The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 12/31/2022

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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

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BLATANT LIE	Claim by newspunch.com: Evil WEF Leader Caught Planning ‘Mass Extinction Event’ to Inner Circle – News Punch Lead Stories rating: False (No Secret Plot – Fake News from a fake news source.) Fact Check: ‘Evil WEF Leader’ Was NOT Caught Planning ‘Mass Extinction Event’ Newspunch Rating
BLATANT LIE	Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee: Democrats on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted to allow non-citizens to vote in U.S. elections. Snopes rating: False (Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee didn’t vote to change existing laws that bar non-citizens from voting in U.S. elections.) No, House Democrats Didn’t Vote to Let ‘Non-Citizens’ Vote in U.S. Elections
TRUE	Claim by Sen. John Kennedy (R): There were 600,000 border “got-aways” in 2022. Newsweek rating: True (The CBP confirmed its accuracy.) Fact Check: Were There 600,000 Southern U.S. Border ‘Got-Aways’ in 2022?
FALSE	Claim via Social media: Donald Trump can be reinstated by Supreme Court’s Moore v. Harper ruling USA Today rating: False (First, Trump lost. Second, there is no constitutional mechanism for reinstating a former president to office.) Fact check: False claim Trump can be reinstated by Moore v. Harper
BLATANT LIE	Claim by dunning-kruger-times.com: Elon Musk Files a Billion Dollars in Lawsuits Against Kathy Griffin Lead Stories rating: False (Made-Up Story on a satire site) Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT File A Billion Dollars In Lawsuits Against ‘Totally Unprepared’ Kathy Griffin Dunning-Kruger-Times Rating
FALSE	(International: India): Video shows PM Modi has recently announced a nationwide lockdown over reports of surge in COVID cases. boomlive.in rating: False 2020 Video Of PM Modi Announcing Lockdown Shared As Recent \| BOOM

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