Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)
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 Donald Trump (R): Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump.’”
PolitiFact rating: False (Fani Willis is running for re-election as Fulton County district attorney in 2024. Her campaign website doesn’t mention Donald Trump.) Did Fulton County DA Fani Willis campaign to ‘get Trump’? No, she didn’t say that |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Children’s Health Defense: “This information, directly from CDC, tells us that more babies are going to die from receiving nirsevimab than they will from RSV.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (There isn’t evidence the shots have killed any babies.) Injection Protects Babies from RSV Hospitalization, Has Not Been Linked to Deaths |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Trump Lawyer: More than 60,000 children voted in 2020 in Georgia.
USA Today rating: False (He made it up. State officials say no underage people voted in the election. A lawyer for former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign cited that number in a hearing with state lawmakers, and he now is charged with making false statements.) Trump lawyer linked to false claim of 60,000 kids voting | Fact check |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): An ABC Media Watch segment exposed COVID-19 crisis actors.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The original Media Watch video debunked claims that NSW Health hired crisis actors.) |
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