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
Go Completely Ad-Free / Support MBFC
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Daily Wire: The CDC “Remove[d] COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports”, “stopping the collection of public health information doesn’t have a clinical justification”
Health Feedback rating: Misleading (The Daily Wire article implied that the CDC’s halt to v-safe meant that all safety monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines had stopped. However, there are many other vaccine safety monitoring systems apart from v-safe that continue to operate.The article implied that VAERS reports demonstrated a causal relationship between the reported events and COVID-19 vaccines. However, such reports on their own don’t provide sufficient evidence of causality.) |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by Joe Biden (D): “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects 10-year cumulative savings of $161.7 billion from two provisions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. However, not all of these savings will be permanent. Some $44.3 billion of those savings over 10 years will be immediately funneled into related provisions that expand access and lower out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries.) Is Joe Biden right that a new Medicare drug law will save $160 billion over 10 years? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social media: Trump sold Mar-a-Lago to his oldest son.
USA Today rating: False (The property was listed for sale on the real estate website Zillow, but the company said the information was incorrect and has since been updated. Trump’s eldest sons said the claim is false.) False claim Trump sold Florida estate to family member | Fact check |
| FALSE | (International: Iran): Claim by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “Today, the IRGC is the largest anti-terrorist organization in the world.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False Khamenei Falsely Paints Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps As ‘Anti-Terrorist’ Force |
Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact-checks by third-party fact-checkers. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.
Follow Media Bias Fact Check on your favorite Social Media Platform:
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mediabiasfactcheck
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MBFC_News
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediabiasfactcheck
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mediabiasfactcheck
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediabiasfactcheck/
Be the first to comment on "The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 09/02/2023 (Weekend Edition)"