The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 11/16/2022

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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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FALSE Claim by Mark Finchem (R): “We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes” in Maricopa County.

Politifact rating: False (Within 24 hours of polls closing on Election Day, Maricopa County counted more than1.13 million ballots.)

More than 1.13 million votes were counted within 24 hours of Election Day, not just 62,000

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Rumble video: Large downticks in cumulative voting graphs for the 2022 Pennsylvania governor and Senate races shown by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell on social media and on his Frank Speech website, prove election fraud.

Lead Stories rating: False (Clerical Error)

Fact Check: Downticks In Election Graphs Do NOT Show ‘Election Crime In Real Time’ In Pennsylvania — Those Were Typos By County Board of Elections

Rumble Rating

FALSE Claim by Donald Trump (R): “Clark County, Nevada, has a corrupt voting system… Arizona even said ‘by the end of the week!’ – They want more time to cheat!”

FactCheck.org rating: No Evidence

Ballot Processing Continues in Closely Watched States Amid Unfounded Claims of Fraud

TRUE Claim by Donald Trump (R): Donald Trump Got 1.1M More Votes in Florida Than DeSantis

Newsweek rating: True

Fact Check: Did Donald Trump get 1.1M more votes in Florida than DeSantis?

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Kyle Becker: Pennsylvania Judge allows ballots to count that are received up until November 14th.

Lead Stories rating: False (No. Nov 8, 8:00 PM)

Fact Check: PA Judge Did NOT Allow For Ballots To Be Received And Counted Up To November 14, 2022

Becker News Rating

FALSE (International: Iran): In Iran, 15,000 protesters were sentenced to death.

VERIFYThis.com rating: False (15,000 protesters were not sentenced to death in Iran.)

Iran didn’t sentence 15K protesters to death | verifythis.com

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