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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 Maria Bartiromo: “The FDA is now saying that it’s OK to take ivermectin if you have COVID.”
Politifact rating: False (The FDA has not changed its guidance on ivermectin. It has not approved the drug for use in preventing or treating COVID-19.) The FDA didn’t reverse course. Ivermectin is still not approved as a COVID-19 treatment. |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Video shows Donald Trump visiting Hawaii after August 2023 wildfires.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (He has not visited Maui. Footage is from 2019.) Old Trump footage mischaracterized as Hawaii disaster response |
| FALSE | Claim by Slay News: “the Covid injections are not effective” because the large majority of deaths involving COVID-19 occurred among vaccinated individuals
Health Feedback rating: Flawed Reasoning (The claim is based on a comparison of death numbers between vaccinated and unvaccinated populations that doesn’t consider the multiple factors that bias the analysis. Correcting these biases leads to the opposite conclusion: vaccinated people are better protected against COVID-19 death than unvaccinated individuals.) |
| FALSE | (International: South Korea): South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ranked third on Fortune’s list of greatest world leaders
AFP Fact Check rating: False |
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