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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
Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC
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| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Former President Donald Trump recently dispatched troops to the border.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Donald Trump is not President and therefore does not have this authority.) Old headlines about former President Donald Trump and migrants recycled as breaking news |
| TRUE | Claim by Ron DeSantis (R): Purports the Department of Defense pays for troops’ abortions.
Check Your Fact rating: True (An October 2022 memo from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicates the DOD can pay for troops and their dependents to receive abortions the DOD cannot perform.) FACT CHECK: Does The Department Of Defense Pay For Abortions? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Jon Cooper: Did Biden and Obama wear pink Suits for Barbie promo?
Newsweek rating: False (AI-Generated) Fact Check: Did Biden and Obama wear pink suits for Barbie promo? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: In July 2023, CMT reinstated Jason Aldean’s controversial music video for “Try That In a Small Town” and fired the program director responsible for the take-down.
Snopes rating: False (Labeled Satire) No, CMT Didn’t Reinstate Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That In a Small Town’ Video |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by Kamala Harris (D): Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (In a section about the duties and trades performed by enslaved people, the state adopted a clarification that said “instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” Experts on Black history said that such language is factually misleading and offensive.) Do Florida school standards say ‘enslaved people benefited from slavery,’ as Kamala Harris said? |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Claim by Heritage Party Leader David Kurten: The Amish do not use GMO crops.
Full Fact rating: False (Significant numbers of Amish farmers use GMO seeds.) |
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