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

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MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Mike Pence (R): “The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.” Politifact rating: Mostly False (China and North Korea have records of coercing abortions to curb population growth or maintain “ethnic purity.” This isn’t happening in the U.S. Neither nation has clear or publicly updated abortion policies, but the countries appear to be tightening restrictions on the procedure or outlawing it altogether.) Are US abortion laws really more like China and North Korea than Europe? No
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: There Is Evidence Hamish Harding Tweeted Biden Crime Family Before Passing In OceanGate Titan Sub Lead Stories rating: False (No Such Tweet) Fact Check: NO Evidence Hamish Harding Tweeted About ‘Biden Crime Family’ Before Diving In OceanGate Titan Sub
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Recent wildfires put more carbon in the atmosphere than “the human race has put out in the last 100 years.” PolitiFact rating: False (It did not) Wildfires’ carbon dioxide output exceeds century’s worth of human activity? No
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: On July 4, 2023, former President Donald Trump posted an image depicting himself as a military leader in the Revolutionary War. Snopes.com rating: True (He did.) Did Trump Post an Image Depicting Him as a Leader in the Revolutionary War?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: The World Economic Forum “wants to slaughter millions of pet cats and dogs to fight climate change.” Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (I though thought they wanted to get rid of humans. More conspiracy nonsense.) World Economic Forum called for euthanizing millions of pets for climate change? Pants on Fire!
FALSE	(International: France): France said it would shut down internet services “to control the riots.” PolitiFact rating: False France did not announce internet shutdown amid riots, as social media posts claim

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