The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 06/07/2023 (Blatant Lie Edition)

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BLATANT LIE	Claim by Charlie Kirk: “Jamie Foxx left ‘paralyzed and blind’ from blood clot in his brain” after a COVID-19 vaccine injection. Politifact rating: False (Charlie made it up. There is no evidence for this.) Fact-checking baseless rumors about Jamie Foxx’s health and COVID-19 vaccines Charlie Kirk Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by thepeoplesvoice.tv: Jada Pinkett Smith Blamed ‘White Supremacy’ for Poor Cleopatra Ratings. Newsweek rating: False (There is no evidence that Pinkett Smith ever made the comment that has been attributed to her.) Did Jada Pinkett Smith blame “White Supremacy” for poor Cleopatra ratings? The People’s Voice Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A video on social media shows a genetically modified mosquito with a number stamped on it. Lead Stories rating: False (Nope) Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Genetically Modified Mosquito With Number Stamped On It
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Pregnant women getting the Tdap vaccine “voluntarily are quite literally the experiment.” PolitiFact rating: False (It is safe.) Do Tdap shots expose pregnant women to undue risk? No. Studies show the vaccines are safe
BLATANT LIE	Claim by American Faith Media: COVID vax linked to fivefold increase in cancer biomarker Lead Stories rating: False (that is not the conclusion) Fact Check: Case Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Linked To Fivefold Increase In Cancer Biomarker
BLATANT LIE	(International: India): Children and Hindus are being converted to Islam by giving electric shock in Peshawar, Pakistan. boomlive.in rating: False Video Of Exorcism Shared As Forced Conversion Of Hindus In Pakistan

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