The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 06/17/2023 (Weekend Edition)

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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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TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Frozen vegetables are as healthy as fresh vegetables. KGW rating: True (Frozen vegetables are as healthy as fresh vegetables.) Frozen vegetables are just as healthy as fresh veggies \| kgw.com
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Pop-Tarts and other foods “have antifreeze in them.” PolitiFact rating: False (Ask yourself why there would be anti-freeze in Pop-Tarts. Does this make sense?) No, there isn’t antifreeze in your Pop-Tarts, ice cream or cake mix
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social media: Chemtrails are intended to ‘protect us from climate change’ USA Today rating: False (Chemtrails are not real and are not related to climate change.) Fact check: ‘Chemtrails’ aren’t real, aren’t related to climate change
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): The UK government will pay compensation to those with declining health since the COVID-19 vaccine if they weren’t made fully aware of the risks. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The UK government leaflet supposedly promoting the ‘scheme’ is fake.) COVID jab compensation leaflet is pure imagination

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