The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 06/14/2023

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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 Nikki Haley (R): “You’ve got crime at all-time highs.” FactCheck.org rating: False (The U.S. violent crime rate, and homicide rate specifically, peaked in 1991.) FactChecking Haley’s CNN Town Hall
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Social media: DirecTV to drop ABC if network does not cancel ‘The View’ USA Today rating: False (Originated as Satire) Fact check: Claim about DirecTV dropping ‘The View’ originated as satire
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A bill in Connecticut that changes the definition for “sexual orientation” would protect “minor attracted persons” from discrimination. PolitiFact rating: False (Connecticut House Bill 6638 would modernize the definition of “sexual orientation,” but it would not protect child sex offenders.) No, Connecticut bill won’t protect child sex offenders
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim via Social Media: People Who Commit Violent Crimes Will Be Set Free In LA. Lead Stories rating: Mostly False (For minor crimes, yes, but a judge ruled that those who commit “capital offenses” and other high levels of crime were not eligible for no-bail release and therefore would not be “set free.”) Fact Check: People In LA Who Commit Violent Crimes Will NOT Be ‘Set Free On As Of Today’
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Judge Aileen Cannon, who was assigned to the Donald Trump documents case, appeared at a September 3, 2022, political rally for the former president in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Lead Stories rating: False (Not the same) Fact Check: Judge Aileen Cannon NOT Photographed In Full MAGA Regalia At Trump Campaign Rally
FALSE	(International: Israel): Israeli Ministry of Health data shows that “zero healthy people” under the age of 50 have died of COVID-19 in the country. AP News rating: False (Misrepresents Data) Posts misrepresent Israeli data on COVID-19 deaths in young people

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