vaccinated.) Fact check: False claim that sudden arrhythmic death syndrome is linked to vaccine |
| FALSE | (International: South Africa): Claim by Senator Matt Canavan: Australia is isolated as just one of only six countries that allow “late-term abortions”.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (At least 11 countries permit abortions on request at 20 weeks and several more allow the procedure later in pregnancy for various social, economic or health reasons.) |
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