The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 05/28/2023 (Weekend Edition)

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FALSE	Claim via Social Media: “50 U.S. politicians who received satellite phones were taken to an undisclosed government bunker facility to ensure a Continuation of Government.” PolitiFact rating: False (Satellite phones were issued to at least 50 U.S. senators, but the lawmakers did not enter hiding. The phones are a security measure to be used in an emergency.) No, 50 politicians weren’t taken to a bunker
FALSE	Claim by Clash Daily: “the mRNA jab didn’t actually save any lives” Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (The claim is based on a study by Benn et al., which contains several limitations such as a comparison between separate clinical trials without accounting for differences between them, and a lack of statistical power that made its main results inconclusive.) COVID-19 mRNA vaccines saved lives by reducing risks of infection and severe COVID-19 Clash Daily Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A new autopsy report for George Floyd has been released in 2023, revealing he died from a drug overdose, not from the actions of arresting Minneapolis police officers. AP News rating: False (Still not true) George Floyd’s autopsy report is not new, does not say he died of an overdose
FALSE	(International: China): Claim by Global Times: “To claim China [is] engaging in the so-called ‘economic coercion’ is no more than lodging trumped-up charges, and the accusation is totally untenable.” POLYGRAPH.info rating: False Economic Coercion is a Key Part of China’s Foreign Policy Toolkit Global Times Rating

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