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 Tom Cotton (R): “60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Alaskans voted in 2020 to adopt ranked choice voting, a method by which voters rank their preferences of candidates. In a first round of voting, Democrat Mary Peltola won 40% of the vote, with the rest of the votes split between Republicans Sarah Palin (31%) and Nick Begich III (28%). Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, voting went to a second round between Peltola and Palin. In the second round, enough voters ranked Peltola to enable her to win, with about 51% of the vote. How Tom Cotton misleads about ranked choice voting in Alaska |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Doctors for Covid Ethics: mRNA vaccines cause “vascular and organ damage” that can lead to death.
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (The amount of white blood cells in tissue organs of people who died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine is similar in many autopsy cases; contrary to the article’s claim, it doesn’t indicate autoimmune inflammation. |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by Joe Biden (D): “MAGA Republicans … refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they’re working right now, as I speak, in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (Election deniers are on ballots.) Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech about democracy before the 2022 midterms |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Has the NIH quietly approved ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19?
Newsweek rating: False (Not approved and no definitive scientific evidence that it was safe and effective.) Fact Check: Did NIH Add Ivermectin to List of COVID Treatments? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Viral Image: An image from the WEF shows what diets will look like in 2030.
Check Your Fact rating: False (This image is digitally fabricated. No such graphic or data can be found on the WEF website or verified social media accounts.) FACT CHECK: Did The World Economic Forum Publish This Graphic Depicting Diets In 2030? |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Wind and solar power contribute less than two percent of the National Electricity Market’s (NEM) total energy.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Experts say, and data shows, wind and solar generate about one-fifth of the NEM’s power.) Minuscule wind and solar production claim needs a jolt of truth |
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