The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 04/20/2023

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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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FALSE	Claim by Dan Bongino: “It appears the White House used this special access request … stunt to get this Mar-a-Lago raid.” FactCheck.org rating: False (There’s no evidence the White House aided or had prior knowledge of the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.) FBI Access Request Is Not Evidence White House ‘Lied’ About Not Being ‘Involved’ in ‘Mar-a-Lago Raid’ Dan Bongino Rating
TRUE	Claim by Media Matters: In a weekly email newsletter to his constituents, Rep. Paul Goser, R-Ariz., promoted a Holocaust-denying website that has published pieces sympathetic to Adolf Hitler. Snopes rating: True (Rep. Gosar links to an article by Veteran’s Today, a known conspiracy and antisemitic website.) Did Rep. Paul Gosar Promote Holocaust-Denying Website in Email to Constituents? Media Matters Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Viral image: Elon Musk is offering people the opportunity to make $1 million “in 90 days while sleeping in.” PolitiFact rating: False (Fake) Don’t be fooled; Elon Musk isn’t linked to this get-rich-quick scheme
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social media: CO2 doesn’t harm the environment because it is involved in photosynthesis. USA Today rating: False (Carbon dioxide is used in photosynthesis, but plants and other natural processes can absorb only about half of the CO2 emitted yearly. The excess CO2 contributes to global warming.) Fact check: Plants cannot absorb all the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Kamala Harris (D): “One in 5 Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (Harris’ statistic comes from a Kaiser Family Foundation survey conducted in March. The poll found that 19% of U.S. adults have a family member who was killed by a gun, including by suicide. However, other studies with different measures come in lower.) Poll data backs Kamala Harris’ claim that 1 in 5 Americans have lost a family member to gun violence
FALSE	(International: Philippines): A cutter vessel of the US Coast Guard fired at two Chinese ships for blocking an American vessel from entering the West Philippine Sea VERA Files rating: False VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US Coast Guard did NOT sink Chinese ships in West PH Sea