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
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| FALSE | Claim by Viral image: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla resigned, saying mRNA vaccines are “not safe.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Albert Bourla remains Pfizer’s chief executive officer, the company said in a statement. We found no evidence that Bourla called mRNA technology unsafe. Rather, he recently touted the company’s efforts to tap that technology to create a flu-COVID-19 vaccine.) Bourla is still Pfizer’s CEO, and he didn’t call mRNA technology unsafe |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by the HighWire: Doctors and Pharmacists Solely Rely On Blank Page Recommendations To Administer COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
Lead Stories rating: False (Info Available) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral image: “JAG charges Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire No, the military didn’t charge Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration agreed to an exchange that freed 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
Snopes rating: True (“The prisoner exchange was completed in early September 2020.”) |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral image: “Holiday heart syndrome” is a cover for deaths caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.
PolitiFact rating: False (The phrase “holiday heart syndrome” was first coined in 1978. It’s not a cover for COVID-19 vaccine side effects.) ‘Holiday heart syndrome’ isn’t new, and it’s not a cover for COVID-19 vaccine side effects |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): A graph proves humans are responsible for only around 3.5 percent of the increase in atmospheric CO2 from 1870 to 2020.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The author has mistaken the graph’s annual emissions figure for the cumulative total since 1870. Humans are responsible for 100 percent of the increase.) |
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