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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| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Milwaukee Community Groups: “Milwaukee’s hotels and restaurants are already filled during the summer. The RNC convention will simply replace those who normally visit our city.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Milwaukee anticipates an influx of about 45,000 visitors during the convention. The occupancy rates for July through September in two recent, prepandemic, years were just over 75%. So, clearly not all of the visitors and income would be washed away by the substitution effect.) Milwaukee’s hotels and restaurants would benefit from RNC visitors, despite community concerns |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: claims Twitter suspended the account of Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Check Your Fact rating: False (He is tweeting nonstop as usual.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Fluoride will eat a hole through concrete, so it’s not safe for your teeth.
Politifact rating: False (Pseudoscience-Like many chemicals, it is caustic in its concentrated form. But it’s diluted in water treatment plants to produce a safe amount of fluoride in drinking water.) Fluoride is safe in your toothpaste and drinking water, experts say |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Abortions Are Never Medically Necessary To Save The Life Of The Mother.
Lead Stories rating: False (Many Reasons) Fact Check: It Is NOT True That Abortions Are Never Medically Necessary To Save Mother’s Life |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Focus on the Family: Abortion is available at any point of pregnancy and for any reason in Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont.
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Experts say that late-term abortions are not elective and are done only for medical reasons involving the mother or fetus, and that abortions are not done at full term.) Anti-abortion group exaggerates how states regulate late-term abortions |
| FALSE | (International: Netherlands): claims Dutch farmers broke into an airbase and stole a fighter jet.
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Dutch Farmers Stealing A Fighter Jet? |
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