The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/29/2023 (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

Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC

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FALSE Claim by Tim Scott (R): “There have been more illegal encounters under Biden than the previous two administrations combined.”

Politifact rating: False (Available data shows that enforcement actions under President Joe Biden so far have not been higher than the combined figures for the Trump and Obama administrations.)

Tim Scott is wrong about more illegal immigration under Biden than under Trump and Obama combined

Tim Scott Rating

FALSE Claim by The Lincoln Project: No Labels is “on record” saying it would hurt Joe Biden to help Donald Trump get elected.

The Dispatch rating: False (The group has said the opposite.)

Fact Check: Has No Labels Said It Will ‘Do What It Takes’ to Help Trump?

Lincoln Project Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Children’s Health Defense: Vaccinated children are more likely to have poorer health outcomes compared to unvaccinated children

Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Dozens of well-performed scientific studies have established that vaccination doesn’t raise the risk of adverse health outcomes, including neurodevelopmental delays and infections. On the contrary, vaccination increases the ability of the immune system to fight against potentially dangerous infections such as measles and polio.)

Claim by Brian Hooker that unvaccinated children are healthier compared to vaccinated children relies on flawed studies

Children’s Health Defense Rating

FALSE (International: Russia): Claim by Vladimir Putin: “We can see the public opinion changing in Europe, too. Both the Europeans and European elites see that support for Ukraine is, in fact, a dead end, an empty, endless waste of money…”

POLYGRAPH.info rating: False

Putin Concocts a Decline in European Public Support for Ukraine

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