The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/06/2023

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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 via Social Media: Greta Thunberg tweeted that climate change would wipe out humanity by June 2023. FactCheck.org rating: False (A Harvard University professor warned in 2018 that steps were needed over the next five years to reduce carbon pollution to preserve Arctic ice. Climate activist Greta Thunberg then shared a tweet that misquoted the professor. But recent social media posts have distorted Thunberg’s tweet to falsely claim she predicted human extinction by 2023.) Viral Posts Distort Greta Thunberg Tweet Warning About Climate Change
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: lab grown meat is made grown using pre cancer cancerous cells. Lead Stories rating: False (Safe To Eat and not made of cancer cells.) Fact Check: Lab-Grown Meat Is NOT Cultivated From Cancerous Or Pre-Cancerous Animal Cells
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: President Joe Biden “literally just admitted ON CAMERA that he sold state secrets.” FactCheck.org rating: False (Out of Context as he made a joke.) Misleading Online Posts Distort Biden’s Joke at Meeting with Indian Prime Minister
TRUE	Claim: Gas stoves produce hazardous emissions. KHOU rating: True (Gas stoves produce hazardous emissions.) Studies have shown gas stoves produce hazardous emissions \| khou.com
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: NASA space rockets can’t reach space. PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (there are decades of evidence to suggest otherwise.) After decades of space travel, claiming that NASA rockets can’t reach space is Pants on Fire!
FALSE	(International: Philippines): During the administrations of former presidents Manuel L. Quezon and Ferdinand E. Marcos, refugees were sent to a remote island far from the Philippine mainland. Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: Quezon, Marcos hosted refugees in PH mainland

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