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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 via Social Media: “The government just stated under oath that they are in possession of UFOs and nonhuman alien bodies.”
PolitiFact rating: False (No Evidence Presented: A Defense Department spokesperson said the department has no “verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.”) Truth hurts: Fact-checking Lizzo’s incorrect claim about US House’s hearing on UFOs, aliens |
| FALSE | Claim by Slay News: “1,884 Athlete Cardiac Arrests” and 1,310 deaths between January 2021 and July 2023 proves a connection between these mishaps and the COVID-19 vaccine.
Lead Stories rating: False (No connection is made between COVID vaccination and the medical events that led to them being put on the list.) |
| BLATANT LIE | Claim by David Icke: Pfizer documents confirm that mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations contain graphene oxide
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (No it doesn’t. The document discusses research procedures used in testing the vaccine, rather than the manufacture of the actual vaccine.) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Chris Coons (D): “Consumer confidence is the highest it’s been in years.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (There are two major surveys of consumer confidence, and one of them — produced by the Conference Board — shows the highest confidence levels in just two years. The other major survey, produced by the University of Michigan, shows confidence near historical lows.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Stuart Varney: Fox Business host Stuart Varney claims former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is the only Republican candidate with a China policy.
Check Your Fact rating: False (Several other candidates have laid out China policy.) FACT CHECK: Is Nikki Haley The Only Republican Candidate With A China Plan? |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Filipinos will start receiving their state pension at 40 years old.
AFP Fact Check rating: False Posts misinterpret proposed reforms to Philippine military pension |
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