The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/26/2022

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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FALSE Claim by Herschel Walker (R): Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.

PolitiFact rating: False (Biden never tried to bar all domestic drilling. He did try to pause future leasing on federal lands, but this was blocked by a court. Since President Joe Biden took office, oil production has risen both on federal lands and on U.S. lands overall. No president has the authority to stop drilling on private lands. And presidents have little control over gasoline prices, which are determined by the global market.)

Did Biden stop domestic oil drilling, as Herschel Walker said? Hardly

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LIE
Claim by patriotpartypress.com: Megan Rapinoe Booted From US Team For Assaulting a Teammate.

Lead Stories rating: False (The source is a satire website designed to troll conservatives into sharing fake news.)

Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe NOT Booted From US Team For Assaulting Teammate

Patriot Party Press Rating

FALSE Claim by Zach Nunn (R): “My opponent, Cindy Axne, has actively sought to defund the police.”

Politifact rating: False (Axne has a record of sponsoring and voting for bills that seek to increase police funding.)

Zach Nunn falsely claims Cindy Axne sought to defund police

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LIE
Claim via Social Media: Global Recall Of COVID-19 Vaccines.

Lead Stories rating: False (No Recall)

Fact Check: NO Global Recall Of COVID-19 Vaccines

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Claim by Donald Trump (R): Ranked choice voting in Alaska is a “total rigged deal.”

PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Ranked choice voting is a legal way to elect officials. Maine uses it, as do a wide variety of jurisdictions nationally including New York City and areas of Utah.)

Why Trump is wrong to call Alaska’s ranked choice voting ‘rigged’

FALSE (International: India): Taxes on commodities are lower under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.

The Quint rating: False

Fact-Check | Viral Graphic Comparing Taxation Under Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi Governments is Misleading

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